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From: "ginnyb" <>
Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] "Medical Family Trees" (Epilepsy)
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:53:09 -0400
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Another take on this subject is that if you see a specific condition that
shows up in different generations, you could be the one to see a familial
pattern, which you can discuss with your doctor.
My mother died of stomach cancer, and when I mentioned this to my doctor, I
was told not to worry, as it wasn't known to run in families. Weli, it
turns out that, my mother's brother also died of it and also her father.
These are only the ones I know about, so we should stay alert for signs of
family trends. I ususally enter a cause of death (if known) on my ancestors
records, and also a tag for various conditions an ancestor had that didn't
necessary cause their death.
Ginny


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimberly Granholm" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] "Medical Family Trees" (Epilepsy)


>
> Yes, it could take 20 years or more to develope epilepsy from a head
> injury.
>
> About 20 yrs ago now I fell off from the back of a 4 wheeler and fractured
> the back of my skull. My mother was told what signsto look for incase I
> had a seizure. I/we were told by the doctors that I could develope it at
> anytime including 20+ yrs after the accident. I have been lucky thus
> far, however everytime I get an unexplained shake in my hands I get a bit
> nervous.
>
> I seek dead people.................Barlow, Kenyon, Manter, Norris,
> Charlesworth, Sloat, Reinhardt/Raynard, Coates, Thayer, Hodgdon, Noyes,
> Needham, Cushman, Macseveny, Hammett/Hemmett, Morse, McInnis, Provin,
> Graham, MacAskill/McAskill, MacRitchie/McRitchie..........
>
>
>
>> From:
>> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:52:03 -0400
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] "Medical Family Trees" (Epilepsy)
>>
>> It is not an easy malady to search. I developed epilepsy when I was three
>> months pregnant with my third child. Many tests were run on me while I
>> was
>> pregnant that showed no cause. After delivering my baby I went back to
>> the
>> neurologist who gave me a brain scan and next I went to the
>> Nuerolological Institute in NYC for more testing but nothing was found
>> there either.
>> There is no epilepsy on either side of my family. I do genealogy so I
>> have a
>> history of my family to check out. I fell once iceskating in the dark and
>> hit on the back of my head. I don't think that it would take 20 years to
>> appear. Head injuries that cause epilepsy show up rather quickly.
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/23/2009 3:05:35 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> writes:
>>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> I was just rereading Walter's message and noticed that he mentioned
>> Epilepsy
>> as being a possible inherited disease. I have never read about that
>> possibility.
>>
>> I have a cousin who some say was born with Epilepsy ~1950, but he fell as
>> an
>> infant and an injury probably caused the Epilepsy. And, my (now)
>> husband
>> had his father's cousin having Epilepsy for most of his life, and he died
>> as
>> a result of it - probably from a seizure. And I had a next-door
>> neighbor
>> for a long time (1980's), who was fine before he fought in the Vietnam
>> War.
>> He came home with a serious head injury and Epilepsy resulted. He also
>> died before his time from a seizure.
>>
>> Knowing this, and reading Walter's message now makes me wonder whether
>> these
>> 3 men all had the "gene" for Epilepsy in their body -- and an injury made
>> it
>> develop.
>>
>> (I would guess that all 3 had "Grand Mal Seizures.") *
>>
>> Also, I read about "Medical Family Trees" ~5 years ago, but I don't
>> remember whether there are "charts" for writing these up.
>>
>> And, just a reminder that people / children who suffered from
>> "seizures" -
>> especially Grand Mal ones - were probably "hidden away" or "sent away" in
>> past centuries.
>>
>> Betty (near Lowell, MA)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *
>> (My cousin suffered Grand Mal Seizures from infancy until he was ~30.
>> So,
>> he was not well educated, and lost out on a lot of "life." But, his
>> parents changed to a whole new doctor, had all his "old" prescriptions
>> taken
>> away and was given new ones. He has been mostly free of seizures since
>> then - and "got a life." He was one of the lucky ones. I don't know
>> if any of his ancestors had "seizures." It might not have been talked
>> about.)
>>
>>
>> FYI:
>>
>> http://njaes.rutgers.edu/healthfinance/pdfs/family-medical-tree.pdf
>>
>> http://genealogy.about.com/library/authors/ucbishop7a.htm
>>
>> http://mayoclinic.com/health/medical-history/HQ01707
>>
>>
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