Hi Stephany,

I agree with all of Annie's advice...The shadow that showed up on your CT scan is worrisome...If you do have a thymoma, they can cause chest pains and if you have MG, tend to affect the bulbar muscles (diaphragm (sp?), chest, tongue, pharyngeal, palate, facial muscles....Not necessarilly all together at the same time or in that order) more severely...I had a thymoma, and you and I happen to be the same age...I had chest pains also...They were very random...I also experienced perioids where it felt like I couldn't get a complete breath...I would also become breathless doing very little...I smoke, so I thought that it was from that, although it could have been...

Also, with me, I had chest weakness and hand weakness years prior to developing speech issues which lead to the diagnosis of MG...

I hope that you can get another scan done somehow! Are you able to get a hold of the old scan?