Does anyone know anything about a condition called Myasthenia Gravis?
I don’t know if you watch soap operas, but on Days of Our Lives the actress that plays Maggie (Suzanne Rogers) has it. That’s how I heard about it. When she first found out she had it, you could sort of tell by her voice and her neck looked swollen. She must have gotten some treatment, because she seems fine now. “Rogers proved to herself and all her devoted viewers that she could indeed conquer anything when she was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis in 1984. Initially, she was terrified. For one year, during which she took a hiatus from the show, Rogers developed horrible symptoms: she became emaciated, could barely speak and saw with double vision. With medication, therapy and remarkable inner strength, she combated her disease….Since that time, Rogers works to bestow her positive way of thinking on other Myasthenia Gravis patients. She sends cards and calls the afflicted all over the world to tell them of her battle and give them encouragement. Suzanne is now in remission and lives
