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Old 02-24-2010, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Joanmarie63 View Post
How long has he been on the medications? If he is taking to much of the medication it would do that. Many of us have swallowing issues with our MG and know when we take to much mestinon it is as bad if not worse.

Has he had a thymectomy?
Joanmarie -

Thank you for your post. He's been on medications for three weeks and he has not had a thymectomy. I was told that because of his age (91) his thymus is tiny. The mestinon worked magically for the first week after diagnosis, then swallowing became impossible. He'll have to start tube feeding today.

Does your ability to swallow vary that much. Of course, I doubt you are 91!

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