Love to hear from others with muscular dystrophy. What can I expect?

Posted by catartist @catartist, Jun 16 10:32am

Diagnosed this winter with adult onset Muscular dystrophy - and had RA for 30 years. Had lots of testing DNA etc - single dominate gene! Walking Deteriorating - what can I expect- no one will tell me anything! Do PT twice week and try to walker walk 1:3 mile 2-3 times a week etc.
getting discouraged ( 78 yr)

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Hello @catartist, Sorry to see you haven't found any help or information since being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. @cmmichaela also started a discussion on Low LDH Muscular Dystrophy that hasn't had any responses but may have some suggestions or information to share with you. You also might find it helpful to scan through member comments that mentioned muscular dystrophy in other discussions. Here's a link to the different comments - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/comments/?search=Muscular%20dystrophy%20.

If you haven't already seen these references, you might find them helpful in learning more about MD.
-- Muscular Dystrophy Association: https://www.mda.org/
-- Muscular Dystrophy Resources: https://www.cdc.gov/muscular-dystrophy/communication-resources/index.html

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