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The strategies I think led to my MG remission

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Hesham Fawzi shares what life changes he thinks contributed to his remission with MG.

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Remission. I’ve had periods where I’ve gone with no symptoms. The longest period I ever went was a year and a half. It was probably the most optimized I felt, where I was able to do all things: sleep, get up in the morning, maintain health.

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I ran a ketogenic diet at the time and was able to manage blood sugar rather well. It seemed to have quite an effect, keeping out the inflammatory response. I progressively slept more than eight hours a night, and I programmed to do so. I would nap regularly, try to break up the day if I could, and get regular exercise. I felt like movement was medicine for me. Sometimes, when I had a little bit of symptoms, just moving would bring me through them.

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