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First Symptoms

What were the first MG symptoms you experienced? How long did they persist before you were diagnosed? How long until you felt you possibly had something serious? - Jodi, Team Member

  1. Hey great conversation starter. I hope more people will share their story.


    I'll make mine short and simple. I was 17 years old and I woke up one morning unable to brush my teeth properly. Then I had extreme jaw weakness that seemed instantly. I had a hard time chewing, constantly choking on my food, then the slurred speech started. I remember telling my mom and asking her to take me to the hospital but she simply told me to stop playing around. Then came the double vision and droopy eye lids, my mom still thought I was still playing around. It was my dad that talked her into taking me to the hospital.


    It took 3 months for doctors to diagnose me with MG. Needless to say I felt like a lab rat.


    I'm dramatic and I was a teen at the time...so I thought I was dying after day 3. LOL


    - Jazmin (team member)

    1. Congratulations on graduating! That's awesome 😀 I know how challenging that must have been. I was diagnosed before my last semester of college. I just thought that I'd never go back if I didn't push through that semester despite having my first crisis and diagnosis 3 weeks from the start. And I didn't even know how challenging suffering through MG daily could be. Much admiration to you and your willpower! What career are you headed into? - Jodi, Team Member

    2. Thank you. And kudos to you for pushing through. You're so right, I probably wouldn't have gone back either. LOL But I started going back when I got pregnant with my son (I felt like I owed it to him) plus since it was the beginning of the pandemic all my classes were online so that helped tremendously. I majored in theater and dramatic arts. I love performing on stage. I've been doing theater shows since my sophomore year of high school. My last play was in April of this year and that play sent me to the ER for a week. I knew I was pushing my body to limit. So I've thinking about teaching instead of being on stage. It's definitely something to think about. - Jazmin (team member)

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