Only when Lanarkshire woman Rachael Steele began to consider being tested for the incurable disease that she’d a 50/50 chance of inheriting from her mum did she realise the significance of “in sickness and in health.”
The 33-year-old data analyst desperately wanted to plan for the future with her partner, Graham Cameron – but the couple’s fears were realised when she received a positive result for the faulty gene, passed down through the generations, that causes Huntington’s disease.
That was back in 2018 – and, mercifully, Rachael is still healthy and has no symptoms of the condition.
