I have enjoyed the posts in this thread. It's very late here and I definitely can't write anything at all humourous as I'm so tired, but briefly......

.....having one autosomal recessive condition (two mutations) and carrier status (one proven mutation) for another condition I have experienced first hand that whole family mentality of innuendo. One of these conditions is now out in the open in the family and the other one is still definitely hush, hush!

It never ceases to amaze me the lack of recognition of the fact that everyone in the human race carries about five to six mutations and even the 'perfect specimens' do as well....so why does it threaten people so much? Maybe it is just too confronting.

Which brings me to Mitochondrial mutations and genetic testing. Has anyone had mutation testing (DNA) done for Mitochondrial conditions as a cause for their neuropathy?