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Ms Fitness
by: Shari on Mon, Nov 26 2007
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I have competed in the Ms Fitness Nationals thanks to having mestinon. I suffered for years with neurologists telling me that it was in my head and that I had a mental thing. What? I am into being healthy and finally I had a great doc in St. Petersburg Florida give me a trial of Mestinon. It worked! Now I manage. I gauge my mestinon according to how much energy I have used. I will suddenly get dizzy, out of it, loose eye muscle control, my muscles go floppy, and my speech is impaired, and freeze in motion—I now take mestinon and within minutes I am symptom free. I have to take my medicine about every two hours because I am a very active person. I lift, swim, kayak, …
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November 2007

  • Ms Fitness - by Shari - (Mon, Nov 26 2007)
    I have competed in the Ms Fitness Nationals thanks to having mestinon. I suffered for years with neurologists telling me that it was in my head and that I had a mental thing. What? I am into being healthy and finally I had a great doc in St. Petersburg Florida give me a trial of [more..]
  • My daughter and MG - by Demetris - (Mon, Nov 26 2007)
    My daughter who is 14 was diganosed with MG a year ago this month.It has been a interesting year learning what works and what doesn’t she started taking 60mg of Mestinion liquid 3 times a day,which helped at first then her systoms becamed increased. [more..]
  • Suffering from MG - by Virender - (Tue, Nov 13 2007)
    About 2 years back i was affected by MG. My right eye was 80% closed. I undergone several tests and doctors declared it is MG They prescribed me Myiestin twice a day. I got relief for few months. [more..]
  • Myasthenia Gravis - by Samantha - (Wed, Nov 07 2007)
    I have been experiencing double vision for quite some time now. This has happened at least four times throughout my lifetime. I also have right-sided muscle weakness, trouble swallowing as I get choked easily. [more..]
  • myasthenia gravis - by S P - (Mon, Nov 05 2007)
    I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis a week ago after rushing to the emergency room because of my eyes.They were both half way closed and my breathing was short. I`m just 14 years old and i understand whats going on inside me. [more..]

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