I carry the disease muscular dystrophy. This means if I had children there would be a 50% chance if a had a boy they would have it and a 50% chance if i had a daughter she would carry the sex-linked trait. i have no sypmtoms but my cousin can barely walk and he is the sweetest boy and used to be an amazing athelete now he wil probably die by 20 w/o any treatment. i have always dreamed of having kids but is the risk to great what would you do?
2006-12-25 18:23:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
yes md patients can have treatment but eventually it spreads to the lungs and the heart and other vital organs and once that happens, there really is nothing that can be done!
2006-12-25 18:30:28 · update #1
i think for my carrier path when i finish alof school i will become a doctor like my parents but not just any doctor, one that will help find the cure for md. i will probably lose my cousin in eight years or so, i figure, i better get started. adoption is a lovely idea, idk it is just something emotional within me that just feels like God would want me to have children, but i am scared.
2006-12-25 18:33:57 · update #2
Oh..man.... I'm really sorry to hear that.
I can't even begin to imagine the dilemma you are going through.
This is really tough... 50% is a pretty high percentage.
I guess adoption would be the answer..... because it really wouldn't be fair for the kids to live that kinda life. both you and them would be miserable if God forbid it did happen.
I think if you adopt you will learn to love them as if they were your own flesh and blood..as will your kids
Giving this kind of answer is a lot easier to said than done i know
all the best.
2006-12-25 18:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by Money 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Volunteer free services in an children's orphange for probably a month or so, then decide whether i would want my kids to go through the same, and finally make up my mind.
2006-12-25 18:34:18 · answer #2 · answered by waganangu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make an appointment with a genetics counsler and talk to them. A professional opinion, I feel, would be your best option. That way you will have the medical facts and can make a decsion from there.
2006-12-25 18:26:18 · answer #3 · answered by parrothead2371 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to take your problem before God and with consistent and faith-filled, fervent prayer, God will heal you or at the very least stop the gene from passing on to your posterity.
2006-12-25 18:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by Beatmaster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear frnd am so sorry for u ,dnt ry to do this risk
instead there is a lot of baby in this world waiting for someone to take care of them ,take one as ur child & give her/him ur enduring love.Adobt one ..& am sure u r great mom.
2006-12-25 18:29:15 · answer #5 · answered by behnoush_k_1976 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im so sorry 2 hear that..
if im sick w/something that can b passed on 2 my children, i dnt think i'll even think of bearing children.. i wudnt want them 2 suffer later in life
MD can b treated. u can have physical therapy once u start feeling d weakness...
i'll pray 4u!!! God bless u... stay strong & positive...
2006-12-25 18:28:00 · answer #6 · answered by 2D1iLuV 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with parrothead, she has a good answer, do that.
2006-12-25 18:28:48 · answer #7 · answered by black_star_47001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont take the chance.lls
2006-12-25 18:28:49 · answer #8 · answered by charles d 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i wouldnt have any children
2006-12-25 18:25:48 · answer #9 · answered by jack jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll try not to.
2006-12-25 18:25:58 · answer #10 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