My name is Shannon. I am 48 years old and have been married for 26 years. I teach Jr. High English and history; although, I have decided to take a year's sabbatical to figure out what is going on with my body. This last year was extremely exhausting and medically challenging. Migrains almost every day and daily mind-numbing exhaustion as well as vision problems made teaching very difficult. Looking for answers in the next 12 months.

My hubby and I have two children, both boys. My 23 year old is finishing up his firefighter training this month and will begin his EMT training in August. He was DX with Tourett's Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder at the age of 12. It has been under control for many years until December of '08when he finished up at community college and began job hunting.

My 15 year old is a freshman this year. When he was born he weighed 3 lbs. 3 oz. at full term. He was considered small for gestational age. Turns out I had Grave's Disease and didn't know it. My body attacked the placenta causing it to calcify at around my 7th month. He nearly starved to death in the womb. He has been DX with mild Cerebral Palsy mainly affecting his legs. He is completely ambulatory with only minor difficulties that so far have been addressed with botox injections and 1 surgery just recently.

I was DX with Grave's about 9 months after my 15 year old's birth. Since then I have also been DX with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, migraine disease, and menopause. I have a tentative DX of myasthenia gravis.

Despite all this I am thankful for each day and consider myself blessed with all the Lord has given me. My motto is: His Grace is Sufficient.

I found this site when trying to find some answers about MG. Thank you for all who have responded to my questions. I look forward to getting to know some of you better and to finding still more answers.

Thank you,
Shannon