Since 2005, I’ve had at least one MRI every single year of my adult life. I know MRIs the way other people know Spotify playlists or the McDonald’s menu.
The press needs to address this fiercely. We must demand the MRI is released. This is the president of the United States and we need to know what’s going on. Thank you for this article🙏🙏
These are not serious people. They are devious liars. They use tricky phrases for every time they get cornered and the weaker minds accept it without question, even though it screams bullshit to the rest of us. Fog of war, total exoneration, witchunt, democratic hoax, preventative mri etc. Logic has left the building over the last 9 years or so, but I think recently, some are, reluctant as they may feel, putting their foot back in the front door of the building again.
First of all, as I had a grandmother with MS, I appreciated your first-hand account of someone living with the disease. Along with your description of your experience with multiple MRIs--harrowing, but very informative, so thanks for that. Second, you write, "If you want to say “preventative MRI,” fine — let’s all pretend we live in a world where vocabulary has no rules and people invent terms like they’re building IKEA furniture without instructions." Exactly right when it comes to Donald Trump. Trump saying something like "preventive MRI" is the sort of thing he says every day, and NEVER gets called out for. It drives me crazy that no one in the White House press corps ever follows up with a question that challenges one of his lies, idiotic statements, or just his mangling of the English language. And I'm not comparing this to George H.W. Bush getting tongue-tied, or Dan Quayle misspelling "potato;" I'm talking about his use of language that is done in the service of him being the all-knowing, infallible, supreme leader that he wants to be. Could one of these reporters please call him out for heaven's sake?
As someone who has a neurological condition (since age 19, diagnosed 15 years later), we need more pieces like this, that call out the BS when a person or the medical profession calls a screening or diagnostic test “preventive” and that give accounts of what it’s like to live with lifelong conditions. Excellent work. Thank you.
As someone else diagnosed with MS (over 25 years ago), I've had more MRI's than I care to have had. I also questioned the "preventative" MRI. It doesn't PREVENT anything - it is a diagnostic tool. So, what are they diagnosing and what is it showing?
Best wishes on your MS journey, sir. I'm one of the lucky ones (no relapses for many years now - thanks in part to new meds.)
You nailed it
The press needs to address this fiercely. We must demand the MRI is released. This is the president of the United States and we need to know what’s going on. Thank you for this article🙏🙏
These are not serious people. They are devious liars. They use tricky phrases for every time they get cornered and the weaker minds accept it without question, even though it screams bullshit to the rest of us. Fog of war, total exoneration, witchunt, democratic hoax, preventative mri etc. Logic has left the building over the last 9 years or so, but I think recently, some are, reluctant as they may feel, putting their foot back in the front door of the building again.
First of all, as I had a grandmother with MS, I appreciated your first-hand account of someone living with the disease. Along with your description of your experience with multiple MRIs--harrowing, but very informative, so thanks for that. Second, you write, "If you want to say “preventative MRI,” fine — let’s all pretend we live in a world where vocabulary has no rules and people invent terms like they’re building IKEA furniture without instructions." Exactly right when it comes to Donald Trump. Trump saying something like "preventive MRI" is the sort of thing he says every day, and NEVER gets called out for. It drives me crazy that no one in the White House press corps ever follows up with a question that challenges one of his lies, idiotic statements, or just his mangling of the English language. And I'm not comparing this to George H.W. Bush getting tongue-tied, or Dan Quayle misspelling "potato;" I'm talking about his use of language that is done in the service of him being the all-knowing, infallible, supreme leader that he wants to be. Could one of these reporters please call him out for heaven's sake?
As someone who has a neurological condition (since age 19, diagnosed 15 years later), we need more pieces like this, that call out the BS when a person or the medical profession calls a screening or diagnostic test “preventive” and that give accounts of what it’s like to live with lifelong conditions. Excellent work. Thank you.
As someone else diagnosed with MS (over 25 years ago), I've had more MRI's than I care to have had. I also questioned the "preventative" MRI. It doesn't PREVENT anything - it is a diagnostic tool. So, what are they diagnosing and what is it showing?
Best wishes on your MS journey, sir. I'm one of the lucky ones (no relapses for many years now - thanks in part to new meds.)
Much gratitude for you Professor Ealy. Thank you for sharing.