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I KNOW THEY SAY THAT MS IS NOT HEREDITARY, BUT JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF HOW MANY HAVE PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILY WITH IT. NO ONE IN MINE DOES.
Posted on 06/16/08, 08:06 am
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Reply #31 - 06/17/08  1:42pm
" No MS in my family. Just me! "
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Reply #32 - 06/17/08  1:53pm
" I am the only one in my family to have MS. Lucky me! "
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Reply #33 - 06/17/08  3:26pm
" My mom and I both have MS and she has a 1st cousin with it. "
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Reply #34 - 06/17/08  3:35pm
" I have MS and my mom's sister (my aunt) has it. But we also all have a lot of other autoimmune issues, diabetes, Autoimmune Definicinecy Disorder, and everyone has Thyroid disease too. :) YAY! We are one healthy family! "
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Reply #35 - 06/17/08  4:14pm
" Not anyone in my family, too. "
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Reply #36 - 06/17/08  4:16pm
" My father was iagnosed with it 30 years ago, and now my neurologists are saying "oh well that explains everything"??? And yet there is no evidence that it is hereditary. "
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Reply #37 - 06/17/08  4:24pm
" No just me. I sure hope it stays this way. "
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Reply #38 - 06/17/08  8:10pm
" My fiance has MS. His dad had it and his two sisters have it. "
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Reply #39 - 06/17/08  8:45pm
" No ms. I am only one with Diabetes and heart issue too!!! OH yeay. "
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Reply #40 - 06/17/08  9:07pm
" I discovered that a great aunt on my grandmothers side of the family has multiple sclerosis but shes the only one in our family that has it other then me. "
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