01/30/2016

LGMD "Spotlight interview"

Имя:  Thomas                                AGE: 31

СТРАНА: Switzerland

LGMD Подтип: LGMD 2B / Miyoshi Myopathy

 

В каком возрасте вам был поставлен диагноз:

My first diagnosis (biopsy) was at 28, followed by the proof with genetic test one year later.

Каковы были ваши первые симптомы:

That is not so easy to say. Now I know where I have to look at, so many examples out of my memories came up; in my childhood we had a steeply rising stair around our home, where I always had difficulties to climb because the steps are very short. In teen age I started snowboarding, there I was not able to give much pressure to the front edge of the board. As young adult I could not jump to the music in discos. At age 24 / 25 I realized that I was not able to stand on my toes and my calve-muscles are actually inexistent. In the last few years I saw that my leg and arm muscles are shortening.

At 18 my doctor told me that I have too high creatine kinase values in my blood. It was around 250 – 300 somethings, too low for well-known diseases and too high to be normal. Now I know that this was the first medical indicator to Miyoshi.

Есть ли у вас другие члены семьи, страдающие LGMD:

Yes, my sister has LGMD too. Her symptoms (stand on toes, creatine kinase) are the same, but she seems to be less affected.

Что, по вашему мнению, является наибольшей проблемой в жизни с LGMD:

In my opinion, the greatest challenge is to accept this challenge! At the first time after diagnosis, it was hard to accept. You need psychological strength to deal with that. Also when you look at your course of disease, not to overrate or underrate the symptoms and effects. By looking into the future, you always have to plan things with LGMD in mind (maybe you need a wheel chair in 5, 7, or 10 years).

Какое ваше самое большое достижение:

To accept LGMD and enjoy doing things I won’t be able to do in future.

Как LGMD повлиял на то, что вы стали тем человеком, которым являетесь сегодня:

My diagnosis came just at the beginning of my Master study. Beside my Bachelor and Master study (fulltime study) I was working at weekends and school holidays. Now I work part time and have a good reason to enjoy my leisure time with my wife, our dogs and our garden. I value more what I have now.

Что вы хотите, чтобы мир узнал о LGMD:

That it exists. I think there are many unrecorded cases of LGMD.

Если бы ваш LGMD можно было "вылечить" завтра, что бы вы хотели сделать в первую очередь:

I have just lost my driver license for trucks and coaches because of Miyoshi. It was not only a job to finance my studies, it was also my hobby. So I would get it back and drive around.

 

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