Why is Rachel Maddow STILL sick?

[Eliot Rosewater]

I dont like it.

[RKP5637]

1. I was wondering about this just now as you posted this. I did some searches and

found nothing. I don't like it either, what is going on ...

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Poisoned?

[RKP5637]

6. Immediately the Putin tactics came to mind, copycat, so much silence. n/t

[AngryAmish]

54. Like Roose Bolton?

I kid.

[mchill]

2. Since Putin plays such a big part in our lives now

it is normal to worry...

[monmouth4]

3. Something is definitely up. Maybe on vacay but she would have said something..n/t

[amuse bouche]

7. She talked about coming in to work sick and still being sick, last week

She wasn't sleeping because of all the incoming news. Someone finally made her stop and rest.

Thank You Susan.

[Tom Rinaldo]

5. I wonder if she will be sick until MSNBC renews Lawrence

Either that or she has that bad chest cold perhaps. Doesn't work so well to be coughing on air. But if she comes back on the same day that MSNBC announces that Lawrence has a new contract, I would find that timing interesting.

[flamingdem]

8. She was sick on air and said her doctor gave her meds

Seems like a flu though it's not the right time of year for that.

[Else You Are Mad]

13. I just got over the flu.

I was really sick for 9 days and I never get sick. After I got the results from my test, my doctor told me she has had a lot of patients with the flu this month.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

79. Yes. If you really get the flu you usually get quite ill for

a noticeable period of time.

The up side of having gotten the flu is that you'll be relatively immune for some time to come.

Oh, and even though there is a distinct flu season, it's always out there.

[JimGinPA]

9. Sometimes A Cigar Is Just A Cigar

How about positive thoughts for her recuperation instead of worrying about some kind of conspiracy.

[pnwest]

16. omg, a voice of reason! forgot that that looks like!

[cwydro]

27. Thank you.

DU is getting wackier and wackier.

I hope she reads DU just so she can get a good laugh while recovering.

[Eliot Rosewater]

58. Exactly, because my concern is ludicrous, right?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/23/here-are-ten-critics-of-vladimir-putin-who-died-violently-or-in-suspicious-ways/?utm_term=.08905e736fc7


WorldViews
Here are 10 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways

[Eliot Rosewater]

66. I do too, I hope my post makes her smile and laugh. I hope all she has is a bad cold

I would never had said this a year ago, not my style.

But nothing, absolutely nothing I knew about this world a year ago, applies today.

The sooner we all accept that, the better.

[Texasgal]

86. Gah! No kidding right?

People get sick. Flu happens at anytime of the year!

UGH.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

35. Thank you for making sense.

[LeftyMom]

10. She sounded like shit on air late last week.

People get summer colds, sinus infections, sometimes even bronchitis or pneumonia.

Perfectly healthy people. Shit happens.

[Leith]

23. Come On - She Didn't Sound That Bad

She sounded like she had a cold and was on meds. I've sounded worse and kept going.

It's a shame that she didn't get a healthy 3-day weekend.

[cwydro]

29. I've sounded worse and kept going too.

But I didn't have to appear on television in front of millions. Give her a break. People get sick.

[spooky3]

37. Had pneumonia last year--took forever to get rid of.

Lots of viruses can take more than a week to kick, too, and it probably didn't help that Rachel came in to work even when sick last Thursday.

Get well soon, Rachel!

[LeftyMom]

44. I had viral pneumonia in February. Zero stars. Not Recommended.

I'm *still* taking an inhaled steroid until the wheeze clears up. :/

And she's about a decade older than I am.

[spooky3]

47. It's a persistent bug. Glad you've mostly conquered it!👍

[Runningdawg]

57. Twice in the last 5 years

I have had pneumonia during Memorial Day Weekend. I am a normally healthy 57 years old. I had no idea either time I was that sick. You can be in the future if I so much as sniffle during the month of May I will be seeing the Dr.
I hope RM takes all the time she needs to recover fully.

[Else You Are Mad]

11. I just got over the flu.

I was sick as hell for 9 days and I was still out of it for another 3 or so days. After I got the results from my test, my doctor told me a lot of people have been coming in with the flu.

She came in to work last Friday, and she looked and sounded awful and was clearly out of it.

