A good site for someone with CMT.

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/cha...-tooth-disease

Damage to peripheral nerves can result in loss of sensation and wasting (atrophy) of muscles in the legs, hands and feet. You cannot get the muscles back. They are atrophied (dead) from the syndrome. And much more.

Charcot Marie Tooth Syndrome is the most common "inherited" neuromuscular disease. It affects the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Everything outside the brain and the spinal cord. There are over 70 types of it identified so far and there is no end in site.

People with Muscular Dystrophy are born with diseased muscles. Multiple Sclerosis is autoimmune (body attacking itself). CMT is inherited. If you get the gene you can be young, old or in-between before symptoms become evident. Or they may never be that evident. Symptoms vary greatly even within the same family.