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Old 04-26-2011, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Jules A View Post
This is so sad. Huntington's and ALS are about the only diseases I can think of that are worse than MS. I'm not sure if he knew but there is blood test for Huntington's that could have ruled him out.

I have cared for a young woman who watched her Mother pass from it, she was later diagnosed and surprise, surprise was on the psychiatric unit for a suicide attempt.
Yeah, he knew about the test to rule him out but was too freaked out to get tested....didn't want to know in case he was "positive" for the gene
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