I hope she gets better soon!

[Ilsa]

12. And it is possible that she is just sick.

There are viruses that go around, make people weak, give them "stomach flu", diarrhea, cough/cold, etc. As busy as she has been, she might have been susceptible to needing more rest to get over something.

I think if she was poisoned or attacked, the illness would have been sudden and severe, and she would not have been able to go on the air last Thursday (?).

[malaise]

17. That's what she said

in Thursday

[ecstatic]

33. True, but wouldn't that be too obvious? What works

in Russia probably wouldn't work here, especially when it happens to the person who has covered it extensively.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

61. i was so sick last year around this time. from nowhere

3 weeks gone.

it happens sometimes.

[Doreen]

14. I am worried about her. I have asked before with no answer

if she has a bodyguard or if anyone is assigned to keeping a watch on her. She always looks like she is in very good health and this happens all of a sudden?

[Ilsa]

18. I was active, in great health, then three weeks ago I

walked through the grocery store and picked up a nasty cough and cold. Turned a double ear infection. First double ear infection ever. First time I've had antibiotics in decades. Nasty cough for a week. Laid out for days. Viruses happen, all of a sudden.

[Doreen]

22. I hope you are feeling better.

Yeah, that has happened to me also. I am just worried about her because of everything else going on.

[Ilsa]

24. I'm betting she is being extra careful, as are

the people around her who will look out for her. I trust the people around her, and that someone else will pick up the banner if she fell.

Thanks for the well-wishes. I went nearly deaf for a week. Others in my household got bronchitis.

Keep in mind, she's what, mid-forties? Lots of reproductive system stuff can go haywire, especially under stress, and they aren't going to talk about that on tv.

[lunasun]

41. Yep same thing going around my area . I had an ear infection and probably sinus . I was able to

beat it without antibiotics but I was using almost every wives tale I know & it was so bad all on my left side , then at the end I almost felt like it was going to turn into bronchitis. Finally I got better but not in two or three days
Yes it's late in the season but my one kid's school was really hit bad a just a few weeks ago and we all had flu shots in the fall. Something is going around
If she needs to rest it's best so she can come back strong

[tazkcmo]

15. Paranoia

Will destroy ya.

[adigal]

68. Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean the Russians aren't trying to kill you.

OP, I swear, I had the same fleeting thought.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. She probably likes it even less than you.

If she's got something like bronchitis, it can take weeks to get over it. I speak from personal experience (I once had a case of it accompanied by laryngitis that lasted almost two months).

[mythology]

20. This is amazingly silly

I've had upper respiratory infections that lasted weeks. Why do people insist on leaping to unsubstantiated nonsensical conclusions but never either go back and apologize or learn from the mistake?

[Binkie The Clown]

21. Because she's not super-human. (Surely you don't intend to weave some conspiracy theory). n/t

[Boxerfan]

25. And because Putin's MO is to silence any & all oposition.

I am also worried & I do not think I'm being tinfoil over the top.

Just a valid concern considering. And I hope I'm wrong.

But he is beyond evil & the richest man in the world. And has an army of assets above & below the cover. Google the Umbrella gun-it is old but a eye opening example of what he's capable of-on foreign soil.

[appleannie1943]

26. There has been some kind of bug going around for a couple months.

It lays people low for days. My hubby ended up needing a second prescription. On Thursday I noticed she did not look good and on Friday she came in sick after calling off and going to the doctor. That could have set her recovery back.

[klook]

28. She and Sean Hannity are switching jobs!!1!

It'll be announced on the usual blogs any minute now.

[krawhitham]

30. She's "sick" so Lawrence has the #1 cable news show

Hard to fired someone when they are #1

Link to tweet

[Hekate]

31. Christ on a trailer hitch, people, get a grip on reality

[Eliot Rosewater]

59. Yeah, i guess you are right, no reason to worry at all none

WorldViews
Here are 10 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/23/here-are-ten-critics-of-vladimir-putin-who-died-violently-or-in-suspicious-ways/?utm_term=.08905e736fc7


PS

Here is the way a 2017 liberal would respond to what I said, if they were living in 2017

"Based on your past posts I can see you are a true liberal, Eliot, a real patriot and you care about this country and Rachel. I think your idea is a bit off, and you would be better served to wish Rachel best wishes until and unless some facts come out supporting your concern"

I would love to read that, I would probably agree with you and thank you for being considerate and thoughtful, something liberals are supposed to be known for.

