Dottie -
I kinda figured you for an overachiever type. It seems to be we who end up with MG, believe it or not. It wasn't the meds so much that I was cautioning about - it's how much you do. Being an overachiever, we tend to cut down even 50% of what we did, and in the beginning that's still too much.

I'm impressed with your doc. There aren't many, as you noted, that will admit they're not the best to handle you. The one who gave me my 2nd dx explained that to me as she passed me off to someone more qualified. Now those are awesome docs! We obviously need more of them in the world!

Prednisone, I hear, can make you worse before it makes you better, which happened with me the first time, too as I recall. I was on Imuran for a while after my thymectomy and I guess it worked - just not dramatic and sudden so it was hard to tell if it was my thymectomy or the Imuran or both. It takes quite a while to build up to theraputic levels.

Erin has great luck with IVIG, and there is plasmapherisis but it's very expensive and somewhat invasive so they usually reserve that for stabilizing rather than ongoing treatment.

Best of luck to you. Let us know how you like the new neuro.

Off subject, but may I request some suggestions for training my 6 mo. old choc lab. I was just getting into training sessions with her when I had an aneurysm coiled and that has apparently caused me to relapse. She was very easy to leash train, sit, lay down - most things, but she has this nipping and wanting to play tug-o-war with EVERYTHING and sometimes ends up getting my skin when going for a sleeve. Can't have that - my granddaughter is too small ( 9 yrs old) to be able to overpower this pup, so we are training the granddaughter as well!

Talk to you soon.