Hi-I found your post online and even though it's from 2007, I was wondering how the discovery process is going. Have you been properly diagnoses yet?
Based on the few things you mentioned it doesn't exactly sound like you have Myasthenia Gravis (MG). I have MG and though we have very similar symptoms the fact that the Mestinon was making you sick may be an indicator that your body does not need what it is supplementing. I currently take 180mg of Mestinon 4 x's per day and don't have any side effects.
When I read your biopsy results it sounds more like you have a Mitochondrial disease. Do a goodle search on it and see if it sounds like what you've been experiencing...
I hope you've found what you need by now, but your post touched me so I wanted to see how you're doing.
Take Care,
m
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Originally Posted by rumpled
I have been testing for MG and they were not sure if that or a muscle disease. I had a postive EMG, then negative EMG, all negative antibodies. I had a positive SFEMG.
I had the muscle biopsy right after Christmas and it was abnormal. Provisional results are "skeletal muscle with rare atrophic myofibers".
Under the findings they said:
"Rare atrophic myofibers found among normal sized fibers"
"Most of the atrophic fibers are type 2. There are no significant fiber type grouping or fiber type dominance"
"Four myofibers shoe increased staining of succinate dehydogenase. At least two of the fibers suggests hyper contraction, a common artifact"
"The epimysial adipose tissue shows mild reactive changes including early focal fibrosis and a few histiocytes or macrophages"
Any ideas? Thanks.
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