Krackersones
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Googling again and found the following interesting info. I thought genetic disease like this would have to been known about early in life but this is a good example that this is not always the case. This women was a dancer and has the disease._____________________________________________Remarkably, Newmar, who soon turns 75, said the costume - with its 22-inch waist - Batman so adored her in still fits.She has donated it to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History for an exhibit opening in the fall.These days, not all is purr-fect with the 5-foot-11 blond star.For one thing, she's slowly being robbed of her ability to walk by an incurable neuromuscular disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth. The disease, first described in 1886 by three French physicians, affects an estimated 2.6 million people."My symptoms started around 2000, when I found walking difficult," Newmar said. "About six months ago, the UCLA neurologist I've been seeing diagnosed it."The grim prognosis came as a sharp blow. Newmar's 33-inch-long and still shapely legs - once insured for $1 million by Lloyds of London - have been her life-long trademark."Today, I walk - but very s-l-o-w-l-y," she revealed. "My balance is also affected.