CBS Special on Huntington's Disease/Chris Furbee

CBS Special on Huntington's Disease/Chris Furbee

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[HugAlexMother]

Even though you have the Htt (Huntingtin) gene, it does not necessarily mean that you will develop it. You still have a chance of the gene not being expressed due to environmental factors that change gene expression.

[toomuchyonke]

@HugAlexMother do you have references to back this up HAM? I'm fairly certain I've never heard anything of the sort, but I hope to be proven wrong!

[DragonDriver100]

I just saw a video of a NINE year old who died of this disease. What was even more tragic, was that a neighbor TAUNTED her and her family before she died.

[toomuchyonke]

@DragonDriver100 i've seen that too, it's and older video. Karma came back around though and that woman got trolled to shit by everyone around her

[TheShanmar]

@TickleMehNancy This is not true. Each child of an affected parent has a 50% chance of inheriting the defective gene. My older brother, my sister and myself have all been Predictive tested and found not to carry the defective gene.

My father is a veritable vegetable, yet we cannot blame him, or my mother for having us when, in the early seventies, research was inconclusive and my father inherited it from his mother. In the 50's, research was non-exisistant. Walk a mile in someones shoes!

[toomuchyonke]

it's clear to you've completely missed the point of that comment, which was that to me it's reckless to try to have children, knowing you're at risk of having the disease but w/o having done the due diligence of getting tested and knowing for sure. & if you do know for sure, and still choose to have children biological children of your own, it's simply a negligent game you've chosen to play with that child's life. & just damned selfish & immature, too.

[XXBUTCHERXx69]

Donna don't write shit like that

[donnahamm67]

I hate the time when it is difficult knowing what to say

I hate the test that told you yes and for me no way

I hate the thing they call disease and even hate the day

I should be glad but somehow mad I don't know what to say

I should be happy that i will not ever go this way

i should be but I'm not because my sister will some day

I love you Liz I wish I could take away your Huntington's and your fear

but all i can do is love you and be thankful your still here

love Donna Hamm

[DragonDriver100]

@toomuchyonke

I believe Karma will be her undoing as well. Speaking about being undone by Karma for making fun of people with this disease, I wonder what will happen to those who tried to make a joke about Huntington's on Youtube, where the guy acts like he has the disease, breaks up with his girlfriend to date a girl with the disease. It's pretty warped. I asked them if they are trying to make people believe in hell by making something like that.

[CasualGarbage]

God I hate watching this stuff knowing my family's got this

[coop1791]

my mum has huntingtons, she is only in the early stages but some symptoms have started to show she is on trial medication to help suppress them I hope every night that they work and help her really live her life, and one day might help me and my two sisters if we have the gene

[FatBabiesWithAids]

@windmillsea113 my dad has hungingtons too..