CMT Stories
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CMT Ends with Me: My Painful Decision Not to Become a Mother
By: Diane, living with CMT I’d give you my feet if I could. That’s what my strong, stoic mother told me as she struggled to watch me walk as a teenager. I was a natural athlete growing up. I loved running and excelled at it. One day while running, I blew out my...
No One Should Have to Choose Between Motherhood and CMT
I’ve had CMT my entire life. It runs on my dad’s side of the family. My parents knew I had CMT when I was born, but a genetic test confirmed it as a toddler. Early on, CMT affected me most by watching the effects it had on my dad, uncle and grandmother. The memory of...