So, my MG has been pretty stable, but two days ago in the evening I suddenly collapsed. It took me ten minutes, with my husband's help, to get to bed, because I couldn't even crawl--my arms were too weak. I had spent the rest of the day doing normal things--cleaned the house, cooked supper, taught the kids, zipped up and down the stairs all day. You wouldn't have known that anything was wrong with me at all if you had seen me that day, until I ended up on the floor.

The next morning, I was really weak. Used my walker to get from the car to church, and had to be pushed out on it back to the car. That was a first. I have never used my walker in church before. Then I was weak and heavy all day long. Today I'm zipping up and down the stairs again like usual, though I expect to be weak in the evening.

So, what triggers such an intense and sudden flare-up like that? There's a lot of emotional stress in my life at the moment. It could be that, though I've never really noticed a connection before. My best theory is that people in the house are starting to come down with a cold/sore throat that some visitors brought last week. I didn't feel sick, but I noticed a swollen lymph node in my neck. Does that make sense? My immune system launched itself into high gear (in spite of 250 mg. Imuran/day) to fight off this infection, and in doing so attacked my muscle receptor cells violently as well?

Anyone interested can list their triggers here. We can help each other consider the possibilities.

Abby