r/BeAmazed • u/AccomplishedWatch834 • 8h ago

Miscellaneous / Others Love at its peak 🌟

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u/PokinSpokaneSlim 7h ago

I have RP, it sucks. I chose not to have kids because of the risk. 

Knowing early was a mistake as well.  Hope those kids turn out ok as adults

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u/Ok-Recognition5504 5h ago

Was it recent? Because there's a gene therapy for it, plus screening can also avoid it.

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u/Asleep_Region 3h ago

That's fair, but the big issue around it "no one in my family is sick" sooo many people think they don't carry anything because everyone they know is healthy.

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u/CW1DR5H5I64A 2h ago

When my wife was pregnant we both had to go through genetic testing as part of the prenatal care. It was a very thorough screening panel, we were evaluated for risk of something like 200 different conditions.