I had a bad fall last July and I’m still not right.

I wish him well as I also wish him out of the Senate.

And that this gives him the motivation to retire from government and spend time with his family.

A. Will miss the Senate vote on releasing the Epstein files.
B. Will resign as Senator from PA so Gov Josh Shapiro can appoint an actual Democrat.
C. Has a "come to Jesus moment" and stops acting like a Democratic MAGA sympathizer.

I had not heard that.

He's being horribly treated by the far right and far left. The left is worse to him.
This according to Frauderman

Every elected official - from sheriff to senator to president - is going to get complaints from constituents. It's one of the signs of a functioning democracy.

I really don't have time for politicians who whine that they're being criticized. It is part of the job they wanted.

When a politician starts complaining about feedback from their constituents it means it's time for them to get a new job.

I have never heard AOC complain about her constituents' comments to her. Nor have I heard Nancy Pelosi complain about this.

You need to resign, just as soon as possible. The people of Pennsylvania, and the people of the whole country, need the services of a for-real Democrat---not some trump apologist with a (D) by his name.

I'm sure the stress of the job is a contributing factor.

being a US Senator as being stressful. It has to rank up there with college professor in cushiness!

. . . this was far from the case for me. Hundreds of papers to grade and provide feedback on at a time and lots of pressure from administration.

I was turned out, despite having tenure, due to a political purge by an incompetent GOP crony president.

Imagine it's Friday, you have 200 papers to mark, and grades are due on Monday. There's some stress.

Notice, no US Senators pushed back on my remark, only professors!

My wife is a teacher. Over the years, I’ve heard the “I’ve got soooooooo many papers to grade.” In my early married years, I would suggest she not assign so much work that required grading. I no longer say anything.

I'm sure only good things could possibly result from this.

this, and his past maladies explains a lot...........Brain injuries, lack of O2, etc

Why don't they just put some band-aids on his face and send him home, like they would do with all the rest of us?????

... on "Morning Joe" this morning. I was struck by the background he chose... it was live, but he and the hosts were in separate studio/s. It looks like a dungeon... a couple walls that looked like a dungeon in a sad state of disrepair. It struck me that he often picks these sorry-looking backgrounds. maybe he really was in a dungeon, and fell walking back up? Certainly, he can afford the nice homes other guests use for their backgrounds. Still, I hope he recovers and enjoys a long, healthy retirement.

it's a converted former car dealership building - https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/my-favorite-room-the-fettermans-braddock-loft/

So it has that "urban loft" (bare brick walls and unfinished ceilings) look.

... wall. It looks much better with the nice furniture I see in the link.

nt

How apt after his cowardice in rubber stamping Trump's gutting of ACA.

Instant Karma gonna get you

I seriously doubt I or most people I know would be given the option to stay in the hospital while our meds were fine tuned. Insurance would want a say in exactly what medication and what low cost version or treatments would be covered and probably deem it an out patient service in order to keep cost down.

that federal civil servants and elected officials have the same insurance providers and options as every other American. Insurance can be through the ACA, FEHB or be on their spouse's insurance, which, iirc, Obama did even after he was elected.

If you use FEHB, the govt picks up about 75% of the policy premium. FEHB offers many different plans from self only to family and from very basic to very comprehensive.

There isn't some Cadillac insurance specifically for congress or federal employees.

when it comes to medical care.

A senator's wife will not be sent out to the parking lot to die if she has a miscarriage.

Not surprising he'd be kept for a day or two to be monitored.

One of my relatives had a similar incident to Fetterman and was kept in the cardiac unit for four or five days hooked up to a heart monitor while the docs tried to figure out what had happened.

based on the fact that a person is in congress or a federal civil servant.

It's simply not true that federal officials and civil servants have some sort of "cadillac" insurance. While elected officials do have the services of Walter Reed available to them when they are in DC, they see their own PCPs and specialists when they are back home. Fetterman has a cardiologist and probably has had one for awhile.

Isn't there Senate business to conduct?

2. This is not a healthy man. He's only 56 and he's had a stroke and has atrial fibrillation?

No.

The Senate had already scheduled a "State Work Period" for this week (which included the Veteran's Day Holiday).

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/2025_schedule.htm

I say this with all honesty. Fetterman needs to resign. He should never have been seated in the first place. A stroke on the scale of what he experienced, doesn't just affect you physically, it impacts you mentally and emotionally. You suddenly realize just how close your mortality can be. It changes you on may levels, and it certainly changed him. His struggle to regain his stamina and faculties was not a short or easy process. And he has not completely recovered and never will, his journey will continue. He should have taken the high road and had the grace to admit that he was NOT the person the people of PA elected and resigned.

I wish him all the best. He needs to focus on his health and his family should be the support network that encourages him to be honest with himself.

Make that a DINOcrat!

Tots and Pears douchebag!

Loyalty matters and you broke the trust!

Karma hurts, huh?

for all of Biden's record setting number of judicial nominees, right? He supported Bidenomics legislation, too.

Fetterman isn't a nuanced guy. He says what he thinks and believes what he believes. It's who he is. Pennsylvania will get to decide on his performance in a couple of years.

This is what leads to cardiac arrest and death. It’s not the same as atrial fibrillation which a lot of people can live with. To me him being “light headed and falling to the ground” means his heart stopped.
Maybe a doctor around here can correct me if I’m wrong.

but not pumping blood.

Blood pressure drops, you go flat down. Face or bum first.

A wake up call for John.

Pacemaker next?

He may need an ICD (implantable pacemaker-defibrillator combo) if he's got what I think he's got. The pace keeps the heartbeat steady. The defibrillator shocks the heart if the rhythm goes haywire.

just ahead of the primary - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142918241

From May 2022 -

when the time comes to stop trying to be an achiever who does Big Things, and walk it back, call it quits.

Putting his feet up and looking after himself should be his first priority.

How about it John? Can you read the writing on the wall?

My father was a kind man, much kinder than I am or have ever been but when the sh*thead he worked for had a stroke, my father shocked me by saying "It could not have happened to better man" ... That is my sentiment regarding Fetterman but I am less kind, so I would include a "f*ck him to that he gets any sympathy. He's pretend Democrat with delusions of being "special" just because he cannot dress himself as an adult with delusions that, in the way he dresses as being a cool dude instead of the child he is. I would prefer he resigns and take better care of himself than he has the American people.

Both he and his wife are good people but he is not the same person as he as prior to his stroke. They both
could have lived anyplace they wanted to but instead lived and helped the people of western Pennsylvania
I wish them well.

I know he's not regarded well here but I like him ... a person who has had to struggle healtwise. Wishing him the best. 💐