My husband was diagnosed w/ Sticklers by a genetic's doc when I was
pg w/ my son. I'm not sure if I believe that Sticklers is a 50% 50%
chance of passing it on cause both my kids have it & one of my
husbands cousins has had like 8 or 9 kids & most of her kids have it
too or maybe it's just a dominant gene in his family. ~Amber
>
> So the first thing, I am 36 years old and was diagnosed with
> stickler's 3 or 4 weeks ago...
>
> Sounds a little odd, even to me, that I had not been diagnosed
before.
>
> Maybe it can offer some hope to those that are wondering how this
will
> affect their young children in the future ... most people have no
clue
> what I have fought against.
>
> I was born with the classic cleft palate and congenital hip
displasia.
> Have had numerous ear issues, a retinal detatchment and cataract
> surgury in both eyes. I have scoliosus in my lower back
> (non-congenital) and Schmorl's nodes in my T6,7, & 8 vertebrea etc,
> etc, etc.
>
> Most of my issues fit with 20/20 hindsight as classic Stickler's.
>
> I only got diagnosed when my husband and I wanted to have a baby
and I
> tried to find out if Pierre Robin Syndrome was genetically passed
on.
>
> I need to go right now and will fill in some more in a little
while ...
>
> I hope that this group will
> 1) help me gain perspective on what the diagnosis means
> 2) I can help others gain perspective from an adult experience of
> stickler's
>
> Corinne
>