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My name is Matthias. I am 31 years old and i have GAN.
Do you want to know more about me eMail me
Do you have very curley/kinky hair?
Yes. At the moment I have short hairs.
What were your first symptoms?
worse Going.No more upstairs without helper.
What is your status currently?
Im a wheelchairdriver
Are you wheelchair bound?
Yes
If so, at what age?
Since 8 Years
At what age did you need a walker, full-time?
When I was 13 years old
Do you have upper body mobility?
Nothing anymore
Can you speak? Can you swallow, or do you need a feeding tube?
I can speak. Normaly swallow.
Can you control your urine and bowl movements?
In summer Yes in Winter when legs cold No
Have you ever had a seizure?
Yes
If so, at what age did they begin?
The last one when I was 8 years old.
Do you have loss of mental function?
No
Dementia?
NO
How was the diagnosis or GAN determined?
Have you had a nerve biopsy?
Yes on the left leg.
Has your blood or skin fibroblasts (taken from a skin biopsy) ever had DNA sequencing to analyze your mutation and actually confirm GAN diagnosis? (This is critical because another disease called Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) also has "giant
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Magaen Bates (magaenbates@yahoo.com)
i have GAN too
and i´m from southern germany too
you look to someone i saw a long time ago mhhhhh
and you look like my brother, and the name is the same too - strange
now i know - you are my brother LOL
Mirko
good to hear from you your the oldest person i know with GAN.
hope your well and keep up the good effort.