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Attilatheblond

(6,721 posts)
1. Just some wild guesses
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 07:34 PM
Jul 13

Too much salty processed 'food'

Too much sitting, not enough moving around

Congestive heart failure, but first we'd need proof of a heart

Bread and Circuses

(924 posts)
2. Elderly people will often show signs of ankle swelling or edema
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 07:34 PM
Jul 13

Several medical issues may cause poor blood circulation. He’s got medical conditions that they’ve been hiding.

MLAA

(19,355 posts)
5. My dear husband has heart disease and his ankles and feet began to swell making wearing shoes very uncomfortable.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 07:39 PM
Jul 13

After trying a number of things I found something that works like magic and it’s continued to work for a couple of years now. DM me if you are interested in what that is. I don’t want to post it. On the outside chance it finds its way back to TSF.

erronis

(20,662 posts)
9. I have some of that (CHF) and edema. For TSF's case I think a neck tourniquet would work.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 08:12 PM
Jul 13

Fiendish Thingy

(20,090 posts)
8. C'mon, we're diagnosing edema from a pixelated blow up of a poor photo?
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 08:10 PM
Jul 13

I don’t doubt he has numerous health issues, but to narrow it to one very specific problem from this photo…I just don’t see it, not in his hands anyway.

Show me a photo of his bare feet and ankles, that would give us a clearer indication.

Let’s stay connected to the reality-based community, shall we?

Fiendish Thingy

(20,090 posts)
13. I'm not saying that
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 08:37 PM
Jul 13

Are you saying that?

I’m just saying that photo doesn’t show anything but a tired, obese, unhappily married old man.

Disaffected

(5,765 posts)
14. Yes, I find it quite remarkable how people
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:56 PM
Jul 13

read things into photographs that simply are not there. Applies to both physical and mental conditions.

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