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Living with a long-term health condition requires us to stay on top of everything: doctor’s appointments, new symptoms, insurance, and, of course, managing treatment – all while taking care of...

I have had 3 prior surgeries, all while experiencing the same symptoms that I currently have. The difference now is that I have been officially diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG)...

When I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG), my husband and I had been married for 5 years. We had 1 toddler and a baby on the way. Our marriage...

The holiday season recently passed. If family interactions didn’t unravel as well as we had hoped, we might still focus on this defeat. This is not the mentality we need...

Before I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG), I was very social. I loved community gatherings and hosted people over at our home almost every week. There was nothing like...

If there’s one thing myasthenia gravis (MG) brings, it’s limitations: limitations on the capacity for activity, work, and the potential for productivity. When I was first diagnosed with MG, the...

As you probably know, myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disease. Because of the rarity of this disease, many physicians and other medical professionals know or understand little about...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) can be a hard diagnosis to receive. I don’t mean hard as in emotionally challenging, although that definitely happens too. I mean it is difficult to find...

Stress and anxiety have been a constant tension in my life. A few days ago, a mysterious itchy rash started spreading across my body like wildfire. I scrambled to book...

In other articles, I’ve talked briefly about living with 2 or more health conditions. When I was first diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in December 2008, I was also diagnosed with...

I have 2 children - a son who is 4, and a daughter who just turned 2. Life is nonstop with the demands of 2 toddlers. With them still dependent...

Rag dolls are made out of cloth and slightly stuffed. When you set one down, they just kind of crumple into a heap. They cannot be posed into any form...

One of the things I have found hard to deal with while living with myasthenia gravis is transportation. There are times when I am unable to drive myself and family...

It has been 6 months since my thymectomy. Woohoo! The pain medications kept most of my time in the hospital a blur. Still, I remember having many frustrating disappointments. My...

Prednisone is an anti-inflammatory drug commonly used for its immunosuppressant properties in people with myasthenia gravis (MG). Its role is to manage MG symptoms and myasthenic crises, often in combination...

Once you discover you have myasthenia gravis (MG), there is a lot of learning and adjustments to be made. Then just when you think you’ve got it, you learn something...

Here we are into a new year! When everyone else is making personal or professional resolutions or setting goals, I wonder how many of us with myasthenia gravis (MG) are...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) patients experience many symptoms. As individuals, we have different symptoms, react to the same situations differently, and medications work differently for different people. While some of us...

Like many in this community, my husband’s path to diagnosis and treatment was far from direct. His symptoms began while we were wintering in a southern state. He discussed that...

After having myasthenia gravis (MG) for almost 3 decades, I have gotten pretty good at knowing when I need to call my neurologist during a flare. For me, my first...