HI group, I'm 40 years old in Los Angeles, and I'm planning to be tested for HD soon. I've been a government worker for 18 years and the concept of shopping for insurance is a little foreign to me! Right now I have plenty of life insurance and accidental death insurance. I also have a supplemental disability insurance. Before I get tested, I think I want to sign up for some sort of asby CAdreamer - Huntington's Disease Support Center
HI I'm Ron (CAdreamer)... I'm turning 40 this week in Southern California. My Mother died July 2006 in an assisted living facility in Northern California. She was 59. Her doctors would not give us accesss to her records , because she had a public guardian. After her death I had her brain tissue sent to Harvard Brain Bank for an autopsy. A DNA test confirmed a CAG repeat of 43. This explains heby CAdreamer - Huntington's Disease Support Center
So I've had some time to look over the Genealogy List on rootsweb and I couldn't help but notice that most of the postings were about English Ancestors. I've read that researchers are finding at least three different origins of Huntington's in Europe. Is there anybody here that can trace it to Switzerland or northern Italy?? My Mother had HD. She was born in CA to an Italian Mother. Her motby CAdreamer - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Hi Group, I was glad to see the interest in Genealogy. I've added over 3000 people to my family tree on "Ancestry.com' in a little over 2 years. Because you have access to so many records in one place you can find patterns of early death pretty easily. It's too bad that the older generations were so secretive about HD. Since most of the cases of HD originated in Europe, I suspby CAdreamer - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Hi Group, This is my first time posting. I'm 39 years old, and my Mother died July 10th 2006 from Huntington's Disease. She was 59, with a CAG repeat of 43. Our family had no idea that Huntington's disease was in the family until last year. Now my sister and I, as well as her two kids are at-risk. Also, after tracking down my uncle through the police department, I found him in a nursing homby CAdreamer - Huntington's Disease Support Center