[Hekate]

64. How many of them are American journalists living in the US? Any?

Get a grip and send her a get-well card care of MSNBC.

[Eliot Rosewater]

65. I can tweet her wishes, good idea.

Who is the most outspoken and widely viewed critic of both Putin and Trump on the planet?

If some of you are not yet ready to accept we are in a new world, a new and dangerous world, fine.

[ecstatic]

32. The thought crossed my mind. She is the cable news leader of the resistance

If this "illness" takes a left turn, we need to f*cking raise hell like we've never raised hell before. Shut this shit completely down, because contrary to popular belief, TrumPutin can't physically attack someone and remain in power in this country.

[Laffy Kat]

34. She has a history of debilitating depression.

Last edited Wed May 31, 2017, 11:19 PM - Edit history (1)

Worries me a little.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

36. Link ?

[Laffy Kat]

39. Here's one from a quick Google.

It's around the last paragraph of this great interview by Terry Gross. There's quiet a lot out there. I didn't mention it to demean her in any way. I'm a depressive myself.

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/27/148611615/rachel-maddow-the-fresh-air-interview

[obnoxiousdrunk]

40. Thanks.

[athena]

50. OMG, thank you so much for posting this.

I know it's self-centered of me, but I've been fighting depression for most of my adult life (it's rarely in control these days, but it's always lurking there, threatening to take over if I let go for the tiniest moment), and it's so encouraging to see that someone I admire so much is also fighting this horrible condition. If she can do so well in spite of depression, there may be hope for me as well.

[Laffy Kat]

81. It's exhausting. I totally understand.

Although I feel very well-controlled, like you said, it's always hanging right above. I personally get a lot of comments at work about how happy I always seem and I do try to give it everything I've got; but there are days I fall into bed as soon as I get home, just from the mental exhaustion of it all. At least we're in good company.

[Flip1115]

82. Wonderful NPR Interview, but "debilitating depression" is inaccurate.

Laffy, thank you so much for the NPR link to Rachel Maddow's 2012 interview with Terry Gross. For any of us huge believers in Rachel, your link is 44 minutes of must-listen-to radio.

I would simply just take issue with your use of the word "debilitating," which you use to describe Rachel's depression she shared toward the end of the interview. Rachel states that she expects to live with her chemically driven episodes of depression for the rest of her life, but clearly states that she has learned to function during depressive episodes and is able to work during episodes, with maybe slight adjustments to her schedule or job demands for that particular day or moment in time. It does not sound as though Rachel has ever been hospitalized, or has even had to miss work due to a bout of depression. And she never mentions medication, so there is definitely not a hint in her interview that she is debilitated by her depression or that she considers her depression debilitating, but instead Rachel indicates her depression, though obviously not pleasant, is very manageable.

[Laffy Kat]

84. You are right. Thanks for the correction. nt

[MFM008]

38. now...... now

Ive been sick enough in some form to be useless for a couple weeks.
Who hasnt.
Ive gotten a virus, been better for a week and got sick again.
I presume no one was trying to poison me,
except for my own family.

[Tatiana]

42. She has been working extremely hard, burning the midnight oil.

Her immune system may be compromised, leaving her vulnerable to illness.

I hope she is better soon. Don't forget that Hannity is trying to attack her and her show's advertisers. She doesn't have an easy job.

[pablo_marmol]

43. About an hour ago I discovered that an old friend died of pneumonia in her sleep.

There is such a thing as sickness that knocks you down for multiple days.

And these conspiracy theories? FFS.

[LeftyMom]

45. Last year my mom went from "I think I'm getting a cold" to a ventilator in two days.

She never left the ICU. It was springtime in California, and she was only 58.

I want to live in these other posters' reality where somebody in their middle 40s being sick for a few days requires an unusual explanation.

[pablo_marmol]

46. Sincere condolences w/regard to your mom.

We lost our mother in late '13 and it still hurts. Peace to you.

