Hey. I think you mean me, not Annie59, right?

Back in 2004, I attended the MGFA annual meeting. Dr. James Howard was one of the speakers. It was he who stated that fact. So I was not quoting a written source but a verbal one. I have not been able to find a source that states that specific information but have run across that basic info through the years. I don't have a PubMed source for you though.

I could not find a reference to that meeting on the MGFA site. Maybe if you call them, you can get a video or transcript of that day.

You don't have to look very far to know that sexism is alive and well, in medicine and everywhere else. For me, this topic often boils down to "controlling personalities" and their insecure natures. I never knew that "control freaks," a label I don't like, are essentially insecure. They are attracted to positions of power, like doctoring. They tend to put down anything that moves in order for them to feel good. The minimizing of women's, and sometimes men's, symptoms while doctoring is only one way they do it. CP's need to "level" others in order to feel good about themselves (the other person falls in stature while they rise up).

The neurologist I first saw for MG falls into that category . . . allegedly.

I'm really sorry that you are not getting serious consideration for your disability application but that is yet another example of sexism. Women are often made to wait until the appearance before a judge in order to gain social security disability. Nope, don't have a reference for that either - only the statements by those I spoke to during my own process. The soc. sec. administration does not "like" anyone getting that money, really. Men too.

I really hope you can get the information you need, Ally. This really stinks.

Annie



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