I first started experiencing chewing and speaking issues about three weeks ago. I got officially diagnosed with MG last Wednesday and have been on Mestinon since. It was working pretty well on my chewing and speaking issues during my first week on it, but this Wednesday and since, the chewing issues have come back (along with one episode of speaking issues).

How do you deal with eating when you're having a hard time chewing? I hate having to rely purely on mushy or finer foods, but I lose so much strength in my jaw that I can't even bite through a piece of lettuce. Sometimes I can "manually" chew by literally taking my hand and moving my lower jaw up and down, but that doesn't always work either (and gets rather tiresome). Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks!

Adam