[Vinca]

48. The flu has been especially bad in the northeast this spring.

The last time she was on and not feeling well she didn't look at death's door, so I'm sure she'll be fine.

[politicat]

49. There are a couple of respiratory viral outbreaks in progress. CDC is tracking.

This year's parainfluenza appears to be waning, but metapneumovirus is spiking in the Northeast. I noted that multiple media people were sick last week, so checked the data.

Neither is generally fatal, but both can make someone miserable.

[democratisphere]

51. Viruses are wicked and hang on for a long duration.

[FakeNoose]

52. Let's help Rachel

Send her your prayers, positive energies and warm loving thoughts for a quick recovery.
It might be more helpful than spinning rumors.

Rachel, take all the time you need and get back to good health.
Live long and prosper!

[Eliot Rosewater]

62. Please retract the accusation that I am "spreading rumors"

I did NO such thing, AT ALL.

I made the very reasonable observation that she has been sick for quite a while, that she is a known and outspoken enemy of Putin and Trump, and that Putin kills his enemies.

NOBODY here wants to be wrong about this more than I do. But we live in a different world now.

I thought everybody finally understood that.

[Hekate]

67. Ahem. Indeed you are spreading rumors. You made it up, and you've gotten some gullible...

...people all concerned. That is not responsible behavior. Sending her a card at her MSNBC address would show a lot more thoughtfulness and concern than imagining she has eaten a plutonium sandwich and announcing a death watch, as you are doing.

[mopinko]

83. +1

[OnDoutside]

53. Rachel should visit Trump's doctor, and immediately

She will be in the bestest of health that any anchor has ever been in.

Get well soon, Rachel.

[onecent]

55. Yes, Rachel, hurry up and come back soon.

I am SO Happy that Lawrence is staying on also!!!

[elfin]

56. I wondered if it was to support Lawrence, reminding the suits that her show is so popular....

and that she could walk if they don't support her picks in the lineup.

If she is back on tonight, it might be telling.

[Eliot Rosewater]

63. I thought that also, I want that to be the reason, not her depression and nothing else.

Not that she is the most outspoken, most widely viewed critic of both Putin and Trump, known for silencing enemies.

Trump so far known only to silence people with threats of court or bribes. Putin is known to kill his enemies.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

60. cos people get sick of URI and they can last a while

:Shrug:

[Meowmee]

69. I'm sure she's recuperating.

Sometimes a nasty flu etc needs a few days to recover. Especially if you have to talk non stop for a living. I have a cold or something which keeps coming and going now. I do hope she has a body guard though, she and Lawrence and a few others need it.

[Eliot Rosewater]

70. Probably, and I should have waited longer to make my observation.

An observation that would have not occurred to me a year ago.

[Meowmee]

77. I'm sure many

thought the same- it's horrible that we are in this atmosphere of having to wonder.

[Warren DeMontague]

71. It's Susan Sarandon's fault.

I'm sure of it!

[Eliot Rosewater]

72. Nah, Susan is only responsible for convincing tens of thousands of people to vote

3rd party or stay home.

But not this.

How many votes in those 4 states decided it?

I have already multiple times said I probably should not have made this post, but if you are going to bring Susan into, great.

[Warren DeMontague]

73. Hey, I'm just trying to keep up with the cool kids.

No one gave me the memo, but if it is Susan Sarandon day in GD I'm gonna put on my Susan Sarandon hat and get all Susan Sarandon-y and whatnot.

[Quayblue]

74. Stress.

She does a shit ton of work... and she cares deeply about her work as it's a tool for Americans.

I hope she gets the rest she needs.

[Eliot Rosewater]

75. Stress is a killer.

[Quayblue]

80. Sure is.

We gotta take care of ourselves.

[Lil Missy]

76. It's not out of the ordinary. I wouldn't panic.

[Mike Nelson]

78. She was indeed...

...sick the day before taking time off... she has great health care, I'm sure, and will be fine...

Even so, flus and viruses are not fun and can linger...

Hope Rachel gets good rest, relaxation and is back to comment on the Comey "show" next week!

Get well, Rachel!

[malaise]

85. She's back

[Eliot Rosewater]

87. And just in time.