Stories

During a family Christmas party, my uncle, an optometrist, noticed something different with my eyes. "Come here Kathryn, let me get a close-up of your eyes." Following his finger movement...

I started experiencing mild MG symptoms 2 months ago. I'm not officially diagnosed yet but I think I am having a milder case of ptosis. What do you think?  ...

On November 18th, 2021, I suffered from horrendous double vision. Weeks earlier, I started having issues with bladder control. I visited my GP and was immediately sent to the stroke...

Looking back, the first thing I noticed was photographs. My smile was crooked and one side of my face seemed to droop. I thought gravity was playing tricks on me...

I was 50-years-old and I started falling. My legs gave out, which went on for six months until I fell going up the stairs and broke my first bone in...

I was first told I had MG in 1976 back then no one really knew too much about it, I was lucky and had a great eye doctor who actually...

I am 71 years old and was enjoying my retirement and, up until now, was doing 4-6 hours of heavy gardening/exercise 6 days a week. My introduction to myasthenia gravis...

I was 21 years old when I experience some symptoms in late 2018. Symptoms started with chewing and swallowing difficulty that was gradual. Then muscle weakness of my arms but...

I am a 22-year-old female from Uganda and a midwife by profession. I started experiencing symptoms around late 2019, mainly difficulty in speech and swallowing. At that time, I was...

I was diagnosed with gMG back in January of 2019. At that time it only affected my eyes. It went into submission and I never really took any of the...

I was actually in grade school when I had the first symptoms. I started seeing double after reading for a minute or two or after any activity. In 7th grade...

I was 60 years old before I agreed to be tested for MG. Before that I was in denial. My younger sister had been diagnosed with MG 25 years earlier...

I was lucky enough to be diagnosed with ocular mg in the early stages in 2006 and had my thymus removed. Put on cellcept (allergic to other meds) and steroids...

Hi everyone 👋 I was former ICU staff nurse. In those 4 yrs of experience of my work is awesome ...yes, I was healthy n fit. I have never been...

I have always been very healthy. Never sick, didn't even take an aspirin. On Friday, 2/12/21 I had my first Moderna COVID shot. On Sat. I had a sore arm...

My symptoms leading up to a diagnosis of MG began while I was driving East on U S – 36 in Kansas in 1993. I suddenly realized my left eyelid...

At Myasthenia-Gravis.com, we believe that we are stronger together than we are alone. Living with or caring for someone with myasthenia gravis (MG) can be a challenge, but the more...