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Travel Considerations

My best friend is 87 y.o. He wants me to do a cruise with him on a 160 passenger ship to Antartica. I have been diagnosed with MG since last...

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Was Gaslighting Involved in Your Diagnosis Journey?

Did any health professionals dismiss your symptoms before you finally received the answers that you had an MG diagnosis? Were you ever told you were making up your symptoms or...

Summer

Hi everyone, I got diagnosed last fall and this is my first summer in Northern Nevada with MG. Heat Intolerance and trouble breathing is one of the problems you all...

Myasthenia Gravis Update 2 years Later.

Hi there, lovely reader! My name is Fleur — I posted here almost two years ago now (can you believe it’s been that long?). Back then, I was just a...

How I Found Out

I turned 61 in May of 2025. I am a maile. I am obese and was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in 2016. And just about the time I was...

Birth Control and Myasthenia Gravis

Have you been on birth control for the entire time you had MG, or did you stop or start birth control while having MG? How does birth control affect your...

My doctor (neurologist) is blaming my balance issues on neuropathy

I have fallen at least 15 times..forward/backward and I have broken my collarbone, same shoulder and two compression fractures in my back T11-12 a bd L1-2…I do have MG and...

Can myasthenia gravis affect the eyes, and is it linked to conditions like glaucoma, cataracts, or dry eye?

Yes, myasthenia gravis often begins with eye-related symptoms such as drooping eyelids (ptosis) and double vision. Because it affects muscle control, it can lead to dry eyes due to reduced...

How does Myasthenia Gravis affect eye health, and why are regular eye exams important for people with this condition?

Myasthenia Gravis often affects the muscles that control eye movement and eyelids, leading to symptoms like drooping eyelids (ptosis) and double vision (diplopia). These eye-related symptoms can fluctuate throughout the...

My self healing journey

I was diagnosed as ocular MG in 2006, double vision was the only symptom. I got treatment of prednisone , starting from 60 mg, taping down to low doze after...

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