The disease Matt made up

[sarahd]

Does anyone remember the name Matt said? Is it a real disease or did he totally make the name and all the symptoms up?

[maxpower]

Closed captioning spells it: melarhiotosis.

He claimed he saw it on a TV show.

Can't find it on the internet spelled that way though.

According to Matt:
0.9 in 1 million people have it
It looks like candle wax on the bone.
You have to stop walking or cut off your leg.

Just found it on wikipedia. It is correctly spelled as
Melorheostosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melorheostosis (Melorheostosis)

Surprisingly, it already has a blurb about being mentioned on Big Brother 12.

[Laci]

It's real - here's where you can read all about it ....
http://www.melorheostosis.com

[chewy9028]

I guess they all go in there thinking they have some sort of strategy, but this by far.... I think he could have gotten some play off of this, but watching him talking to everyone about it - it seemed like he was going to burst out laughing at any time. An actor he is not!

[sarahd]

thanks!
i hope that matt does give them some money, even if he doesn't win the whols thing.