Guilt is a well-acquainted friend for anyone living with myasthenia gravis. Poor health often means that our participation is…
Retha De Wet
is a patient columnist from sunny South Africa. When she’s not writing, she is practicing as a speech therapist. Diagnosed with myasthenia gravis just around her twentieth birthday, she has been through several treatment options since then and has been classified as refractory. She hopes her column will encourage its readers to look for the good in life and always keep fighting. She loves her dog an irrational amount and is always willing to share pictures of him.
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Articles by Retha De Wet
A huge part of learning to live with myasthenia gravis is figuring out what triggers symptom flare-ups. This is a very…
Myasthenia gravis often requires me to adapt my expectations or approach in several ways. One aspect I am currently struggling…
I am quickly approaching my mid-20s, and one truth I have learned from life thus far is that hardly anything…
There are not many perks to living with myasthenia gravis, especially since it can be difficult for others to understand…
There are few things as complicated and challenging as interpersonal relationships. The older I get, the more difficult it is…
We express ourselves in many ways: through our hairstyle, our clothing, our facial gestures, our voice, and how we choose…
In Sickness and in Health
Falling in love is never quite as graceful as they make it out to be in the movies. In reality,…
The Value of Our Time
When you have come to survive a few brushes with death, nothing becomes more evident than the value of your…
When you take numerous medications a few times per day, you learn to understand that these medications may have side…