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I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG) a month before I was supposed to start my bachelor’s program in Amsterdam, Netherlands. I had just finished high school and was dealing with numerous medical tests and doctor appointments when I had to learn how to cope with chronic illness. But…
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When I was 26 years old, my life as I knew it came to a screeching halt. It started one evening in March 2023, when I came home from a party and noticed that my eye looked droopy. It was the first symptom of something that turned out to…
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My journey with myasthenia gravis (MG) began when I was only 13 years old. At first, I experienced weakness in my arms and legs, which I thought was just normal tiredness from being active in school and playing a lot. I ignored it, but as the months passed, more…
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For most of my life, I’ve dealt with deep depression, often lasting for months rather than a couple of weeks. I never imagined that I had bipolar disorder because I’d only felt down and never a more hyper up. At age 70, however, my life today is a balancing…
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Stephen V. Smith makes his home in the Appalachian region of northeastern Alabama, where he writes about ways to pursue a rare life. He’s a husband, father, and pawpaw who loves his family, the arts, and nature. A former newspaper journalist, he built a communications agency, landed it on the…
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As the result of his professional background working at companies such as Apple and Dell and a life sciences consulting firm, Thomas Bartlett found himself needing to make a difference in the world of myasthenia gravis (MG). He began by consulting for pharmaceutical companies in the MG space and…
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As the result of his professional background working at companies such as Apple and Dell and a life sciences consulting firm, Thomas Bartlett found himself needing to make a difference in the world of myasthenia gravis (MG). He began by consulting for pharmaceutical companies in the MG space, and…
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Hannah Kaye is a nutritional therapist based in Cape Town, South Africa. She has been supporting clients with autoimmune diseases and mental health issues using functional nutrition and lifestyle interventions for the past 15 years. She was diagnosed with ocular myasthenia gravis (MG) in September after a long battle…
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