My introduction

[Guest guest]

Hi! I'm Sharon from Whitehall, PA. I was just diagnosed with CMT 1

after two EMGs and have been told to get braces. I worked for

Whitehall Public Library till December. A series of falls made it

impossible for me to stand all day. The falls are what sent me to

the

doctors. I found out that I have a partially torn rotator cuff and

torn cartilage in my right knee. After the knee is fixed and I've

been

fitted with braces I hope to return to the library. I love and miss

it!

No one in my family was ever diagnosed with CMT, though my daughter

shows signs of it. That's what's scared me the most about this,

having

passed it on to my daughter. Otherwise, I have a positive attitude

and

strong faith. That's what drew me to this group, the emphasis on the

positive. Since I don't know anyone with it (I'd never even heard of

CMT before!), it's great to find a group like this. Thank God for

the

internet! It's also where I've gotten most of my information. The

doctors I saw didn't have a lot of information until I got to the

neurologist. How hard it must have been for any of you who were

diagnosed before the internet was available. You must have felt so

alone.

Thanks for being there,

Sharon