Re: the origin of cranky

[Guest guest]

HI BARBARA

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT Dr BASIL DARAS (E-MAIL ADREESS)

THANKS A LOT

HAVE A NICE TIME

DIMITRIOS

GREECE

Barbara Ranagan wrote:

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> Hi, Barbara here. My husband who studied German (but is terrible at

> languages) once told me that the word cranky comes from the word

> crank in German which means " to be sick. " I do not have CMT, but

> during the times I was recovering from a surgery or injuries, nagging

> pain made me irritable and prone to losing my temper. (I am Irish

> and have been accused of being a bit of a hot-head, but I gav'im such

> a tongue lashing as 'e n'ver forget.) I know many of you are in

> constant pain or suffer from constant fatigue. I wonder if this is

> the root of ill-temper as opposed to a more organic relationship to

> CMT.

>

> To Joanie and Ruth, my Alice has CMT2 and, more importantly, she

> wants to learn how to quilt. Wouldn't it be lovely if someday we all

> met (I voted in the poll Gretchen put together about finding a

> vacation spot for us all, but I've not checked it recently). If we

> all brought a piece of fabric, we could put together a quilt to

> represent the support we have drawn from the snippets of each other's

> lives via the world wide web.

>

> To Brad in Maine. I did a search on CMT on Medline (off the NIH.org

> web site) and I remember seeing an article about a research of

> french-canadian families with CMT. I don't know if this is relevant

> to you. Given your location I thought you might be interested.

> Also, I know it is a long haul down to Boston, but Drs. Basil Darras

> and Frederic Shapiro (neurologist and orthopedist, respectively)

> conduct the MDA clinic at Boston Children's and they are excellent.

> I am from Washington, DC and went to see them last summer for a

> second opinion for my daughter Alice, who is 8 and has CMT2. Her CMT

> was not diagnosed until last year although, she exhibited some motor

> difficulties as early as 4 years. Curiously enough, four years ago,

> the first diagnosis was that she had suffered nerve damage to the

> peroneal as the result of an immunization delivered in India. (We

> adopted my daughter at age 1 year and do not have any health history

> before then. Nor do we know her family history.) That diagnosis was

> based, in part, on a terrible vaccination scar on her right thigh --

> obviously one of her immunizations went awry. (Isn't it odd that

> several of us have written about adverse reactiosn with

> immunizations?) I have thought of you a great deal since your first

> posting, and I hope you find solace and support in our group.

>

> With my highest regard for you all,

> Barbara

>

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