Sen. John Fetterman raises alarms with outburst at meeting with union officials, AP sources say

[AverageOldGuy]

11. Yes . . .

. . . . strokes can lead to serious, marked personality changes.

I'm not a physician of any kind, I'm just an old basic EMT but docs have told us time and again about dealing with stroke patients, both people in the midst of a stroke as well as those who suffered strokes some time ago.

A stroke can cause real changes in the brain that cause this behavior, plus it's not unusual or unexpected for the person to react in frustration or anger to the limitations often experienced by stroke victims.

I've never had a stroke, however, at age 80 I am not 10-feet tall and bulletproof as I was at age 18 and it's frustrating when I just can't do some simple tasks -- opening a damn jar lid, opening those goddam "old people proof" medication packages posing as "childproof," going to pee only to have to go again in 10 minutes and produce only a few drops. I can imagine that a stroke victim would become very frustrated, angry even, at limitations that are far more extensive than mine.