Re: In fact, it was Mitochondrial Disease-LISA

[Guest guest]

> Missy,

> It is the nature of genetics. Normally if it is inherited from the mother

> but and not from the father. But if you have 2 genes for it then it could

> be inherited from both. As a former scientist I understand completely what

> was said in regard to this.

>

,

You must have misunderstood me. The point I was trying to make is that

everyone is different. I DID NOT inherit this. My mother, nor my father,

had fibro or CFS. Both were something that I contracted after having brain

surgery.

That would lead me to believe the genes were not at all involved in MY CASE.

I instead believe that something was bumped in my brain or nerves during my

surgery.

Missy

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/29/2002 11:56:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

lisapooh312@... writes:

> Your parents do not have to have to have disease for you to inherit it

> genetically

That's what happened to me. Neither of my parents have it, but an aunt and an

uncle have it, my great grandmother had it and my great x 2 grandmother had

it even though it wasn't called fibromyalgia at the time.

[Guest guest]

Your parents do not have to have to have disease for you to inherit it

genetically. Also genes can be damaged or changed so there can be no famiilal

inheritance.A predisposition for something can be inherited. Then there also

can be enviromental changes that effect the genes. In the end I believe it will

all be traced back to genetics.

Re: In fact, it was Mitochondrial Disease-LISA

> Missy,

> It is the nature of genetics. Normally if it is inherited from the mother

> but and not from the father. But if you have 2 genes for it then it could

> be inherited from both. As a former scientist I understand completely what

> was said in regard to this.

>

,

You must have misunderstood me. The point I was trying to make is that

everyone is different. I DID NOT inherit this. My mother, nor my father,

had fibro or CFS. Both were something that I contracted after having brain

surgery.

That would lead me to believe the genes were not at all involved in MY CASE.

I instead believe that something was bumped in my brain or nerves during my

surgery.

Missy

[Guest guest]

True, neither of your parents had to have any of the symptoms of a disease for

you to inherit it. Or one could have a very mild, and often undiagnosed case.

Everything may one day be traced back to our genes. However, if we were all

born with the gene for fibro, if there is one, why haven't we all been sick

since birth? What triggered that gene(s) to cause havoc on our lives? It could

be just about anything. It seems to me that it should be more important to find

a way to live with it, before we start searching for a cause.

Sorry to keep arguing with you, but I happen to be interested, and somewhat

educated in genetics. I like having an educated discussion on biology. I miss

that when I'm not in a bio class.

Your parents do not have to have to have disease for you to inherit it

genetically. Also genes can be damaged or changed so there can be no famiilal

inheritance.A predisposition for something can be inherited. Then there also

can be enviromental changes that effect the genes. In the end I believe it will

all be traced back to genetics.

[Guest guest]

I think both are important. The same way that it is important to find the cause

of Type 1 diabetes as well as how to live with it. Type 1 is the same way in

that you have to have a trigger to develop it. Often it is a viral infection

just prior to onset but sometimes there is no trigger that can be pinpointed.

You just don't know. I spent considerable years in medical research before I

had to give it up. I enjoy delving into the causes as much as finding ways to

live with things because if you don't find the cause you will never find the

cure. And isn't the ultimate goal the cure not just living with our disease?

It is to me. I would rather be cured than to have to just live with it.

True, neither of your parents had to have any of the symptoms of a disease for

you to inherit it. Or one could have a very mild, and often undiagnosed case.

Everything may one day be traced back to our genes. However, if we were all

born with the gene for fibro, if there is one, why haven't we all been sick

since birth? What triggered that gene(s) to cause havoc on our lives? It could

be just about anything. It seems to me that it should be more important to find

a way to live with it, before we start searching for a cause.