Originally Posted by tysondouglass

Hey- Just sharing my experience here.

I was diagnosed with a singlefiber EMG August 1st. 2009. I then had a ct scan seeing if I had a thymoma, yet it didnt show anything. Even with that my neurologist thought that I would have a good turn out with a thymectomy, (full, not laprascopic, for it has better chances.) So i did this, i had the surgery maybe a month after he said this at UNC. Even though it was painful, I hope it was worth it.

If your going to have the surgery, why not go all for it, and do the sternotomy, for your getting it taken out anyway, may as well make sure it gets all out.

After going in, the surgeon realized i had a very large thymoma, 7-8cm. And none floating around.

Hope this helps!