It's kind of funny, I have started and stopped this message three times, believing that everyone will think I am feeling sorry for myself, but here goes..

While serving many years in the military as an officer, we were expected to, "Suck It Up and Drive On!" That means toughen up and don't let anyone know there is anything wrong with you. Therefore, I feel strange complaining about a personal health and family issue.

I have always been a strong Type A personality, polio at age 12, recovered to the extent that I completed four decades of military service on active duty and in the Reserves, highly decorated war vet, retired civil servant, long-time professional musician, six years performing in a wonderful children's music show on educational television, public speaker, over twenty TV and radio commercials, extensive traveler..you get the picture. Luckily, I am married to a beautiful lady, three beautiful kids 19, 18 and 15 (yes, I'm an old dad). Now, with MG my life has changed and no one wants to accept that. I am told that I never want to do anything fun (like weekend road trips or camping), and especially not going with my wife to watch our daughter play in far-away fast-pitch softball tournaments that run Friday through Sunday, usually in the hottest part of the summer, that all I want to do is sit around and take it easy.

Since my retirement from the military and civil service I have worked fulltime as a Defense contractor. I have just about enough energy to go to work and get home every day, not leaving a whole lot for the family or our acreage.

MG, or at least my reaction to it, has put a tremendous strain on my family life to the point that I don't know how much longer my wife and youngest are going to want to be around me.

MG has affected the mood of everyone in the family. I have just left a message for the doc to call me so I can ask for a prescription of something that could possibly give me more energy and enhance my mood. I am taking Mestinon and Cell Cept.

I know a lot of others have it a lot worse than I so please don't consider this whining. I have been diagnosed since 2006 and rarely tell anyone there is anything going on health-wise.