Hello to all. As this is my maiden post it is going to be a long
one. I apologise in advance.

My name is Alistair and I live in London. At the end of August this
year I found out that my father has been diagnosed with HD. He is 65
and I believe this counts as late onset. Some sources I have read
have led me to believe that it could well develop quite slowly in
him.

I have been experiencing neurological problems since early 2005.
Until my father's diagnosis I had never heard of Huntingtons and I'm
now facing the very real prospect that the symptoms I have been
experiencing could be indicative of HD. I'm only 32 so naturally I
am scared. I'm recently married and this could of course affect my
ability to buy my own home and calls the idea of raising a family
into question.

I have my own neurological referral coming up at the end of this
month. I shall have to explain about the Huntingtons in the family.

I do have a question which I need advice on. My earliest
neurological symptoms were pins and needles in the legs and arms.
The arms are not too big a problem but the legs are quite bad in the
knees. It is made much worse when I sit down. I've done a lot of
reading up and I have never seen pins and needles listed as a
symptom. I'm also curious about why it would be worse when I sit. It
is this that led to me getting an appointment in the first place.
Has anyone else had this as a symptom?

Thanks for listening.

Alistair