Perrym, Wow, that must've been hard to hear that you have a tumor. I'm sorry you are dealing with this.

In some people, when the tumor is removed, the MG goes away. Although, there have only been a few incidents of that recorded. I hope you are consulting with a hematologist/oncologist, too, about all of this, and coming up with a post-surgical protocol. You might need some sort of radiation or chemo. They have to biopsy the tumor first, though, and "stage" it.

http://www.jthoracdis.com/article/view/890/html

I hope you have a good support system. This is a lot to take in! Hey, you have MG. Hey, you have a tumor. Geez.

What else can we do to help? Are you confident in your knowledge of MG?

I did not have the thymectomy, so I can't help you there. Obviously, when there is a tumor, they often want to split you open! Imaging such as CTs help but actually looking around in there to make sure they get it all is essential, too.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...nticated=false

http://www.nmh.org/nm/chest-treatments-thymectomy

I hope that the surgery goes really well, and that your recovery is quick. There are a lot of past posts on thymectomies here, and a lot of great advice from everyone on them.


Annie