Thanks for your concern. It's my understanding damage caused by iron overload isn't reversible. Arthropathy is prob in my future from here on out. Could have been worse, if the GP didn't catch it, it would have led to major organ damage, often undetected.
After many knucklehead docs I actually respect my current one. She's on LSU's Med School faculty and seems to search for scientific evidence, hence the biopsy.