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just wondering if you are the only one in your family with MS......

for me, there is my younger sister, and myself, and two cousins (that are sibblings)

Aunt had MS.

my Mom (suspected)
Its so clear in my case that genetics plays a role.
My sister does not have nor she has any characters of my mom ...

just me. No one else anywhere in family even suspected.

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always look on the bright side of life

Veins opened 10/15/10. RIJV still on the small side. Feeling much better.

Just me , no one else in whole family.

caraboo

I'm the only one.

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Diagnosed 1994, Self EDSS is 6.5

I am the only one... however, most of my family has other issues, such as severe thyroid problems, migraines, female problems (which I have extensively as well) allergies, etc...

My Aunt had MS and I have a cousin who has it.

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I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13

No one else, just me; Thank God....

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w/m 44
The problem comes with the decision of weighing the unknown with the unknown.

Just me.

I don't know anyone else with MS except for you lot..

But my dad describes a 'trapped nerve' that he suffered from for a year or so in the 60's, which sounds to me just like my first symptoms of you-know-what.

my grandmother's grandmother had MS. Skipped all those generations, and has expressed itself in me. I have a suspicion that my Mum has narrow veins too - but not bad enough to cause MS. She has a few of my symptoms. She wont get tested (not even a Doppler). Can't say I blame her, as the medicine options are pretty crappy (bad side effects, low efficacy - not worth it unless your disease is obviously marching forward).

Just me...

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Jen

RRMS - dx 06/09
LDN - 4.5mg 06/09-present
Copaxone - 06/10-09/10
Doxycycline - 09/10-02/10
Flagyl: 02/10-12/10
Bicillin IM: 09/11-03/12
CHRONIC LYME - 12/10

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday..

Globab,

TIMS had a poll asking this question. See link to the results below:

http://www.thisisms.com/survey-results-15--0-0.html


All the best

Ian

I have a cousin with MS, my dad and another cousin have HNPP (Hereditary Neuropathy with liability to Pressure Palsies), and I've been diagnosed with both. (Dad had genetic testing, and 50% of their offspring have it.) That means that my peripheral nerves are demyelinating like my central nervous system and I have a missing myelin gene. I really think there must be a connection between them.

I write about peripheral neuropathy on here a lot, because it's impossible to tell which of my symptoms are from MS and which are PNS issues. Since the peripheral nerves are all the ones that are not in the CNS (brain/spinal cord), they're just as likely to cause some of the same symptoms as MS - especially for someone like me, but I suspect that other MSers have a few PNS issues as well, even without HNPP.

Here's a bit info for anyone who's interested. This is why I wonder if I would even notice if my MS disappeared.

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch095/ch095i.html



Wishing good health vibes to all of us this morning.

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Dx'd with MS & HNPP (hereditary peripheral neuropathy) 7/03 but must have had MS for 30 yrs before that. I've never taken meds for MS or MS symptoms except 1 yr experiment on LDN. (I found diet, exercise, sleep, humor, music help me the most.)