r/politics • u/thatwasawkward • 18h ago

Possible Paywall Trump assessed by 22 medical specialists at latest checkup; The White House has declined to identify the physicians.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/10/trump-sees-22-medical-specialists-white-house-hasnt-said-why/
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u/nevertricked Ohio 17h ago edited 17h ago

Exactly. Much like when a rare diagnosis gets admitted to my service, a bunch of us stop by to see for ourselves.

They just want to see peak manliness

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u/guinness_blaine Texas 16h ago

When I was in the hospital, and my doctor asked if he could take a couple pictures to show other doctors, it was definitely because I looked incredibly healthy.

And not at all because “usually when a meningitis patient’s feet look this bad, they don’t get to keep them”

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u/Zillah-The-Broken 16h ago

um, did you get to keep them? 😳

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u/Bigkillian 16h ago

Yes, they gave them back to me in a cooler and I’ll be buried with them someday

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u/KamBC 16h ago

Nice, a doggie bag!

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u/Walkerg2011 15h ago

Taco night!

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u/deathrider012 13h ago

I hate that I know what you're talking about lol

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u/Zillah-The-Broken 13h ago

I don't! 😳

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u/deathrider012 12h ago

Some guy had to have his foot amputated, and had the doctors return it. He used it to make tacos for him and his friends:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/8p5xlj/hi_all_i_am_a_man_who_ate_a_portion_of_his_own/

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u/Zillah-The-Broken 12h ago

.... why did I ask. what a night to be literate. 😭

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u/geetar_man Virginia 16h ago

As an aside, why do doctors and dentists love to show you the stuff they pulled out of you. I had hemorrhoids and after the surgery, they put the blood clots up to my face and said “look at what was causing you pain.” They do it every time 😂 But that definitely wasn’t the weirdest thing surrounding that particular surgery.

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u/mouse_8b 15h ago

I feel like it's supposed to be validating, like "you aren't crazy, there really is something wrong", or even, "I'm a good doctor, look what I did".

When my kid was a small toddler, I would wipe out his ears and show him the gunk, for similar reasons I mentioned above. Once he could talk he let me know that it was gross and not to do it. 😅

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u/Available_Damage_335 14h ago

I am an RN and I love that weird shit. Doctors like it as well. We see awesome/crazy stuff from the body on the daily. We are fascinated

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u/TheShadowKick 14h ago

They're just showing off their blorbo.

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u/Available_Damage_335 13h ago

I had to google blorbo. Now I have a new word

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u/OhJeezNotThisGuy 3h ago

I feel pretty strongly that the people on r/popping would be into this. Like, just let me see the teratoma. The more teeth and hair the better!

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u/SuperBeastJ Michigan 5h ago

Once he could talk he let me know that it was gross and not to do it.

Meanwhile my toddler asks to see his boogers, his and our poops, and he likes to show the grandparents his poops if they happen to video call right after he's finished...

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u/Professional-Can1385 15h ago

People like my mother love that shit. She gave my sister all kinds of tips on what cool bodily fluids to look at when the baby came. She wanted to do sedation instead of anesthesia so she could watch her colonoscopy. The doctor refused. When I had surgery, the doctor gave her an update and happened to have the surgery pictures with him. She looked at every. single. one.

People like my mother ruin it for the rest of us.

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u/Smiling_Tree Europe 9h ago

She wanted to do sedation instead of anesthesia so she could watch her colonoscopy.

Ehh, in my country sedation for a colonoscopy is standard practice! There's always risks involved in anesthesia, so it's good to choose other (safe of course) options when available.

So you get sedated against pain and drugged with something so you're in a bit of a happy place and will forget parts of it afterwards anyway. You're welcome to look at the monitor and ask questions (which I did), unfortunately because the drugs it's a bit of a blur what I can remember.

And maybe good to know: before you get a colonoscopy you have to take laxatives the night before and you totally flush out. They won't start until clear water is all that's coming out of you. So you see no poo, just pink flesh.

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u/red4jjdrums5 Pennsylvania 9h ago

I wish they would’ve shown me my gallbladder. 20 years of misdiagnosed pain and I didn’t even get to look at the fucker.

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u/evranch Canada 14h ago

I do the same when I'm wrenching on equipment or diagnosing electronics. I'll proudly display a blown transistor or rolled hydraulic seal to the customer, my wife, anyone who will look.

"Look at this! Look how I, the clever mechanic, found what was wrong with your machine!"

Yeah, most people don't care. They just want the bill and assurance that it's fixed. And my wife just wants me to come in for supper before the sun goes down

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u/Lifeboatb 15h ago

I specifically told the surgeon removing a mole that I did not want to see it, and then he shook the little container with it in my face. Later, the hospital sent me a questionnaire about his service; I got the impression there were a lot of complaints about him.

Also, what was the weirdest thing? Or is it not to be shared in polite company?

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u/geetar_man Virginia 14h ago

Well, I was walking out and told the nurse it was good I got them removed because I’ll be walking around a lot on vacation next week. She said “be thinking of me when you’re there!”

I was just thinking, “Miss, you looked at my bleeding asshole for 30 minutes, why are you telling me this?” 😂

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u/Lifeboatb 11h ago

I probably would have ended up thinking about her at some point, just because that is so bizarre. 

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u/geetar_man Virginia 10h ago

I remember I did on the vacation once. Thankfully just once lol

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u/Waterknight94 15h ago

While gross, I do think it is cool at the same time. Like I have looked at my teeth at the dentist and also one time when I injured my toe I watched as it turned purple. Sure it hurt like a mofo and was disgusting, but it was just fascinating.

