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- Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:24 pm
- Forum: Our Stories
- Topic: 29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
- Replies: 18
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Re: 29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
Dear Shayna Penn: Thank you for contacting the Federal government’s National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the Department of Health and Human Services. Your email has been forwarded to the Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center for re...
- Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:23 pm
- Forum: Our Stories
- Topic: 29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6332
Re: 29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
You guys are amazing thank you so much. Reading through your responses really has put me a bit more at ease and I'm glad that I did my genetic testing this early. I will be having children with in the next few years and my mother is already on a steep decline so it is good to know that we all have t...
- Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:28 pm
- Forum: Our Stories
- Topic: 29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6332
Re: 29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
Thank you Marc. I had read through previously and took the chance to read through again. I might need a few more times. :lol: Stavia and Star thanks for the support. Susan and Ruth thanks to talk as well. So you'll see quickly I'm a book writer. Now that I've taken a few breaths I have several thing...
- Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:01 pm
- Forum: Our Stories
- Topic: 29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6332
Re: 29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
Thank you for your fast responses. First let me slow down for a minute. I DO understand there is a difference between FAD and LOAD. I understand one is a genetic mutation that can be identified and one is a genetic risk factor. I might not ever get it. However I'm looking for further testing, doctor...
- Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:00 pm
- Forum: Our Stories
- Topic: 29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6332
29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
To say I'm devastated is an understatement. My grandmother has Alzheimer's. Two of my uncles have dementia. My mother is in cognitive decline but refuses doctors or testing. I've begun cognitive decline the past year but figured it was from anxiety and depression and grief from losing my dad from ca...