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Current stage: Stable/Long-term Management
I got my diagnosis in 2014 (general MG) followed by a thymectomy (successful). I scaled back on work and international travel (I work on humanitarian health research so some of the environments are quite austere and higher-risk with conflict and insecurity) but I have not retired yet (now 70!) as I love my work. I had a few years of very mild symptoms with minimal treatment (pyridostigmine, only one or two pills a day). In the last few months with a very hot and humid summer, my symptoms have increased (dysphonia, trouble chewing and swallowing food, fatigue) and I am back up to about 6 pills a day. But overall, more than 10 years into this, I feel pretty good though I am scaling back to part-time work this year and will retire fully in two more years.