[FedCom] The hump on Bush's back

[Richard Reynolds]

first i highly dought that it is a cardiac monitor, and i have no real idea
about really anything when it comes to the president. but to add to the topic.


> > usually people wear heart monitors as a diagnostic aid. It might be a

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> 	The thing is called a Holter monitor.   I nearly had to try one,
> might yet indeed if I have further rythm problems.

a holter monitor is only 1 of a few different "types" though that name is
probibly  good enough, and if it was an event monitor and he was fiddling with
something in his pocket it *could* be that he was telling the monitor that he
had the symptom, its model dependant but you generally press something to
highlight the time frame on the recording.


> 	But it would be HIGHLY unusual for the POTUS to wear a Holter
> monitor in the heat of campaigning and in public.   Normally the test is
> done for 24 hours or a little longer rather than continously, especially
> during something like the debates.

actually durring a high stress time would be the ideal timing for such a
monitoring device, politics aside. if he was due for a physical(i think i saw a
remark in an email on this topic about that)  he *might* have gotten one simply
because he is the president.

> 	And wearing one indicates a cardiologist is investigating a
> potentially LIFE THREATENING condition - arythmia...  it would not be
> correct to state that this was "only an investigation", normal medical
> practice would be to do so only if something serious was suspected.

actually it is an investigation tool, and it could be used only to verify that
there isnt an issue. it *could* be that the pres was complaining of something as
simple as being light headed but only when under high stress. it also doesnt
really require a cardiologist to prescribe one.

now my reasons i dont beleve it would be one is a few things. first they make
them small now, really really small now, i just dont see him using something big
and bulky when a smaller and really better option exists.  also its position
seemed odd to me, i dont know of any models that would mount in such a way that
the bulge would be where it apeared to be. also i have not kept up on the
subject of cardiac monitoring.


richard reynolds
richard.reynolds at usa.net