Ayahanda To Campaign For Brader Anwar ? ? He He He.

Politics is the art of the possible. I am not a good politician. Or maybe I am. My 'muntah' level has a  very low tolerance. Maybe thats why folks like me as well. 

The news says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed is headed down to PD to campaign for Brader Anwar.  Sometimes Tun Dr Mahathir frightens me. 

Anyway yesterday Brader Anwar went for a jog on the beach in PD. I think he had his picture taken and uploaded on Facebook or somewhere. Anyway Star carried the picture.

The Brader is 72 years old. I dont think he has jogged or taken a brisk walk in the past 20 years. To suddenly go jogging is not a good idea.  Here is that picture :

There are some strange things about his appearance. First of all the Brader appears not relaxed at all. This was a stressful jog? Then I noticed that his arms, wrists, fingers and even his ankles are swollen. 

This is the tech age so I zoomed into the picture above. Here is a slightly zoomed picture. His arms, wrists do look swollen.

I zoomed in again.   You can see his fingers on the right hand are super swollen. So is the left hand. The right wrist is also swollen. The whole right arm is swollen with undulations on the skin.

Finally here are his feet. The ankles appear swollen too. I have seen this type of swelling many times before. You cannot see the usual outline of the ankle bone.   

There are plenty doctors in my WhatsApp contacts so I asked a few of them.

A variety of causes are possible for swelling of the arms and legs: 

1. The Brader could be having post surgical reactions.

2. There is something called Edema ie a swelling of the arms and legs which can result from circulatory problems, infection, tissue death, malnutrition, kidney disease, total body fluid overload and electrolyte problems.

3. Heart issues

4. Kidney issues

5. Liver issues

6. Rheumatoid arthritis which is an auto immune disease.  (Autoimmune diseases cause your body's immune system to mistakenly attack normal cells. In autoimmune arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), your immune system attacks the lining of your joints. This leads to inflammation that can affect your entire body)

My comments :  I have been ill before. It was my own carelessness. I have suffered extreme muscle tears as a result of over exertion in the gym. The latest damage was a severely torn stomach muscle after going all out in the gym. One hour on the rowing machine -  at 32 strokes per minute (past age 54) plus another hour of weights for seven days in a row.  The muscle went kaput.  It  took me three years to get back into almost normal again.  The pain was agonising.  But the worst thing is you are no more 100% mobile. You cannot simply go where you want to go, you cannot simply move a chair or pick up a young child.

It is just horrible to be ill or sick.  So despite all that I have said about the Brader (politically) I really hope he keeps his health and does not suffer any poor health or illness. 

But there is a catch : you have to watch your health. It can be nurtured back to good health again.  You must make the right decisions.