Re: Disturbing News

Jack Campin - bogus address <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

She didn't know she had it until they did her blood work at Mayo.
They found her liver enzymes were astronomically high. Then they
discovered she had hemochromatosis. She told me that they then
called her and told her that she had brought it on herself by
drinking. I don't know if that's the case or not.

It's an inexcusably vicious and misleading way to describe the
situation. Haemochromatosis is a genetic syndrome which is
worsened by alcohol, but at a level that would not be a problem
for most people. Since most folks with haemochromatosis don't
know they've got it, it's ridiculous to blame them if they drink.

I totally agree. For that matter, I think it's pretty horrible to talk
that way to a bona-fide alcoholic who doesn't have hemocromatosis. I
expect a *doctor* of all people to understand that alcoholism is a
disease, not a moral defect. The patient really doesn't need that kind
of condescending lecture, especially when they've just gotten the news
that they're dying, for God's sake!

I'm not saying that Christy was an alcoholic, just that the issue of
blame doesn't have any place in a medical setting. That doctor makes
Greg House seem like a diplomat. :)

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