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Wounded Bear

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35. I assume he's on other blood thinners than aspirin...

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:54 PM

Jan 1

given his age, physique, and dietary habits.

Doctors will often take patients off of the aspirin therapy if they're on other blood thinners, so he might not be supposed to take aspirin at all. Probably just saw one of those commercials and thought, 'That sounds easy, I'll claim I'm doing that."

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Trump says he takes more aspirin than recommended by his doctors [View all] dalton99a Jan 1 OP

Oh, so it's not actually caused by shaking a lot of hands? Jim__ Jan 1 #1

Doctors will knock this shit down in minutes malaise Jan 1 #2

But he knows more about medicine than the doctors dalton99a Jan 1 #3

He knows more than anyone about anything without ever malaise Jan 1 #4

+1. Same to you malaise! dalton99a Jan 1 #5

He lies when he says he knows more than anybody about a given subject and also when he says he knows nothing about it. Marcuse Jan 1 #45

He insists we follow his medical advice. Irish_Dem Jan 1 #8

He's the bestiest knower of medicine Clouds Passing Jan 1 #40

Yeah, he knows more than my doctor BaronChocula Jan 1 #42

Physician Assistant, not a doctor. But yeah. Keep popping that aspirin, shithead! Aristus Jan 1 #38

Let him chug them down malaise Jan 1 #39

And to you! Aristus Jan 1 #41

All you magas, now take handfulls of aspirin daily BaronChocula Jan 1 #43

Extra aspirin and a daily flume of Diet Coke sure sounds like a recipe for a happy tummy. Xavier Breath Jan 1 #6

The Diet Coke guy bucolic_frolic Jan 1 #7

A policy penny wise and (literally) pound foolish. Xavier Breath Jan 1 #12

Hopefully, increasing the chances of Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, surfered Jan 1 #9

Someone must have told him that hemorrhagic is better than ischemic dalton99a Jan 1 #11

That it's classier😁 surfered Jan 1 #13

It's referred to as a "Code Gold", making it the obvious choice . . . hatrack Jan 1 #17

One wonders why aspirin (an anti-platelet, not an anti-coagulant) LuckyCharms Jan 1 #10

There are a multitude of blood thinners dsc Jan 1 #14

Agree. I'm on Brilinta and a baby aspirin after a piece of plaque lodged in my eye. LuckyCharms Jan 1 #15

yeah my blood runs very fast dsc Jan 1 #28

I understand. I stopped shaving. Except... LuckyCharms Jan 1 #29

I don't shave in the traditional sense. Prairie_Seagull Jan 1 #33

I sometimes do something similar as well... LuckyCharms Jan 1 #34

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+1. He should eat more beef because the price of beef has come down tremendously dalton99a Jan 1 #24

He's a blinking malaise Jan 1 #25

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+1 dalton99a Jan 1 #30

OMG his neck gina! MorbidButterflyTat Jan 1 #51

Hunny...those ain't aspirin you're snorting. Totally Tunsie Jan 1 #18

I also take 325 mg of aspirin daily per my cardiologist... mike_c Jan 1 #20

Ding ding malaise Jan 1 #23

I wonder if he was taking this much aspirin when he had that near miss with his ear. Baitball Blogger Jan 1 #21

Thick blood didn't give him a thick head. Kid Berwyn Jan 1 #22

What is the medical level of aspirin toxicity? no_hypocrisy Jan 1 #27

10 to 30 grams dalton99a Jan 1 #46

Thanks! Hope breeds eternally. no_hypocrisy Jan 2 #53

Take an entire bottle Henry203 Jan 1 #31

He's not taking enough Coldwater Jan 1 #32

I assume he's on other blood thinners than aspirin... Wounded Bear Jan 1 #35

Maybe he will have .... BlueKentuckyGirl Jan 1 #36

Exactly! Who are we to argue. hamsterjill Jan 1 #37

More bullshit. Bristlecone Jan 1 #44

The first law of Turnip-depravity: if he said it then it was a lie. Ol Janx Spirit Jan 1 #47

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"...critics who have questioned the state of his health..." MorbidButterflyTat Jan 1 #50

How much of it does he shove up his ass???? Jack Valentino Jan 1 #52

Take a whole bunch, shithead. Let's see what happens... CTyankee Jan 2 #54

Maddowblog-Amid health questions, Trump changes his story in weird and unexpected ways LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2 #55