[Erin524]

http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/94221239.html

[kicker]

I hated it when News guy says MS is a genetic disease (idiot - have they no fact- checkers at that news station?) but moment I saw woman was in a wheelchair like me, I felt new determination. I used to exercise every day. At 45 was still impressive, but now belly (MS and menopause - not a good combination) means pants are getting tight. I need video she had!!!! Anyone know it?

[kicker]

I found them on Internet and was impressed. They promise no miracles like sitting in a swiveling chair, but having a good body is hard work. It is!! If it was easy, everyone would have one!! There was too much movement and jumping for me (I can't jump or walk anymore) but I know things I can do.

[Erin524]

I think the newsguy who said it was a genetic disease wasnt quoting from a script. Sounded like he was one of the clueless misinformed. He probably read it somewhere that it might be genetic and thinks that's a fact. When they havent ever confirmed it as being a genetic disease.

I dont live in the city where that story came from. (I'm in Omaha, the news story came from Lincoln, NE) My boyfriend tells me that particular news station isnt the greatest in Lincoln.

[Lady]

There might be something to the news person's mistake. If we think of CCSVI, it is supposed to be congenital, or a birth defect.

Could that defect be passed down through genetics (DNA) and show up in some offspring? A person may have a tendency to get a blockage, or inverted valves through genetics, plus add in some inflammation with a few years, of/or age, or disease, and the blockage worsens? MS begins?

My Vascular Surgeon (not really up on CCSVI ) too bad.. but he said veins can become blocked by inflammation. Is that why steroids and IVSM help us and some Chemo drugs like "N" or "C" because they take down some inflammation?

Just thinking out loud again.. any thoughts on this? Or am I finally cracking up?

Thanks for the article Erin.

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[SallyC]

Lady, since it hasn't been proven, yet, that CCSVI has a link to the cause of MS, I'd say that you're a little ahead of youself. but I'd never say you're cracking up.

[Jules A]

fWIW I feel there is definitely a genetic component and the NMSS is addressses this topic.

“What makes people susceptible to multiple sclerosis?” Most scientists and physicians who have studied this question are convinced that heredity—the genes we inherit from our ancestors—is one factor."

"The average person in the United States has about one chance in 750 of developing MS. But relatives
of people with MS, such as children, siblings or nonidentical twins, have a higher chance—ranging from one in
100 to one in 40. The identical twin of someone with MS, who shares all the same genes, has a one in four chance of developing the disease."

From:
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/download.aspx?id=28

[Kitty]

Originally Posted by Jules A

“What makes people susceptible to multiple sclerosis?” Most scientists and physicians who have studied this question are convinced that heredity—the genes we inherit from our ancestors—is one factor."

"The average person in the United States has about one chance in 750 of developing MS. But relatives
of people with MS, such as children, siblings or nonidentical twins, have a higher chance—ranging from one in
100 to one in 40. The identical twin of someone with MS, who shares all the same genes, has a one in four chance of developing the disease."

From:
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/download.aspx?id=28

This is my greatest fear......that my kids will inherit this disease.

[Jules A]

Originally Posted by Kitty

This is my greatest fear......that my kids will inherit this disease.

Every so often my Mom will say that she wishes she had MS instead of me. It makes me sad that any of us have to have it.

I pray that some day we will have better treatments so that if future generations get it things will be easier.