Well, 7/15 has come and gone and my Exome panel yielded no results. The good news for me is that my ataxia is a very slow progressing one and exercise has even helped me increase some of my abilities.
It's likely that I'll never find out the cause of my ataxia and that's ok. The biggest/most important thing to me is that I don't pass this thing down. All of the known ataxia's have been 95% ruled out. The only possibility, is that something was somehow missed in one of my myriad of test. That means it's most likely not dominate. Now, I could be patient zero for this type of ataxia but with the more stuff they rule out the less likely it is to be passed on.
What is the next step? Well, as far as testing me, it's done for a while. However, I did sign over the remainder of my exome sample to be studied by a researcher at the University of Michigan. If by some far-out-there chance they find something, I may need to do more test. But my "payment" for that could be having a say in the naming of the new ataxia-type. Which, honestly, would be pretty cool.
As far as what I can do, I'm trying to get as healthy as I can. I just got over a shoulder injury, sustained while sleeping (yeah, doing nothing) and I need to resume my workout regiment. I'm also trying to eat healthier. In the first week of that change, I lost 1.6% of my body weight, not a ton but sustainable. By getting back into my workouts, I'm hoping to increase that a little bit.
I hope to stay on track with the weight loss and exercise stuff. Getting better in those areas can only help with this whole ataxia thing.
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