genetic testing

  1. O

    Cost of genetic testing

    Has anyone in the US undergone genetic recently? Sometime during the diagnostic process, one of the neurologists I saw suggested genetic testing. The cost, at that time, was prohibitive--$35,000 or more. This was probably about 2009. Has the cost of this testing come down?
  2. Lkaibel

    And So It Is...

    We were diagnosed this morning. As I think some part of me has actually known since April 2nd when he came and showed me that his left toes did not rise up as high as his right (drop foot) my husband was told he has ALS. We had a whole clinic day actually, and Brian is very interested in...
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    • Forum: Newly diagnosed
  3. D

    new Upper MND diagnosis

    Hey everyone, I was just diagnosed today with upper motor neuron disease. I have been sent to a different team of doctors to get genetic testing to rule out HSP, so if it's not that, then I'm looking at PLS. I'm only 28 years old, and from everything I've read about PLS, a diagnosis is...
  4. BillH

    More than one gene?

    Here is a gene question that my brother asked the last time we visited and I had never thought of it before. Like a lot fALS families, I think we all share that thought "I wonder if I have it?" Before my Mom's onset and before she passed away in 2001 she was tested because it was obvious we...
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    • Forum: Familial ALS (FALS)
  5. S

    Very anxious

    Hello , my name is Srijana Sharma , 27 years female originally from Nepal. My half brother (from my mom's side ) has be diagnosed with ALS in 2013 . He is 43 years old now. My mother is 67 years old and she does not have ALS nor anyone in her family does . Neither of her parents have/had ALS ...
    • srijana63
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    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  6. F

    Tough clinic visit today

    Today mom had her clinic visit. Her fvc numbers were really low. She tested at 55 two months ago, and before that she had maintained a constant 60 since October of 2014. Today she tested at 17. I was unprepared to hear such a low number since she doesn't outwardly show such marked decline. When...
    • FamilialALS?
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    • Forum: General discussion about ALS/MND
  7. J

    Fals

    So both my biological paternal grandmother and paternal grandfather died of ALS approximately a little over a year apart. I'm 33 years old and am wondering how concerned I should be and weather I should consider genetic testing.
  8. S

    Back on the diagnostic merry-go-round

    Hi all, As many of you know, I was diagnosed with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia last summer. The only definitive way to diagnose it is through genetic testing, which I had done recently. My results did show a mutation, but it was a rare one of "unknown certainty". So, it might be the...
    • Suzannah
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    • Forum: Primary lateral sclerosis
  9. S

    Aunt Passed Away

    I have a strong familial link on my mothers side to ALS/MND where several people have passed away from the disease. My Aunt(mothers sister) has recently passed away from Parkinsons (apparently) However,I suspect that this was a misdiagnosis as the disease from start to finish only lasted 2 years...
    • steve67
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    • als familial family genetic genetic testing medical misdiagnosis mnd parkinsons testing
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    • Forum: Familial ALS (FALS)
  10. W

    Waiting.....

    Hi everyone ....I have read all of your posts and it is heartbreaking...I wouldn't wish this disease on my worse enemy..here is some background on me. I am a 37 year old female with a history of familial ALS. My grandfather, aunt and an uncle have passed and most recently my father in November...
    • Waitinginmichigan77
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Familial ALS (FALS)
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