Genetics
As if this disease wasn’t hideous enough, it’s carried on an autosomal dominant gene. You all know what that means. Your offspring have a 50% chance of developing ataxia. My mother specialized in guilt even though it wasn’t even her gene! I find guilt to be useless. It’s not as if I did this on purpose. My mother was a piece of work. She actually said to me (once drunk once sober so I knew she meant it) that she doesn’t come by more to visit because she can’t stand to see me the way I am. Can you imagine a mother saying that to her daughter??? Can anyone say self-esteem? Am I defective- your brain-damaged Ph.D. daughter? Can you tell I have some feelings about this? I asked her if this happens to my son, should I not see him??? Here’s my genetic story. There are two ages of onset in my family. One is the mid-fifties and one in early-forties and earlier (me). When I got pregnant with Chris, my grandmother was not yet diagnosed and my father was misdiagnosed as MS, which his