Hi Sheila

If you live in the USA, the best bet for you would be to see a genetic
dwarfism specialist. The name Dee Miller comes to mind. I'm not in the
USA, so cannot give you specifics about it. Dr Scott and Dr Pauli may
also be able to help, although I'm not sure if they only deal with
children, or with adults as well. Hopefully someone will be able to
help you further.....

Caela
Mum to Jeremy, 6, achon, New Zealand




--- In achondroplastic_dwarfism@yahoogroups.com, "Sheila"
<1fireball@c...> wrote:
> Hi, my name is Sheila and even though I was diagnosed with a form of
> dwarfism I am not sure I exactly qualify. I am 5 ft tall but I do
> suffer from a form of dwarfism which caused my forearms to be very
> short and my wrist are thick and have bones which kind of protude.
> Even though alot of people do notice it, the majority of people do
> not. I was diagnosed when I was 16. The reason I joined is in hopes
> of determining what form of dwarfism mine is. In 1995 my sister went
> to UAB for a test to determine if her baby was normal and the
> genetics lady ask me if I knew I had dwarfism and I replied yes but
> how did you know and she replied I can see it. She did call it's
> name but I don't remember what that was. At 47 I suffer from alot of
> arthritus problems such as osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitus
> osteoporois, fibromyalgia and spinal stenosis amoung a few other
> problems so I wondering if some of my health problems could be cause
> from the dwarfism. Even though my limbs are mostly proporiated with
> the rest of my body, height being 5 ft, my fore arms are small in
> comparison. And my wrist often draw attention from doctors and
> others who think I have either broken them right then or prior to
> that moment. I suffer alot of pain in my neck and back, hips, legs
> the most but suffer from moderate to severe pain all over everyday.
> I have one sister who has the dwarfism and doctors wanted my mother
> to give her the growth hormone shots but mother refused. She is also
> about 5 ft but my mothers entire family are all only about 5ft 4
> inches and are all small framed. Anyway this is why I joined and
> also to find out if it might be possible for this kind of dwarfism
> to be passed on to my grandchildren. I have one who is normal height
> actually he is above average height and will more then likely be
> well over 6 ft. Can anyone help me with some or all of my questions.
> Thanks Sheila