family connections

[trisha64]

i have learned that my great gran my gran had these symtoms for years ,undiagnosed as fibro was so to speak in its infancy then ,, but my mum has it two of my sisters and me and my daughter ,, has anyone else in your family got fibr or related illness ???

[MissKittycat]

Thyroid problems run in my family, as do bowel/stomach problems. And certain cancers too.

Looking back now at how my mum was, it looks like she could have had fibro, though in the 80's it was pretty unheard of then, and my mums symptoms were similar to what I have now...

[trisha64 in reply to MissKittycat]

as i said my nan an great gran were never diagnosed ,, but there are a lot of my mums family with diabetes , and ibs ,, jus, my daughter has crohns bechets and fibro ,,,she had her colon removed just under two years ago ,, but i dont thnk the medical professionals look to deeply into fibro being a gentic thingy ( sorry im waffling i lost the thread then ) x

[jazher]

I have plenty of autoimmune disease in both sides of my family.

Nobody with fibro though, i had never heard of it until i had it.

My dads side has thyroid problems which i inherited, andmy mams side has mythsenia gravis and mental issues.

I am the only one with multiple things wrong though, lucky me lol.

I am just hoping my daughters take after their dads side and not mine.

kel xxx

[trisha64 in reply to jazher]

justine my daughter seems to have got all the bad genetics from both sides of the family x

[MissKittycat]

I'm thinking of having a word with my doctor about getting checked out for some of the familial illnesses - especially breast cancer which both my grans passed from.. my brother passed from non hodgkins and my uncle of a brain tumour two years ago... I'm feeling pretty scared now....

[trisha64 in reply to MissKittycat]

the last thing wanted too do was scare anyone hun ,, its just a thing i have often wondered about ,x

[trisha64]

all of the above run in my maternal and paternal families ,,,my sister in law has leukemia ,,,,,but is responding to treatemtn thank goodness

my youngest son is always on the go but is always exhausted so he has o have bloods done now ,, i keep worrying wht other gentic nasties will appear in time x

[Hidden]

hi i have not got anyone in my family either side with the symptons i have got but i suppose everything has to start somewhere ? love to you diddle x

[Hidden]

the specialists have told me it isnt genetic, but my brother has it although he alsso has osteoarthritis, my younger sister has osteoarthritis, and the other girls all suffer from severe depression, asthma and heart conditions, We had a very bad, abusive childhood (in every way) so we always put it down to "no wonder none of us are very healthy" but my brother says my dad has the same symptons as us as well, so who knows?

[Hidden]

My mum often has the same symptoms as me, not to the same degree but we have wondered.

Lou x

[trisha64]

like kialaya i had a tough upbrnging and wondered if that was why i had fibro but im inclined to go with there is a genetic link they just havnt found it yet ,, my older daughter is 30 and now becoming fatigued and achy

[tofty]

i have a cousin with fm and her daughter has it to .