"Bill" wrote in message
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Ok Terry I am almost 65 so I'll act as your trail blazer. (I wonder who is
the
hi mileage fleet leader in the group?) If I find any potholes or crevasses
along
the way I'll just holler and you can steer clear! (^:
Bill, I didn't realize you were so ancient.
We youngsters really
appreciate the heads up from you older guys (Fitch, you listening?).
Seriously that was damned good info and I have given a heads up to my
brothers
and kids.
I'm glad you found the site useful.
Can you imagine 1 in 200 have the double mutation, so that's more then
1.5 million just in the US of A.
That's what so scary about this thing. My family is watching this real
closely.
I particularly like the one line naming the disease:
" the "British Gene", the "Celtic Curse" or the "Irish Illness" (^:
Covers it pretty well.
My family is of Scottish descent. One of the rituals at pig/cow/goat
slaughtering time was that the men doing the slaughtering would slit the
throat of the animal to be slaughtered and then fill a cup with the fresh
warm blood flowing from the animal. They would toast the animal, toast the
spirits of the harvest and then drink the blood. This ritual was brought
over from Scotland (via Ireland - we're Scots-Irish) by my family and
practiced through the generations up through my paternal grandfather. My
mother said that my father did not practice this ritual but knowing my
grandfather/father relationship, I'm not so sure about that. They also used
to cook animal blood in with their oatmeal (blood pudding?) as a food
stretcher I was told. I've often wondered if this (and other pagan
practices) contributed to the iron overload genetic make up of some of those
from Celtic lines.
Food for thought.
Terry
"Bill" wrote in message
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Terry Ogletree wrote:
You are absolutely right Bill. Now that I'm almost 55
Ok Terry I am almost 65 so I'll act as your trail blazer. (I wonder who is
the
hi mileage fleet leader in the group?) If I find any potholes or crevasses
along
the way I'll just holler and you can steer clear! (^:
Seriously that was damned good info and I have given a heads up to my
brothers
and kids. Can you imagine 1 in 200 have the double mutation, so that's
more then
1.5 million just in the US of A.
Cheers Terry
Bill
I particularly like the one line naming the disease:
" the "British Gene", the "Celtic Curse" or the "Irish Illness" (^:
and trying to track
down (via test after test) the source of an irritating chest pain I'm
tending to pay more attention to topics of medical interest, especially
as
they relate to my own symptoms and conditions. Even though I don't yet
have
iron overload I am concerned about it after the discussion on the Celtic
internet sites back in 1998. Thanks for bringing this subject to our
attention, hopefully more of us will get tested for it.
Terry
"Bill Darby" wrote in message
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Thanks Terry
That's an interesting link with lots of good background. It's
kind of
funny
how some otherwise very dull subjects, can suddenly become very very
interesting. (^: