# Newly Diagnosed and unsure of the furture **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** stories, tips\ **Created:** [December 9, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/newly-diagnosed-and-unsure-of-the-furture/9021 "2023-12-09T17:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jisw16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@Jisw16](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Jisw16)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/newly-diagnosed-and-unsure-of-the-furture/9021/1 "2023-12-09T17:14:39Z")
After a long 6 years of being put through test after test with no results. The day finally came that i recieved an official diagnosis… Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 Not sure what to think and cant find too much information out there. Anything would be much appreciated 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chas521](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/chas521/32/5683_2.png) [@Chas521](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Chas521)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/newly-diagnosed-and-unsure-of-the-furture/9021/2 "2023-12-09T19:37:59Z")
Welcome. Here’s some information: [Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 8 - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1268/) ---
**Author:** ![Beryl\_Park](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/beryl_park/32/5716_2.png) [@Beryl\_Park](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Beryl_Park)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/newly-diagnosed-and-unsure-of-the-furture/9021/3 "2023-12-09T22:27:27Z")
Hi J, welcome🙂 Finally getting a link must be amazing… I’m still ‘in limbo’ myself…I did have high hopes when a 70% link was found…but it was dismissed.