ALS News Today Forums | Janette Anne McIntosh | Activity https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/members/janette/activity/ Activity feed for Janette Anne McIntosh. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:54:40 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.19.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 4caadb45ecc73c8a6beb53b392978ca4 Janette Anne McIntosh replied to the discussion Research in the forum Research Topics https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/research-5/#post-16667 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:49:28 -0500 Reply to Research

My mother got ALS in 1974 at age 50 and died in 1974. Her mother passed away at age 71 but little was known at the time about ALS. My youngest brother was diagnosed in July 2014 at age 55 and died in August 2015.  My oldest brother who is 75 possibly has recently been told he has it although his appt is with his doctor in November.  I’ve gone… Read more

]]> d2cca809951d6ea2dc6072406b344ea7 Janette Anne McIntosh replied to the discussion Should I get genetic testing? in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/forums/topic/should-i-get-genetic-testing/#post-16668 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:42:23 -0500 Reply to Should I get genetic testing?

I did 23 and me but it didn’t definitely come back that I had high risk although it showed trending upward. It was bang on with high risk of colon cancer which I had.  I don’t think I’d want to know.

]]> e25838d9603ac900abb70ec9ee4037f2 Janette Anne McIntosh posted a new activity comment https://alsnewstoday.com/forums/activity/p/8371/#acomment-8383 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:02:13 -0500 Happy to see your reply. My brother was recently diagnosed. It’s in my family as mother, grandmother and younger brother both had ALS. I’d like to see the latest research on familial ALS

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