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Post a new topicby livingwith on Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:12 pm


I was diagnosed with CMT at 13 and had 7 operations on my feet to fuse the large bones and remove joints from my curled-up toes between the ages of 13 and 16. That was difficult, but now, at 50, I can still walk fairly normally though my lower leg muscles are atrophied and I have lost some feeling in my lower legs. No affect in arms or hands, thank goodness. The youngest of my 3 sons– now 25– has the classic CMT foot, but I have never taken him to be diagnosed as his feet don’t...Read the full article
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