- Cadasil Demência - Infartos Múltiplos, Tipo Hereditário
- Interviews
Ricardo's interview
How did all start?
In year 2000.
Do you already have a diagnosis? How long did it take you to get it?
Yes. 16 years.
For what medical specialties have you been treated? What has been the most useful specialty for your?
Neurologist and Geneticist.Genetic.
What has been the most useful thing for you so far?
I don´t have this answer yet.
What have been your biggest difficulties?
Well, the headache crisis.
How has your social and family environment reacted? Have your social or family relationships changed?
Some sadness. Nothing changed. I have discovered that my son, 15 years old, has inherited the mutation too. He has already been 4 crisis since 2015.
What things have you stopped doing?
Nothing.
What do you think about the future?
I don´t know exactly.
So far, which years have been the best years in your life? What have you done during them?
2000, 2002 an 2006. I have married, and my children was born.
What would you like to do if you didn’t have your condition?
Well the disease don´t limit nothing in me yet. I can do anything that i want.
If you had to describe your life in a sentence, what would it be?
Happiness.
Finally, what advice would you give to a person in a similar situation?
Keep moving on...
