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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Bernie requires 7 stitches after cutting his head on shower door. [View all]RKP5637
(67,032 posts)5. Fall at an angle? Maybe it broke ... or he hit the handle? Maybe ... n/t
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Easy to do. I've almost fallen in the shower before but luckily a grab bar was there. n/t
RKP5637
Mar 2019
#1
Is it easy to hit your head on the door? I can't figure out how that would work. n/t
pnwmom
Mar 2019
#4
We have a glass shower door but it does not have metal trim. I'm guessing the hotel
seaglass
Mar 2019
#21
Yeah... my dear mother would often fall but would NEVER admit it. Instead...
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#9
Same... not to worry though, NOTHING slows Bernie down. He's the "Energizer Bunny" of candidates!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#57
They say it was at a hotel. I've stayed at probably over a thousand hotels over the years...
George II
Mar 2019
#20
Really? I've stayed in more than one in recent years that had been renovated, and it
bullwinkle428
Mar 2019
#35
Bernie should "come clean" over this shower incident...he needs to provide "full transparency" about
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#60
I've stayed in some hotel rooms with glass doors in the shower in recent years -
musette_sf
Mar 2019
#67
Not that it matters anymore, but the only picture that shows a shower on that site is this one....
George II
Mar 2019
#85
His thyroid levels are probably "off" ... or his BP meds, or heart-meds may be off...
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#19
I seriously doubt that a head injury requiring seven stitches would be considered a matter of T&R.
George II
Mar 2019
#22
Could have been anything, even fatigue. Again, with a head injury I seriously doubt...
George II
Mar 2019
#27
Unless unconscious at arrival, the doctors have no way of knowing whether a patient fainted prior...
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#82
Yes, the HIPAA rules are very strict. We must rely on transparency from the Sanders campaign...
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#84
You know, Botox is popular among celebs and politicians. But it has negative side effects as well...
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#42
Yes, or maybe Bernie is suffering from gamma aminobutyrate transaminase deficiency
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#81
Could also be he is staying in a hotel - easier to have a mishap in unfamiliar places
MaryMagdaline
Mar 2019
#41
As I've joined the elderly population, I no longer have the STAMINA that I once had...
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#44
This is kneecapping. "Bernie is a senile old coot" is the Big Lie it feeds.
McCamy Taylor
Mar 2019
#26
It's incredible that anyone would liken basic questions about an accident to a Big Lie.
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#36
I hope he's treated as respectfully as Hillary was when she had pneumonia...nt
SidDithers
Mar 2019
#29
You must not have been sitting very close. He had a very large, "flesh" colored bandage
pnwmom
Mar 2019
#54
It IS swollen shut. I *knew* it was *much worse* than we were being told. (Screen cap)
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#87
I would expect nothing less from Bernie... to overcome that kind of injury
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#76
Actually, he hasn't "overcome" the injury at all. Have you seen the photos?
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#92
Yet Bernie keeps going, and going, and going... sucha serious injury & he hasn't slowed down a bit!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#93
It is common for people of his advanced age to have falling spells. Maybe it is not
doc03
Mar 2019
#56
They were claiming it wasn't a fall, but I don't know how else to explain it. n/t
pnwmom
Mar 2019
#62
Hillary fell so she was "frail." What happened with Bernie is very, very, very different.
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#74
The DNC rigged the shower door! The superdelegates pushed him in to it!
comradebillyboy
Mar 2019
#64
No, that's fine.. but, the suggestion by some - NOT sayin' you - that Bernie might have been drunk
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#77