CMT:

CMT1A is a rare (1:5,000) hereditary motor and sensory demyelinating peripheral neuropathy (also known as Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy, HMSN) which is caused by an intrachromosomal duplication and consecutive toxic overexpression of the PMP22 gene on chromosome 17. CMT1A is one of the most common inherited peripheral nerve-related disorders which is passed down through families in an autosomal dominant fashion. CMT1A disease becomes evident in young adulthood and slowly progresses with distally pronounced muscle weakness and numbness. Pain can range from mild to severe. The disease can be highly debilitating with patients becoming wheel chair-bound and is often accompanied by severe cases of neurological pain. There is no known cure for this incapacitating disease.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Still working on the last angle!

This will be a very short post since I am still working on the final angle. You can read my last post to find out more about the final angle! I am up to 10 minutes at this angle! My goal for every angle is 20 minutes with manageable pain. Right now I am at 10 minutes with, on a pain scale from 1-10, a 7. I want to say a big Thank You to my best friend Misty who has been coming over a few times a week to do physical therapy with me, like she did on this day!

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