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Q: myasthenia gravis ?
asked by: angelsam75 on April 20th, 2009
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Hi All,

I so hope somebody can shed some light on what i am going through.

I am 34 and live in the UK, i am a single mum with 3 kids all under ten. I was untill Jan 2007 very fit and healthy Razz i jogged up to 5 miles a day worked 30 hrs a week and brought up my family.
In Jan 2007 i started getting vision issues heavy limbs and unsteady gait i was refereed to a neuro who ordered MRI but by May i was so poorly i had had a bout of what i thought was flu achying muscles could not chew,lift my food to my mouth my muscle were so fatiuged this went on and off and when the results came back he could not find anything so i was discharged.

I have had to give up work as my leg weakness is so bad i use a wheelchair now, the drugs they tried lyrica,temazapam,requip all made it worse the only one that helped for the aching in my limbs was fenntanal patches 100 which i still take the others just made sensory sx that were not there before.
I have gotten worse and spend most of my time in bed and have to have carers come in and look after me and still noones knows what is wrong recently my eye has started to droop more my eyebrow right over my eye at times when i am tired and my right face is stiff and hard to move my jaw aches when i try and chew, i find it hard to swallow my voice gets weak at times.
Drs have said fibromyalgia maybe and someone said MG to me so i looked that up i would say MG rather then fibro but then i do get this deep aching that feels like it in my bones but not regular could it be some other neuromuscular disorder?
I am going to a new neuro on May the 7 the at St Georges in london a neuroscience hospital so am hoping i will find some answers as i am so frustrated about this and getting depressed.

any advise would be great Razz
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olaf
replied on April 23rd, 2009
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sounds very similiar to me,apart from,i aint that bad yet,but myne getting worse daily
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Lydia32
replied on April 24th, 2009
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Don't be too quick to accept the diagnosis of fibromyalgia. It is often misdiagnosed and is often a diagnosis of exclusion, which means that they've ruled out everything else that could cause these symptoms. Did they do any other tests besides and MRI? Blood tests, especially for MG? Nerve conduction test? I just read that MG can improve if they remove your thymus gland. Did the doctor mention any of this?

If your doctor hasn't done more tests or won't give you more answers, push him or her. This is way too important. Good luck. Let us know if you find anything else out.
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angelsam75
replied on April 25th, 2009
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lydia32/Olaf
Hi

Thank you both for relys,

Olaf- what do you have and how lond have you been ill do you have a diagnoses yet?

Lydia32,

The drs have tested for MS with the MRI and with the blood tests rheumotoid artheritis and thyroid both negartive but that is all they have tested for, i am due to see a new neurologist in May and i hope they will do more tests and get to the bottom of this, i am ill in bed agin this weekend and getting so fed up with this life.
Can i ask if you have a diagnoses? and how long you have been ill? I have researched MG alot and have heard that if you get the right medication your life can return to near normal and some have the thymus out and some dont they do a CT scan and if its enlarged they tend to take it out if not i think they leave it.

sam
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mgsufferer
replied on June 11th, 2009
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Myasthenia Gravis
acetylcholine receptor binder or MuSK blood test can help diagnose MG or a repetative EMG nerve conduction test. I was diagnosed in Oct 2003 with generalize MG. They put me on 40 mg of prednisone & 2000 mg of Cellcept...that contail worked for me, every MG sufferer is different. Good luck Angel and I wish you all the best in getting your diagnosis, it took me 3 years.
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angelsam75
replied on June 18th, 2009
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Hi

Thank you for your reply. i am going to queens square to see a dr kullman who deals in MG and other auto immune and neuromuscular disorders but its not till end of August i hope i will get some answers then.

how long did it take for you to be diagnosed?

sam
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