White Matter lesions, ANA Count and MS

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Hi:

I was just reading the post from Donna/Gretchen regarding white

matter lesions. My sister has MS and if I remember correctly, part of the way

they diagnosed her (25 years ago) was thru an MRI which showed lesions. Now,

I'm being told that my ANA count is positive and when I researched this I found

a link from Connective Tissue diseases to AutoImmune disease of which one is MS.

I am scheduled to see a rhumatologist on 11/01 and want to have enough info to

understand all of this as well as be able to give him an intelligent description

of my family history.

Really, I'm just scared and confused. My DNA test have never been diagnosed

positively for CMT, but due to all my symtoms and the fact that it is rampant

(or something is) in my family, that is the diagnosis that we've been given.

Gretchen, can you help clear this up for me? Do people with CMT typically have

lesions on their brains?

If so, this really makes me wonder if my sister has been diagnosed incorrectly

all this time. Our family history of CMT goes way back and includes almost

every male in my father's family and alot of the females also. If there are any

sites I could look at to get a better grasp of things, I would appreciate the

info.

Thanks,