Who are "they" ?

And why do you now feel you have amyloidosis ?

I have no idea why you are asking about amyloidosis. My aunt died of
this fairly rare disease two years ago. It took them quite awhile to
diagnosis it and I believe a liver biopsy is the only definitive way to
do it. It is considered a disease of middle-aged people, according to
this hard-to-read .pdf file. There are only about 3000 people per year
diagnosed with this condition. She was in her 60's when she was
diagnosed. She had very vague symptoms for a couple of years before they
finally figured out what was going on. Sadly, she did not live near me
and I don't know much about the progression of her disease, other than
it was her cause of death. I do know that there are few places in the
U.S. that handle treatment for amyloidosis.

http://www.amyloidosisresearchfoundation.org/pdfs/2008general_info_word.pdf

Check out this website....

http://www.amyloidosisresearchfoundation.org/amyloidosisInfo/index.html

Also, this one, but it's down for maintenance right at this moment:

www.amyloidosis.org

I'll bite - why do you want to know?

Judy Dilworth, M.T. (ASCP)
Microbiology