...so I figured I was probably coming down with rheumatoid arthritis, which seems to be pretty common in MGers. But, now I think I know why they hurt: the MG weakness has made its way into my fingers, so when I pick up something heavy with just my fingers--like a big mug of coffee--they're not strong enough to hold the weight, so they get pulled down. The pull strains them. It's not the joints that hurt, but the ligaments, or muscles, or something along the sides of my fingers.

Does that make sense? I think it was good for me to think, for a couple of weeks, about a chronic disease that's actually painful (I know that some people have pain with MG, but I don't, usually).

Counting my blessings (gently, so as not to strain my counting fingers),

Abby