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Old 02-16-2013, 05:16 AM
Anacrusis Anacrusis is offline
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Default Out of´a´myasthenic straight jacket

I can now:

  • Wash my hair without my arms falling down
  • Hold a cup of coffee without it turning to´concrete´ in 2 seconds
  • Brush my own teeth and squeeze my own toothpaste
  • Type more than one sentence without fatigue!
  • Grasp an object with very firm grip
  • Open jars, packets and envelopes
  • Hold the weight of my own upper body and arms up
  • Climb stairs without getting breathless & with thighs like rubber bands
  • Kneel and do tasks on floor which involve prolonged use of neck muscles
  • Speak later in the day without sounding like a drunk
  • Speak without loosing my breath
  • Chew without tongue fatigue
  • Eat safely and manage secretions effortlessly!
  • Drink and eat combined consistencies with normal speed and muscle coordination
  • Go weeks without choking on my own spit
  • Sit, speak, eat during meal times without one muscle set giving out
  • Breath freely and without thinking about it
  • See the horizon clearly on a daily basis
  • Accomplish a 10 second task without taking rests in between to finish it
  • Get through the day without diurnal fluctuations of energy/muscle weakness
  • Manage heat without illness or exacerbation
  • Engage in light exercise without it being harmful
  • Feel appropriate strength in previously affected muscles (except deltoids)
  • Predict how I will feel 2 days in advance
  • Observe someone 50 years my senior and no longer feel that age
  • Have a neuro appointment without detrimental effects to my physical wellbeing as a consequence

A short Mestinon trial did work as did ice pack on very light ptosis


But it wasn´t any psychotherapy, good attitude, diet, exercise program or medication that changed things.

It was as if somebody pulled the plug and it took 2 years for the dirty bathwater to empty out.

Recovery continued in slow motion as if from a serious myasthenic accident yet with spreading continuing on its own agenda
to other myasthenic muscle sets but in a lighter & gradually fading manner.


All is now quiet on the myasthenic front........


Thank you
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