CutieHootie
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My husband has a history of mnd in his family. His mother, auntie and brother having all had this horrible disease and sadly passed away. I think his grandmother also had this disease.
They have identified the gene alteration that is causing this in his family using his brothers DNA; its FUS. I dont really know much about this gene but his counsultant firmly believes that is what has caused this disease.
As a couple we have decided to test my husband for this gene alteration. We understand that he has a 50/50 chance of having the same gene. Our consultant also advises that if my husband is tested postive for this gene then he will definitely have this disease at some point, the question is when and not if.
The reason why we want to find out is because we really want to start a family having been married since September.
Looking back at his family history, the members of his family that have had the disease have lived until they are in their 30's to ealy 40's. My husband is 36 years old so this is obviously a big worry for me.
We are getting the results on Weds morning. Really scared about this and dont know how I am going to react if we have bad news. My husband is quite nonchalant about the results...he just wants to know! He said he has lived for this disease in his family for most of his life so hes already been through the anger and tears whereas I am a nervous wreck! It feels wrong that I am the one crying all the time and he is supporting me; surely it should be the other way round?
Sorry about the long post, just had to get this out of my system!
They have identified the gene alteration that is causing this in his family using his brothers DNA; its FUS. I dont really know much about this gene but his counsultant firmly believes that is what has caused this disease.
As a couple we have decided to test my husband for this gene alteration. We understand that he has a 50/50 chance of having the same gene. Our consultant also advises that if my husband is tested postive for this gene then he will definitely have this disease at some point, the question is when and not if.
The reason why we want to find out is because we really want to start a family having been married since September.
Looking back at his family history, the members of his family that have had the disease have lived until they are in their 30's to ealy 40's. My husband is 36 years old so this is obviously a big worry for me.
We are getting the results on Weds morning. Really scared about this and dont know how I am going to react if we have bad news. My husband is quite nonchalant about the results...he just wants to know! He said he has lived for this disease in his family for most of his life so hes already been through the anger and tears whereas I am a nervous wreck! It feels wrong that I am the one crying all the time and he is supporting me; surely it should be the other way round?
Sorry about the long post, just had to get this out of my system!