leading to unconsciousness.
Seriously, there is also evidence that Bush suffers from cancer. Those recurrent lesions on his left cheek are in the area where he had skin cancer removed in 2001. Raises the question - is he being treated with cancer drugs that might affect his judgment or cause him to lose consciousness? Read below.
http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/g43.htm#zree3On January 13, 2002, Bush lost consciousness while sitting on a couch in the White House, watching a football game. His head hit the floor, resulting in an abrasion on his left cheekbone and a small bruise on his lower lip. The incident was blamed on a combination of (a) Bush not feeling well in previous days, and (b) an improperly eaten pretzel. Their combined effect was to slow the President's heart. (The description suggests a vaso-vagal attack.) The period of unconsciousness was brief <20>.
Interestingly, his father George H. W. Bush also suffered a syncopal episode while President.
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During his 2000 presidential campaign there were persistent questions about a history of cocaine use. Eventually Bush denied using cocaine since 1992, then quickly extended the cocaine-free period back to 1974 (age 28). NBC reporter David Bloom then noted "that current White House appointees must disclose any drug use since their 18th birthday" <12>. Bush, however, refused to make a disclosure, instead admitting he'd made mistakes in the past, and if voters didn't like that "they can go find somebody else to vote for. That's the wonderful thing about democracy" <12>.
Comment: Dr. Zebra concludes Bush used cocaine in his 20s. (Should someone protest that there is no smoking gun, Dr. Zebra reminds them that one does not need "a smoking gun" to diagnose a heart attack in a 60 year old smoker with one hour of unrelenting chest pain, nausea, and EKG changes. That is not "an alleged heart attack," it is a heart attack. Same thing here.) Cocaine use has clear medical implications. For example, it is associated with elevated risk of acquiring chronic diseases, such as viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted disease. Acutely, it can trigger cardiac or cerebro-vascular catastrophe
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Actinic keratoses are pre-cancerous sun-induced skin lesions. Three such lesions were removed from Bush's face on August 4, 2001 using liquid nitrogen <4>.
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On December 14, 2001, Bush had four noncancerous skin lesions removed from his face. The Press learned of this only when Bush appeared before cameras with dark red spots on his face <3>. Commment: These are most likely actinic keratoses, as were the lesions removed from his face in August 2001, or perhaps basal cell carcinomas.
Bush's father, George H. W. Bush, had a similar procedure 8 months later.