Hi Annie,

The local doctor sent the blood tests to the MG specialist last week. We are taking my mom to her appointment with the specialist later this week. I was up to see my mom this weekend and she is weaker than I've seen her in my three trips up there since her diagnosis 5 weeks ago. We called the local doctor on Friday to ask about her getting weaker and he switched the drugs from Mestinon to Prednisone. Still no change with her weakness and weak neck, but her droopy eye came back. So we called again and today he added the Mestinon back - 1/2 pill four times a day. The re-adding of the Mestinon cleared her droopy eye right up. Are there any reliable statistics on how long a drug will take to work if it's going to work or is it simply different for everyone?

Hoping to get solid treatment advice/plan this week from the specialist. It's so hard to watch her getting worse and not being able to help; I keep reading that things get worse before better in the beginning. She just sits most of the day. Thanks again for your help, I really appreciate it during this difficult time.

Rob