News Flash
Since people seem interested and no one bothers to check the “Internets”, “Dick” Cheney has gout, the disease of a lot of over-indulgent rich guys.
Why this is so secret that his press office doesn’t just tell people says more about the paranoia of Cheney’s people than the seriousness of the ailment. It is painful and some of the medications cause fluid retention, a side effect that he should have been made aware of before he was given the prescription.