My name is Dawn, and I am HD negative. However, I have lost my grandmother, my aunt and my mother to Huntingtons Disease. My sister is positive, my brother un-tested. This is my take on a genetic nightmare.
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A letter to my children from a mother with HD
Originally posted on Huntington's Disease and Me:
Noah, Ezra, and Mark, I am so proud of the young men you are becoming and have become. Each with your own charming personality, you are all honest, loving, and compassionate. There…
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Sometimes the best gift is staying away
Originally posted on Huntington's Disease and Me:
When you want to celebrate achievements of another and you love parties and people, it is gutting to learn that your presence at such events is a source of stress for your…
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Truth Roars Like A Lion
*This is simultaneously posted here and on my other blog, Tales From the Motherland. (Baby steps, friends. Exactly 2 months ago today, I wrote my first new blog post in ages. Then I recoiled. This started as a draft… nine … Continue reading
In Honor of Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month: a new book about love, fear, and living with HD
I don’t post on this blog enough; anyone who follows here, knows that. As I’ve noted in the past, fear keeps me away. If I hide my eyes, maybe it will go away? It, being Huntington’s Disease. Anyone living with Huntington’s … Continue reading
I Flinch
I’ve done a true disservice to this blog, to this topic, to readers, and to my own internal world, by avoiding writing about the realities of living with HD in our family. I started this blog to shine a light … Continue reading
The dawn of being understood
Originally posted on Huntington's Disease and Me:
Tales from the Motherland and The Huntingtons Chronicles are two blogs written by the same woman, Dawn Quyle Landau, who hails from the northern-most region of Washington state. Her posts are frequently featured on the…
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Phenomenon
Originally posted on Huntington's Disease and Me:
In the film “Phenomenon,” John Travolta’s character was suddenly able to do amazing things with his brain. Turns out it was because he had brain cancer and (spoiler alert) he died. The…
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Un-Edited Thoughts From Christmas Day, 2015
Is it a wonder that I rarely write at this blog? I think about HD every single day, but I don’t want to think too hard. A friend recently sent me a note and told me she’d read Lisa Genova’s … Continue reading
Three Steps Forward…
Originally posted on TALES FROM THE MOTHERLAND:
(nidcd.nih.gov) Words fail me… piles of words, stuck in my head. Writer’s Block is an over-simplified term for what I’m feeling about words right now. “You haven’t written anything in ages,” my friend…
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Eggshells
I know this road. I’ve been here before. Some of the twists, the turns, and the road signs are different, but I know where I am. Hell. This is hell, and I know that we’re not even at the worst … Continue reading
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The Huntington's Chronicles 