I had the robotic thymectomy done in December 2011 in Chicago. I had an enlarged thymus, no tumor. I am seronegative, so the docs honestly left it up to me to decide, as they didn't really have the research to back up that it would work for me. To my understanding the statistics on success are generally from those who test positive for the antibodies.

Anyway, the surgery went fine, I was in 4 days instead of 1-2 due to breathing tube stuff, and back at work in 2 weeks.

18 months later, I am a bit better with my MG, but I tend to give credit to my meds rather than the thymectomy. I'm on prednisone, mestinon, and imuran. I have mild-moderate generalized MG which began in 2009, diagnosed in 2011, with ocular symptoms starting about a year ago.