At least a won't slur with a Texas accent. I'm from Indiana! LOL

Jellyfish,

My dad has Dermatomyositis...It's basically the exact same thing as Polymyositis but with a rash...He has a purplish/maroon rash on his face, knuckles and eyelids...He has a lot of pain in his muscles and difficulty with swallowing....He has difficulty getting up from a seated position and extending his arms out and his wrists are affected too...He's also had interstitial lung problems from the disease....Have you ever had any unexplained lung trouble?

Where is the atrophy? MuSK MG can cause facial atrophy...AChR MG usually doesn't result in any atrophy, but could if there's denervation....Polymyositis can cause atrophy too due to destruction of the actual muscle...

You mentioned that you had a droopy eyelid in another post...This isn't a typical feature of ALS or polymyositis, but is often one of the earliest/first symptoms of MG...

Nicky

I haven't had any lung problems, no rash. Muscle atrophy she noticed was arms, hands, legs.
I did have the weirdest droopy eye. Not really bad, although in some pics I took with my daughter, the affected eye was only a slit in one pic and droopy in other pics. I could notice it in the mirror and my husband noticed it after I made him look at my eyes, but it wasn't really noticable, except to me! LOL
My whole face seems droopy lately, but I just turned 49 so its about time for it to droop maybe! LOL