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Mark's stretchy skin!

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Now, I will grant you that a lot of people can do this one. My mother can, in fact.

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But how many people do you know who can do this? Other than my husband and both my daughters, that is!

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And who do you know who can do this?

Does Mark have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome? I don't know. He has the hyperflexibility, the stretchy skin and two scars. He does not bruise easily...that's actually me! And the scars that he has are places where skin is stretched tightly over bone and scars are to be expected in those areas in "normal" people. So then it begs the question does Mark have a mild myopathy or is he some kind of carrier? I don't know the answer to that one, either. But he sure is flexible!