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by pennsha
Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:24 pm
Forum: Our Stories
Topic: 29yo 4/4 with family history HELP
Replies: 18
Views: 6332

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...
by pennsha
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...
by pennsha
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...
by pennsha
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...
by pennsha
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...