Hi everyone..I been diagnosed with MG for about 5 yrs now and still trying to decide weather to get a thyectomy done. Im thankful for sites like this one...I feel better when I read about other ppl. with the same problems I have. My doc has suggested the surgery a few times now. Im on mestinon (prob. spelled that wrong) 60 mg every 4 hrs and he wants me to start takeing steroids (which I hear horror stories about). Ive had to make some tough decisions in my life but this one tops them all. Im a wife and a mother of 2. My kids are teenagers but still depend on me alot. I want to get better, and the surgery may do just that, although the recovery worries me, like I said...my kids depend on me. I have a very supportive husband who will help and its not like my kids are toddlers but Im so used to "taking care of things". As far as the surgery itself scares me to pieces, everthing about it...being put to sleep, the pain, my chest being split open, will it work, what will change after its done. Ive put a post on another site (which brought me to this one) and ppl were very helpful. Thanks for any info!