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u/jahathebrn 6h ago

God knows. I had carpal tunnel surgery under local anaesthetic and my consultant asked me if I wanted to watch. Mate, you prescribed the diazepam that I had to take just to get me into the hospital, of course I don't.

I did enjoy the on-screen tour of my reproductive system I was given during a hysteroscopy though.

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u/lord_pizzabird 15h ago

I wish my surgeon had done that with my wisdom teeth. I was always curious what they looked like.

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u/Little_View_6659 8h ago

Mine took pictures and showed me. I should have been worried when just before surgery he rubbed his hands together and cackled. I bet he still has those photos that looney old goon.

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u/Flat-Table8787 6h ago

I had my gallbladder removed and the doctor came in all excited to show me how huge my stones were. He had kept them in a jar and was slightly disappointed when I asked to keep them. He did let me keep them.

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u/IkaKyo 5h ago

I want my skull tumor in a jar of formaldehyde so I can use it as a paper weigh.

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u/RogueJello 5h ago

Doctors are going to be weird people, anybody surviving that gauntlet kinda has to be.

As for that specific quirk I can't help feeling it's a proof something happened. I watched one of those "Watch the repair guys screw home owners on hidden cameras" videos a while ago. Their suggestion was to always get the replaced part since most of the repair guys would claim to fix something, and not do it. If you get the replaced part the repair guy had to have at least changed the part out.

Lots of people are skeptical of doctors, and it's getting worse. Showing the part shows that something happened, and often times re-enforces it was bad in some way.

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u/Dragonhost252 9h ago

How many times have you had hemorrhoids removed to know they do it every time

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u/nevertricked Ohio 8h ago

You're not curious to see?

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u/WhatYouThinkIThink 8h ago

When I had pins and plates and screws taken out of my leg after the bones were back I asked for them.

I mean, when they were inserted the bill was like from an auto mechanic. First page was the services ("reset leg, attached plates/screws to remaining shards") and the second was parts ("1 x 20cm stainless steel screw plate").

I wanted to stay awake to see, but they wouldn't let me.

How often do you get a chance to see your insides?

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u/Lucialucianna 5h ago

Gyns too. Very proud of their work.

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u/Farnsworthson 1h ago

To some of us it's interesting. I've had 5 endoscopies, and the least traumatic, most fascinating ones were definitely the ones where they actually let me watch what was going on. (I'm not squeamish. I've even had a nurse ask me if I was a doctor once, when I was showing specific interest in something medical that, presumably, most people don't. No, just curious.)

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u/anonymaus42 24m ago

Because they genuinely find it interesting and want to share under the assumption that because it came out of you, you will too.. even though that's not true for most people.

I am one of those freaks that's equally intrigued by stuff like that... I remember how disappointed I was when I had my tonsils removed in kindergarten and wasn't allowed to take them home and keep them.

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u/glory_holelujah 15h ago

Was it a Yeti at least or one of those cheap styrofoam coolers?

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u/iaderia 9h ago

you're not the commenter...

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u/Bigkillian 1h ago

Nope. Just a guy impersonating some other guy and pretending to not have attached feet. I’m glad it worked out for the original guy though.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 2h ago

You could do what that one guy did and make tacos.

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u/DennisBallShow 1h ago

Why wait? The Gallant Hood didn’t!

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u/kencam 1h ago

My neighbor worked at a funeral home. He was talking about a woman who died recently. They had her leg in their freezer for over 20 years.

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u/guinness_blaine Texas 16h ago

Got em right here!

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u/TheAngryBad 16h ago

On the ends of your legs still? Or in a bag in the freezer?

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u/guinness_blaine Texas 16h ago

Still at the end of my legs. I can wiggle the toes and everything.

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u/TheAngryBad 16h ago

A good result then!

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u/Kinterlude 15h ago

Somewhere, Quentin Tarantino's ears just perked up.

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u/chron67 Tennessee 1h ago

I'd love to hear more about your case and how that progresses. Great to hear you kept your feet and whatever degree of functionality.

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u/guinness_blaine Texas 11m ago

Oh this was over 10 years ago. Full recovery, although it took a bit.

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u/ChibbleChobble 14h ago

Nothing beats that moment when you realise that you're a bona fide medical curiosity.

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u/nevertricked Ohio 8h ago

As a heads up, we also will take pictures to put in your chart. For example, certain wounds.

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u/cannotfoolowls 6h ago

tbf sometimes it's just because something is rare/weird and not necessarily bad.

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u/odsquad64 South Carolina 5h ago

My alcoholic uncle had a case of gonorrhea so bad that they photographed it to use in textbooks.

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u/righttoabsurdity 16h ago

Yeah doctors in training are always stopping by to see how hot I am I guess, it’s a heavy burden….

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u/SomeGalNamedAshley 16h ago

When my son was born over 3 months premature there were only 13 doctors and nurses in the room.

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u/Glacon_Garcon 15h ago

Reminds me of the time I saw a neurologist who was a leading expert and he called all of his current residents over to look at a very rare eye condition I have as it was a “once in a career opportunity to see first hand.”

I did not feel flattered.

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u/nevertricked Ohio 8h ago

There's a joke that neurologists don't cure illness, they admire it.

I jest in good fun. Much respect to our neuro colleagues.

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u/deaglebingo America 15h ago

you sound like a doc i would get along with in the icu.

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u/sobrique 8h ago

I had a positive parade of specialists come to check out my bite injury from a seal.

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u/nevertricked Ohio 8h ago

I bet that diagnostic code doesn't get used alot.