Taylorusa
New member
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2018
- Messages
- 2
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Country
- US
- State
- Cal
- City
- So cal
Hi all,
Thank you so much for taking time to read and respond. I️ really appreciate it and all this forum does. I have a question about familial als. My mother in law passed away from als at 57 after a 6 year battle with bulbar als. At the time it was determined that hers was sporadic. For obvious reasons, i follow ALS news and saw the connection between FTD and ALS. My MIL was the first and only case of als the family can trace and she has two siblings and cousins. Additionally both of her sets of grandparents lived into their 80s. (I don’t know their cause of deaths). A few years ago, my MIL’s mom started showing memory loss/ early dementia around 81 or 82. I’ve been told it is NOT FTD. Does it seem sporadic or possibly familial to you based on your knowledge? My hubbys family does not want to do genetic testing and i respect that. We have kids so this makes me nervous of course.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for taking time to read and respond. I️ really appreciate it and all this forum does. I have a question about familial als. My mother in law passed away from als at 57 after a 6 year battle with bulbar als. At the time it was determined that hers was sporadic. For obvious reasons, i follow ALS news and saw the connection between FTD and ALS. My MIL was the first and only case of als the family can trace and she has two siblings and cousins. Additionally both of her sets of grandparents lived into their 80s. (I don’t know their cause of deaths). A few years ago, my MIL’s mom started showing memory loss/ early dementia around 81 or 82. I’ve been told it is NOT FTD. Does it seem sporadic or possibly familial to you based on your knowledge? My hubbys family does not want to do genetic testing and i respect that. We have kids so this makes me nervous of course.
Thank you!