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| stevep |
Posted - 08/30/2014 : 17:14:29
I heard someone mention that JFK had debilitating lower back pain for most of his life. So bad, that he used crutches at times. I had never known this. Heartbreaking, yet very interesting. Me thinks what was going on there is pretty self explanatory to folks like us. A quick google search produced this short piece:
http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201311/reconceptualizing-jfks-chronic-low-back-pain
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His symptoms appeared to be exacerbated by stress -- for example, noted symptomatic worsening during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and failed Bay of Pigs invasion -- which is commonly observed in those with centralized pain.
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