what is my age unless i use a calculator to solve it.. i forget what people says after the discussion." - Dianne (18) Hi Dianne, It sounds like you may be worried that your memory difficulties are a symptom of Huntington's Disease? The best thing to do would be to make an appointment with your doctor/neurologist. All the best. ey im in love with a guy who i just found out he has huntingtons..hes 18 and i no it has a life expectancy of 20 years but if we have a baby will that baby have huntigtons? - Amanda (29) Hi Amanda, I'm sorry to hear about your boyfriend. Did he recently get the genetic test? With Huntington's Disease there are a number of stages a person can be in. You can be at-risk meaning that because your parent has the disease you have a 50% chance of inheriting it. You can be 'gene-positive' which means you have the 'faulty' gene but do not have any symptoms of Huntington's Disease yet. Lastly, you can be symptomatic which means that the disease has started to manifest itself through physical, cognitive and/or behavioural symptoms. It is quite rare for someone to become symptomatic at the age of 18 so I would check whether your boyfriend is gene-positive or symptomatic. If he is gene-positive and not symptomatic he could potentially have a number of years before he actually shows any symptoms. The '20-year life expectancy' that you mention is from the time of