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November 22nd, 2008

Missymm4
  • By Missymm4 · Posted November 24, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • I signed up for this website to find other families who live with or has a child with Vanishing White Matter Disease (CACH). I need all the information and support I can get at this time in my life. I ...

Update on Tyler

snugglebearsmom
  • By snugglebearsmom · Posted November 6, 2008
  • 10 replies
  • Tyler's transplant has been sucessful so far, all of the cells have been engrafted. Now it's just a matter of time to see if his body accepts them and the missing enzyme is replaced. We are being very ...

Cintarire

cintarire
  • By cintarire · Posted November 4, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • It has been 1 year since diagnosis, and I think this is the hardest thing any Mother and Child can go thur. My daughter has Vanishing White matter Disease (Childhood ataxia). When you face something like ...

ALD/AMN approved recipes website

KateNDalton
  • By KateNDalton · Posted October 27, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • http://daltonscookbook.110mb.com ...

Adrenaleukodystrophy and My Nephew.

marshallsaunt
  • By marshallsaunt · Posted October 2, 2008
  • 5 replies
  • Marshall is my 6 yr old nephew. He was diagnosed with X-linked Adrenaleukodystrophy after an MRI for headaches. We were all devastated at the news and my sister and I started researching the internet ...

September 27, 2008

snugglebearsmom
  • By snugglebearsmom · Posted September 29, 2008
  • 5 replies
  • It's been a little bit since I've posted a journal entry, things have been really emotional around here. On Saturday September 27, 2008 Tyler and his Grandma traveled back to Duke University. We decided ...

alexander disease

2001mom
  • By 2001mom · Posted September 19, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • My daughter Hailey ,7, was diagnosed a year ago. It took 5 years to get a diagnosis. She appeared to develope normally until 9 months when she stopped eating and started having seizures. She was unable ...

Meeting Leukodystrophy

cubsportgal21
  • By cubsportgal21 · Posted September 12, 2008
  • 11 replies
  • Graduating from high school in 2006. I came to face a disease i knew nothing about. It brought me to my knees, and doctors had no clue to what was going on with me. Until my mom stood her grounds and ...

How to Deal with Life on Life's Terms

coco1252
  • By coco1252 · Posted September 8, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • I also have a son who was diagnosed with ALD and adrenal insufficiency when he was 8. He was on Lorenzo's oil until he was 16. He wanted to go off it. It was a hard decision but he saw everything his ...

Update on Tyler

snugglebearsmom
  • By snugglebearsmom · Posted August 25, 2008
  • 17 replies
  • Today was a very emotional day, we decided that we are not going to have him go through the transplant. It was the hardest decision I have ever had to make in my life however I feel that it was for the ...

to those families with Schizoaffective diagnosis

annilar
  • By annilar · Posted August 15, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • We are a family with a 36 year old "gal" who suffered with schizoaffective disorder for some 20 years ( undiagnosed) . The hope I want to share is the latest meds and therapies in this field have helped ...

WELCOME TO HOLLAND - Inspirational

anedelk
  • By anedelk · Posted August 14, 2008
  • 3 replies
  • WELCOME TO HOLLAND by Emily Perl Kingsley. c1987 by Emily Perl Kingsley. All rights reserved I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who ...

Hypomylination atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum

JOSHYSMOM
  • By JOSHYSMOM · Posted August 2, 2008
  • 5 replies
  • MY son was recently diagnosed with Hypomylination of the basal ganglia and cerebellum. Does anyone have any info on this rare leukodystrophy ...

today, July 25, 2008 ALD son

BMA
  • By BMA · Posted July 25, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • I am almost 50 (this year) and have a son, 26 years old. He was diagnosed with ALD at age 22 during his 4th year of college. He had a a bone marrow transplant October of 2004 at the University of Minn ...

livin each day

wordnerd58
  • By wordnerd58 · Posted July 25, 2008
  • 4 replies
  • I try to take it one day at a time these days. As things ge harder for me to keep up with I just try to do what I can that day and let the rest go. For anyone who ever knew before that is the exact opposite ...

Team Hoyt

here4Matt
  • By here4Matt · Posted July 22, 2008
  • 1 reply
  • My mother just sent me this link about Team Hoyt, a father who does for his son all the physical things the son cannot on his own, due to CP. I've learned that so many leukodystrophies are often misdiagnosed ...

HDLS

Summer630
  • By Summer630 · Posted July 12, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • Has anyone heard of Hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheriods ?( HDLS) I have a family member that has been diagnosed with this disease. She is 39 years old. Just looking for anyone that might ...

Alexander disease

bkabo
  • By bkabo · Posted July 7, 2008
  • 17 replies
  • Could anyone give information on Alexander disease? If you know anybody with this disease or know someone who suffered from this disease I would like to get in contact. I have a 17 yaer old son suffering ...

Support your group and raise awareness with badges

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 20, 2008
  • 35 replies
  • Hi everyone. We added a new feature today that you can use to support your groups and the organizations that sponsor them, and get the word out about the causes that are important to you. If you visit ...

New feature - profile completeness gauge

Tasha
  • By Tasha · Posted June 12, 2008
  • 4 replies
  • Greetings from TeamInspire! I'm your friendly neighborhood designer, here to tell you about some new features. You might notice that today we revamped your member homepage - https://www.inspire.com/member-home.pl ...

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