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I was diagnosed with MG about 8 years ago. My first indication was every indication that we who have this illness could possibly have……and I mean everything. I was taken to the VA hospital in Las Vegas where the medical staff stood around and did nothing but scratch their heads for 3 days. I’m serious. They did nothing. So I transferred myself to a civilian hospital. There at least they ran a panel of extensive diagnostics. They also ended up scratching their heads. Does this tell you something about the state of the art at that time in even diagnosing MG. Fast forward to 4 years ago when I had open heart surgery for valve replacement. The surgeon had done his homework and decided that since he was in the neighborhood, he would do a thymectomy. No thymoma and no other markers are anything else. But at least I got some new information. Still strong seropositive MG. But I’m still breathing.