tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509673636575711646.post4861750021929554020..comments2023-09-05T11:23:13.626+02:00Comments on Reflex Reactions1: Genes. #atozchallenge Care for the CarersIda Thoughthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15479961947050289284noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509673636575711646.post-20689226303696836532015-04-09T20:29:22.550+02:002015-04-09T20:29:22.550+02:00Ida, that's a BIG question as to whether I wou...Ida, that's a BIG question as to whether I would want to know or whether I would go and have tests to determine whether .. I don't think so re being tested. Yes, on 2nd thoughts I would want to know. To hear a medical diagnosis and go on from there. And I decide how best to proceed. I agree with Carol about preparing, now, for death ..<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this with us ..Susan Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041548718544123557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509673636575711646.post-1787355614312378392015-04-09T03:49:54.760+02:002015-04-09T03:49:54.760+02:00I think I WOULD want to know if I had a disease or...I think I WOULD want to know if I had a disease or disorder presaging imminent death. As it is, at 73, I am already planning for my mortality, whenever that will be.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this info. So sorry your mum succumbed so quickly and at such a young age.<br /><br />Samantha Mozart<br />http://thescheherazadechronicles.orgAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375948110779914866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509673636575711646.post-21641115572255523502015-04-09T01:35:55.049+02:002015-04-09T01:35:55.049+02:00There might not even be a gene ... not enough is k...There might not even be a gene ... not enough is known about either disease yet. There is cancer and heart disease on Mum's side of the family, I still think living your best life is the best antidote.<br />Ida Thoughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479961947050289284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509673636575711646.post-57499544435397223532015-04-09T01:28:28.673+02:002015-04-09T01:28:28.673+02:00I don't know how I'd cross that line. With...I don't know how I'd cross that line. With us, it was only one aunt who was diagnosed, and it wasn't Alzheimers that took her, so the gene might not be there.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509673636575711646.post-50090340445783088182015-04-09T01:17:43.971+02:002015-04-09T01:17:43.971+02:00and if you already had children it wouldn't ma...and if you already had children it wouldn't make much difference. Ida Thoughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479961947050289284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509673636575711646.post-47473347117365794272015-04-09T01:16:17.553+02:002015-04-09T01:16:17.553+02:00Planning a family doesn't seem to stop people ...Planning a family doesn't seem to stop people from having children when they know of being carriers of plenty of other diseases... It wouldn't surprise me if one day in the future we'll all know what we are going to die of on the day we are born... one things for sure we'll all face death eventually. Ida Thoughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479961947050289284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509673636575711646.post-69508158837019765152015-04-09T00:34:42.045+02:002015-04-09T00:34:42.045+02:00Nope, I wouldn't really want to know and as I ...Nope, I wouldn't really want to know and as I also have no-one I would pass it on to, I don't have to worry. Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509673636575711646.post-22014417491764735662015-04-08T21:56:27.552+02:002015-04-08T21:56:27.552+02:00Hi Ida .. quite honestly I don't know ... we a...Hi Ida .. quite honestly I don't know ... we all tend to be long livers .. so I guess I won't need to know and as I have no kids .. I'll quietly forget it .. Interesting about the longevity of living for MND .. not easy .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com