We heard on the news today that Netanyahu had a colonoscopy this morning. This means that he would have been on an industrial grade laxative protocol last night and this morning. He will have a sore sphincter and maybe, just maybe, he is now less full of shit. He has quite a few comorbidities. He is not renown for joviality, good will or a good sense of humour so the indignity of shitting his entire arse off may not have appealed to him. Laid out on a table with a metre long endoscope up your arse it is hard to be tough, macho and aggressive spouting bellicose propaganda.

Did you know that a single article in the Lancet can cost you forty quid!!

It turns out there is specialist research interest in excess bodily Iron in Rennes, particularly for rare Fe related genetic diseases. We just took the car to the garage and there was an advertising card “Jardin du Fer” so we are back roaming the streets and chanting “any old Iron” like pikeys in a white flatbed truck.

One of the guys from Rennes is a co-author:

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One of the problems and benefits of having been a researcher in a previous incarnation is the ability to scan-read to spot gaps in knowledge and then zoom in, on the off chance there may be a research proposal lurking. The primer paper suggests the following diagnosis flow chart. I am on the far right pathway. All genetic testing is expensive.

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On the basis of this I am possibly due an Iron MRI. Apparently, the presence of Fe changes the T2 nuclear relaxation time and by using various pulse echo sequences one can measure Fe content in the liver. One can also image Fe content relative to the spleen. The latter is more widely used.

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The Fe build up could be genetic, alcohol related or caused by primary or metastatic cancers. The gastroenterologist said they stopped following liver for metastatic disease five years after colon cancer. This being the most likely hang out for colon metastatic disease.

The corporeal symptom of hemochromatosis are given below.

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Hepatomegaly (Enlarged Liver) An enlarged liver is a symptom of underlying disease. It means that your liver is larger than normal. This may happen in response to an infection, advanced liver disease or cancer. Healthcare providers treat an enlarged liver by treating what’s causing it.

I have joint pain and have just added Osteoporosis to the fun list.

The default cause will be ethanolic, followed my smoking with my being a lard-arse a close third.

Maybe I am not special…maybe it really is that simple…

My research instincts say there may be something we are missing and have yet to find out about.

Reasons to be cheerful… Iron two and three.