"daytripper" wrote in message
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I bet it was Hemochromatosis.

/daytripper

Symptoms sound right.....except I'm not so sure about the "rare" part.
My father had it and thus I was warned that I was at high risk. It was
a long time ago, so I don't remember the details, but I carry the
impression that it isn't especially uncommon.

Wolfgang
who, symptom free, supposes that judicious (which is to say liberal)
intake of caffeine and nicotine must have a profound prophylactic
effect.

Agreed, HC is hardly a rare disease. 1 in 200 Caucasians have the genetic
disposition toward developing the disease. But you know how doctors are,
they
often elevate a condition as a means of elevating their own import...

/daytripper (message to doctors everywhe we're catching on ;-)

I guess what made it so rare was that my boss Charles Wright had to stand on
his head, recite the Star Spangled Banner, and juggle a chainsaw, egg, and
an apple all the while they took his blood!

It was my understanding at the time that it was rare, but it may just have
been that none of us had ever heard of such a thing and just figured the
Charles was just too damn lazy to drive a 10' ground rod with a sledgehammer
into hard as rock red clay?

He really did have to have monthly blood letting though, and I suppose he
still does, if he's still alive. I need to check on the old fella. He was
as good an employer as I have ever had. He must have rehire my drunk ass 10
times.

Op