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Living With Huntington’s: Inheriting Risk, Finding Purpose
Episode Summary
In this powerful episode of Amplify, hosts Ursula Mann and Christina Pisapia speak with Erin Paterson, a writer, caregiver, and advocate whose life was transformed by Huntington’s Disease (HD).
Just as Erin and her husband were preparing to start a family, she learned a long-kept family secret: her grandmother may have died from Huntington’s. This revelation pushed Erin into rapid genetic testing, where she tested gene-positive. What followed was a decade-long struggle with depression, infertility, caregiving responsibilities, and fear of the future.
But Erin rebuilt her life…
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