1 00:00:00,50 --> 00:00:04,50 [Female Speaker] CMT: The weirdest name neuromuscular disease nobody has ever heard of. 2 00:00:05,25 --> 00:00:10,25 [Female Speaker] Named for the three doctors who first described it, Dr. Charcot, Marie, and Tooth… 3 00:00:10,40 --> 00:00:17,00 [Female Speaker] …CMT is a collection of diseases that have nothing to do with the sharks, coats, teeth, or Country Music Television. 4 00:00:17,50 --> 00:00:19,85 [Male Speaker] Charcot Marie Tooth Disease is a weird dichotomy. 5 00:00:20,05 --> 00:00:22,50 [Male Speaker] CMT is rare, but CMT is common. 6 00:00:23,00 --> 00:00:26,00 [Male Speaker] CMT is the most common inherited nervous system disease… 7 00:00:26,25 --> 00:00:27,50 [Male Speaker] …but most people know nothing of it. 8 00:00:30,00 --> 00:00:34,60 [Male Speaker] With other names, such as Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy, or HMSN… 9 00:00:34,80 --> 00:00:38,95 [Male Speaker] …Distal Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy, or dHMSN… 10 00:00:39,00 --> 00:00:42,85 [Male Speaker] …Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy, or HSAN… 11 00:00:42,90 --> 00:00:46,00 [Male Speaker] …just to name a few, and all referring to the same set of diseases… 12 00:00:46,50 --> 00:00:49,50 [Male Speaker] …it's no wonder why nobody has ever heard of CMT. 13 00:00:50,10 --> 00:00:53,90 [Female Speaker] Do you have CMT? If so, this podcast is for you. 14 00:00:54,20 --> 00:00:57,50 [Female Speaker] Does a friend, family member, or significant other have CMT? 15 00:00:57,75 --> 00:01:00,00 [Female Speaker] If so, this podcast is for you. 16 00:01:00,50 --> 00:01:04,50 [Female Speaker] Whether you are newly diagnosed, or the diagnosis has been suggested to you… 17 00:01:05,00 --> 00:01:06,95 [Female Speaker] …or you're a seasoned CMT Pro… 18 00:01:07,20 --> 00:01:08,75 [Female Speaker] …or you're somewhere in between… 19 00:01:09,05 --> 00:01:11,00 [Female Speaker] …this podcast is for you. 20 00:01:13,50 --> 00:01:15,00 [Male Speaker] I'm your host, Kenneth Raymond. 21 00:01:15,05 --> 00:01:19,00 [Male Speaker] I was diagnosed in 2002, and genetically confirmed to have 1A a year later. 22 00:01:19,10 --> 00:01:23,00 [Male Speaker] Like so many, I had experienced years and years of doctor after doctor… 23 00:01:23,05 --> 00:01:26,95 [Male Speaker] …test after test, suspected diagnosis after suspected diagnosis… 24 00:01:27,20 --> 00:01:29,25 [Male Speaker] …before landing on CMT. 25 00:01:30,00 --> 00:01:34,60 [Male Speaker] I've spent the last 18 years learning and absorbing everything I possibly can about CMT… 26 00:01:34,85 --> 00:01:38,50 [Male Speaker] …and I've been able to learn from some of the world's most renowned CMT experts. 27 00:01:38,70 --> 00:01:43,40 [Male Speaker] Along the way, I figured out how to translate the confusion into easy to follow narratives. 28 00:01:43,50 --> 00:01:46,50 [Male Speaker] I'm an author, a blogger, and a CMT advocate. 29 00:01:47,00 --> 00:01:51,05 [Male Speaker] The Cryptid Sloth Show is a podcast dedicated to discussing all things CMT… 30 00:01:51,10 --> 00:01:54,00 [Male Speaker] …and his podcast picks up where the diagnosis leaves off. 31 00:01:54,40 --> 00:01:57,95 [Male Speaker] From CMTers telling their stories, to discussing the complexities of CMT… 32 00:01:58,00 --> 00:02:00,50 [Male Speaker] …and translating those complexities into everyday terms… 33 00:02:01 --> 00:02:04,00 [Male Speaker] …to expert opinions and strategies for living with CMT… 34 00:02:04,25 --> 00:02:07,50 [Male Speaker] …the Cryptid Sloth Show is all about where CMT and life meet. 35 00:02:08,20 --> 00:02:09,75 [Male Speaker] With new episodes released every Wednesday… 36 00:02:10,00 --> 00:02:12,80 [Male Speaker] …you can find the Cryptid Sloth Show wherever you get your podcasts… 37 00:02:12,90 --> 00:02:16,00 [Male Speaker] …and you can subscribe for free so that you never miss a show. 38 00:02:17,25 --> 00:02:20,00 [Male Speaker] Make sure to check out our website at the cryptid sloth dot com… 39 00:02:20,25 --> 00:02:22,50 [Male Speaker] …and I look forward to chatting with you soon. 40 00:02:23,25 --> 00:02:25,00 [Female Speaker] The Cryptid Sloth Show 41 00:02:25,50 --> 00:02:28,00 [Female Speaker] Where CMT and Life Meet