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Shawna Barnes
Shawna N.M. Barnes is a writer, accessible website designer, and disabled veteran living in Cable, Wisconsin, with her husband. She was diagnosed with seronegative generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) in 2018 after seven years of advocating for herself within the VA’s medical system. She hopes that through her transparency, bluntness, and no-nonsense way of writing about life with her disease that she can help others see that there is hope after an MG diagnosis. Sometimes, we just have to get out of our own way to live our best lives.
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Articles by Shawna Barnes
I admit it. I’m a nerd. I like the science gobbledygook. I thoroughly enjoy digging into the PubMed catalog…
“Disabled.” It’s a word with many meanings that trigger a gamut of feelings. Myasthenia gravis (MG) is considered a…
Makeup is one of those things that we women use to “put our face on,” so to speak. But when…
For the first time in a long time, I was frustrated with care that I had received. I recently had…
If you were given the gift of nine extra hours a week, what would you do? This was the situation…
Stepping out of the phone booth, I put my glasses on and look around to make sure I’m not spotted.
Are you seeing double? I was. And I still do if I push myself to a certain level of weariness.
Q: What is myasthenia gravis (MG)? A: It’s a neuromuscular autoimmune disease. Q: What is a neuromuscular autoimmune disease?…
“A service-connected condition means an illness or injury that was caused by — or got worse because of — your…