Gardners Syndrome

[servant41]

Gardner's syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by the presence of multiple polyps in the colon together with tumors outside the colon. The extracolonic tumors may include osteomas of the skull, thyroid cancer, epidermoid cysts, fibromas and sebaceous cysts. The countless polyps in the colon predispose to the development of colon cancer.

Gardner's syndrome is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion.Gardner's syndrome is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Typically, one parent has Gardner's syndrome. Each of their children, male and female alike, are at 50% risk of inheriting the gene for Gardner's syndrome and manifesting it.

GS has been in my family for generations. It is on my Moter side of the family. She has a sister who died in 1972 at age 17 of it, a brother in 1993 at age 52, and her dad died of it, and another brother and BOTH of his 2 daughters diagnosed with it. He and one of his daughters has a colostomy bag. My mother dd not get it. And thus, me and my big brother - my perents only children - did not get it.
So, even though I get my colonoscopy every 5 years now as prevenetive medicine, and i have been getting a clean bill of health all the time. What are the chances of my 1 1/2 year old daughter and my upcoming new baby - due March 6th, 2008 - getting it? Is the gene dead in my line?
I am a 40 year old male.
Thank you, Eric. From Alabama

[tic chick]

congratulations to you and your wife for the new pregnancy, eric!

from what i read, since you did not get the gene and it is a dominant gene, no children of yours should get it either. the chances are very rare.

this is the website that explains it:
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/genetics/dominant.htm

i know there are a lot of things to worry about with a new pregnancy. i don't think this question should worry you.

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blessings, jeannie

[servant41]

Thanks Tic Chick. I remember you from the old TS chat room. i'm from Alabama USA. What happened to the chat rooms. have they changed? I found one, but it's just not the same. Where do you go for chat now?

[tic chick]

hey eric!

i remember you also.

last year, this whole forum and the chatrooms were down

for about 6 months due to problems. the old chatrooms could not be fixed due to their age. this is my understanding.

there is a chatroom you can access from here. it's under "quick links" at the top of this page. not many people are using it though.

i guess during the time the chatrooms were off, most of the people who chatted there found new things to do or just do not chat anymore. the "flash chat" associated with this forum now is just not being used by many people, for whatever reasons.

i don't chat much anymore either. i either email or chat on the various chat programs available.

yeah, :( i am sorry the old chatrooms are no more. we sure had some good times there, didn't we?

use the forums here to keep up. they have an email feature you can use to contact people you might have known,

blessings,
jeannie*forgetmenot

[servant41]

Thanks Jeannie, I have checked out the Falsh Chat. I will also check out the other in Quick links. But now that I am re-established in the Neurology web fourms, after being out for more than a year now, I will keep in touch through the fourms, TS and otherwise, and keep up through it all. Check out my post on the TS fourm. I posted a link for my TS Yahoo group. I have been the owner of it for over 7 years now.
Blessings also, Eric.

[servant41]

I clicke don the Quick Links and saw " Open Buddy List " How do you do that? how does one establish a buddy list? How do you create one?

[tic chick]

i don't know how the buddy list works:(.

there is a section up their called FAQ.

maybe there is something about buddy links there.

hope you find what you're looking for,
jeannie