Welcome JaRae

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Welcome JaRae,

Thanks for posting your introduction. I can relate well to your CMT

diagnosis as a child.

Hope you will take a look at our current poll and give us your vote.

(same goes for all our other new members too!)

You will find full of hope and help.

~ Gretchen (Founder/Moderator of )

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Welcome JaRae,

I too am new to this group and have found it very informative.

I am 59 years and wasn't diagnosed with CMT until about 6 years ago. I too was

very happy to have a diagnosis. Not knowing what was going on with me was far

scarier than knowing what it was.

I had a very normal and active childhood and had no symptoms until I was

pregnant with my son. I was 24 years old. My symptoms were very mild and

gradually worsened. I do wear AFOs now but like you, I refused to wear them

until I fell one day and broke my leg in

two places. I feel more self-confident wearing the AFOs. My hands are very

weak now.

I was a legal assistant for 30 years and have recently retired. My

typing skills are very poor. No one else in my family has CMT. My mother died

when I was very young and as we know more about CMT, we think the arthritis she

had was possibly CMT.

Keep your positive attitude and good luck to you.