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(17,469 posts)madaboutharry
(40,245 posts)It just floors me. Trump is a very sick man. His judgment is severely impaired.
brush
(53,968 posts)they gave him such a test. He must've had a mini stroke.
Ms. Toad
(34,123 posts)(54 seconds in) - AND - it was not in November, it was in January 2018, as part of his first white house physical.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/us/politics/trump-health-exam-doctor-cognitive-test.html
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Ben Casey, circa 1960s. Now, THAT's a memory!
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)At those big old rallies hes itchin to hold.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,490 posts)murielm99
(30,780 posts)My husband and I have had Medicare exams. They have never included tests like this. They were physicals. I don't know, maybe we could have requested them, or the doctor could have requested them if they seemed necessary?
My brother, a diabetic, had a mild stroke when he was in his fifties. They asked him some questions to be sure he was oriented to time and place. There were some other questions that tested his cognitive abilities. He was fine.
I think they did not do any further testing because he was doing quite well.
I have never heard of anyone being tested unless they were beginning to show signs of dementia, or had had a stroke.
sinkingfeeling
(51,490 posts)gotten my Medicare 'wellness' exam each year.
https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/yearly-wellness-visits
Your provider may also perform a cognitive impairment assessment.
Ms. Toad
(34,123 posts)apparently at his request.
Swede
(33,303 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,859 posts)I have to laugh about it, or I'd go nuts.
Bad Thoughts
(2,538 posts)He keeps failing this test.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,859 posts)I'm so thankful for DU.
Skittles
(153,261 posts)riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
Ms. Toad
(34,123 posts)He's still crowing about a 2 year old test.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/us/politics/trump-health-exam-doctor-cognitive-test.html
Ms. Toad
(34,123 posts)At 54 seconds into the video, he identifies Ronny Jackson as the doctor he asked for the test.
Ronny Jackson stopped being his physician on 3/28/2018.
The test Trump hs been crowing about recently was administered as part of his first white house physical, at Walter Reed, by Ronny Jackson. Here's an article in which the conversation 54 seconds into the video above is described.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/us/politics/trump-health-exam-doctor-cognitive-test.html
Ive found no reason whatsoever to think the president has any issues whatsoever with his thought processes, Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, a rear admiral in the Navy and the White House physician, told reporters on Tuesday.
. . .
Mr. Trump, the doctor said, asked for the cognitive test to answer his critics and attempt to quell questions about his mental abilities.