marlene-laird
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Name | Marlene Laird |
Nickname | marlene-laird |
Short Bio | Hi! I’m Marlene. I am presently 67, married and care for my disabled husband. I do not know how long I have had MG, but my left eye started drooping about 1975, and when I got new glasses, it stopped drooping. It did that every few years. Around 1994 I started having trouble swallowing. I could swallow, but it would not go down nor come back up. Very scary. My PCP doctor couldn’t find anything wrong. I then started having trouble with double vision. I only saw single when I looked straight ahead. It has never gone away to this day. I went to an ophthalmologist and they could not figure out what was wrong. They said it was Brown’s Sheath Syndrome. It doesn’t exist. I was finally diagnosed in 2007 by a neurologist. I have generalized MG. It affects my eyes with the drooping and double vision, and all my muscles. I have to do things differently and pace myself. If I do too much I feel ill for hours or days. I cannot get stressed or emotional or I will be much worse. I can do a lot, for which I am grateful. But I do have to limit what I do. I cannot get much done with housework, etc. and I have to pace myself. I break large projects into small manageable ones. I try to stay calm, no matter what. My eyes are very sensitive to light and I don’t hear very well either. I am retired from my part time customer service job where I sat and spoke to people on the phone. I am not happy with my limitations with all my activities and how I nearly always feel in pain, sometimes short of breath and not well, however I am so very grateful that I can still function. |
Year of birth | 1955 |
Gender | Female |
Location | Joshua, Texas |
Relationship | Patient |
How did you hear about us? | MG Website |
How long have you or the person that you are caring for had MG? | About 47 years |
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