Sep 22, 2019 | Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: My Story
Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: Part 9 As I rewrite my story now in September 2019, I have been living alone for over three years and officially divorced for two years. I am certainly enjoying single life again. My sweet dog and I live together and she is the best...
Sep 22, 2019 | Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: My Story
Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: Part 8 It was also at this conference, where I started dating a mom whose son was diagnosed in utero with Klinefelter Syndrome or 47XXY before he was born. She was someone who had assisted me at the ASHA conference in Spring 1998 and...
Sep 22, 2019 | Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: My Story
Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: Part 7 After completion of my second semester in the graduate program, I was urged to return to the Boston area. Some of my former co-workers in the Boston area joined a new company with cutting edge technology. They were working on...
Sep 22, 2019 | Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: My Story
Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: Part 6 Shortly after moving to Burlington, Massachusetts, I flew to Seattle, Washington to attend my first national Klinefelter Syndrome conference. It was held at a hotel in Bellevue, Washington over the course of a long weekend. I...
Sep 22, 2019 | Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: My Story
Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: Part 5 Life after receiving my diagnosis was initially one where I was angry and frustrated and confused as to why it took so long for it to happen. I was angry at the world for a week or two because I was wondering, why me?!? I was...
Sep 22, 2019 | Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: My Story
Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: Part 4 My parents knew there was something about my anger, temper, being quiet and shy and just not achieving the same as my peers at the same time that wasn’t right. They had no idea what was occurring until I received my KS/XXY...
Sep 21, 2019 | Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: My Story
My Story: Living with Klinefelter Syndrome Part 3 After that year, my parents decided moving to Baltimore County would be a good option and thus began my first years at a public school. I started ninth-grade at Pikesville High School in Pikesville, Maryland. Here I...
Sep 21, 2019 | Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: My Story
My Story: Living with Klinefelter Syndrome Part 2 Since this is a rewrite of “my story”, I would like to start by telling you about my life before my diagnosis occurred. I was born in March of 1970 to very loving and wonderful parents. My parents and other family...
Sep 21, 2019 | Living with Klinefelter Syndrome: My Story
My name is Stefan and I was diagnosed with Klinefelter Syndrome (KS), also known as XXY in February 1996 at the age of 25. Throughout my life from birth through age 25, my parents knew I had learning, social, some anger and behavioral issues. They couldn’t put their...
Jul 28, 2019 | Klinefelter Syndrome
Do You or Does Someone You Know Have… Klinefelter Syndrome? What is Klinefelter Syndrome? Contents: One child or adult. Contains: Have at least one extra X chromosome. Sterility. Small testes which will produce varying amounts of insufficient...
Jul 28, 2019 | Student papers from future Klinefelter/XXY educators
I don’t quite remember how I came in contact with Stefan Schwarz. I contacted several Klinefelter’s Syndrome websites for information, casually mentioning that I was looking for someone to interview in the future. Although Stefan insists I must have gotten his email...
Jul 28, 2019 | Student papers from future Klinefelter/XXY educators
Klinefelter Syndrome Klinefelter’s Syndrome (referred to as KS) is a condition, which only occurs in males. It is a chromosomal genetic abnormality, which affects males found in all races, ethnic groups, and socioeconomic classes. In KS, boys have two X...
Jul 28, 2019 | Student papers from future Klinefelter/XXY educators
STUDENT PAPER: THESIS – MY BROTHER THESIS: Having Klinefelter’s syndrome with the 49,XXXXY variant is a rarity in itself. I believe it occurs in 1 in every 80,000 to 100,000 births; that is only 10 to 13 for every 1,000,000 people. My brother is one of these...
Jul 28, 2019 | Student papers from future Klinefelter/XXY educators
STUDENT INTERVIEW Stefan D. Schwarz: Life with Klinefelter Syndrome While doing research on Klinefelter syndrome, I came across a web site (Stefan’s Klinefelter Syndrome website) authored by Stefan Schwarz in which he talked about living as an XXY male. As I...
Jul 27, 2019 | Klinefelter Syndrome
Information prepared by Lisa Mawhood Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the acquirement of an extra X chromosome in males (XXY instead of XY). This results in stunted puberty, smaller than average genitals, and the development of breasts and...
Jul 20, 2019 | Klinefelter Syndrome
Information prepared by Lisa Mawhood Treatment for Klinefelter Syndrome Klinefelter Syndrome is a spontaneous genetic disorder of males caused by the attainment of an extra X chromosome at conception (genotype XXY instead of the usual XY). It occurs in one in every...
