Quite possible Caren.

It's hard for us Americans, who have enormous difficulty keeping quiet for 10 seconds, to imagine the closed and secretive operating of the Kremlin. A language within a language which, to put it mildly, must hamper the flow and cross referencing of information. The results for the military are on the world stage.

But back to your medical.

Only a few years ago, both JFK's and Roosevelt's health issues were carefully guarded. And, what about Reagan's dementia? That we got through that second term proved to many of us the existence of God. There was Winston Churchill's heart attack while in office. AND, the massively intrusive lung surgery on King George VI was presented to the public as lancing a pimple.

Many thanks. Best to you.