Myasthenia Gravis - What do you know about it?

Hi ShawnsBidness, I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis in 1996. I started off with double vision which first came on whilst I was driving down a very busy motorway in the UK. Thankfully my guardian angel prompted me to close one eye and I could see better then. The problems with my eyesight kept coming and going until things started not only to go double, but images kept crossing over and moving! I started to lose my confidence and be afraid to go out in case I bumped into or fell over something. After two years of going back and fore to various medical departments I was finally diagnosed with MG and put on the oral medication Pyridostigmine. I still had problems with my vision so I was then put on Neostigmine and that was much better. I have been able to live a fairly normal life but the Menopause upset things a bit. Two years ago I started have problems with my voice, swallowing and chewing. As you probably know, for some, it is progressive. Thankfully, it is progressing very slowly for me. I joined our local support group and I am now Vice Chairman and also First Contact for newly diagnosed myasthenics in the area. I also give talks (despite my slurry voice) to a variety of organisations and my last talk to a local Rotary International Club resulted in my being invited to join them. This I was very proud to do. I did know Aristotle Onassis had the disease and so did a very famous British Shakespearean actor: Sir Laurence Olivier. It just goes to show that if you get on the right medication you can cope with this illness. I look forward to reading more from everyone. It's great that we have this topic going given the rarity of the disease being in only 1:20,000 of the population!