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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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Old Thom Stewart sounds like a pretty nice old chap. I read in a post
he made recently where he has an auto-immune disease called
myasthenia gravis. Maybe he does have it but I think he could have
been mis-diagnosed. I did a little research and found the following:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/m...nia_gravis.htm

"What are the symptoms of myasthenia gravis?

"Although myasthenia gravis may affect any voluntary muscle, muscles
that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, and
swallowing are most frequently affected. The onset of the disorder
may be sudden. Symptoms often are not immediately recognized as
myasthenia gravis. In most cases, the first noticeable symptom is
weakness of the eye muscles. In others, difficulty in swallowing and
slurred speech may be the first signs. The degree of muscle weakness
involved in myasthenia gravis varies greatly among patients, ranging
from a localized form, limited to eye muscles (ocular myasthenia), to
a severe or generalized form in which many muscles - sometimes
including those that control breathing - are affected. Symptoms,
which vary in type and severity, may include a drooping of one or
both eyelids (ptosis), blurred or double vision (diplopia) due to
weakness of the muscles that control eye movements, unstable or
waddling gait, weakness in arms, hands, fingers, legs, and neck, a
change in facial expression, difficulty in swallowing and shortness
of breath, and impaired speech (dysarthria)."

Notice the part where it mentions difficulty in swallowing. I've seen
pictures of Thom and there's no way in the world that man has ever
had difficulty swallowing. From the size of his stomach it looks like
he swallows whole cakes, pies and sides of beef.

Muscle weakness is mentioned as a primary symptom. But, considering
the ponderous mass Mr. Stewart's muscles must attempt to move around,
is it any wonder they appear weak? It mentions the muscles that
control breathing are often weakened. But proper breathing means
having the diaphragm move down towards the stomach. But when the
stomach is as large as Thom's even the strongest diaphragm muscles
don't have a chance to move against such a mass. Compounding this is
the natural process of aging where the rib cage becomes less flexible
and more difficult to expand when breathing. This puts a premium on
the diaphragm's being able to move down into the stomach area
unrestricted.

This brings me to a cure for Thom:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

"Many diseases in the obese population have been found to improve
after weight loss. A 56-year-old female with a long history of
myasthenia gravis (MG) and morbid obesity is reported.
Preoperatively, she presented with a BMI of 46.5 kg/m2, and was on
three medications and IV immunoglobulin every 5 weeks. After the
surgical procedure, she improved and required less medication.
Because MG and morbid obesity require careful perioperative
management in order to avoid complications, a multidisciplinary
approach is recommended."

Check with your doctor please, Mr. Stewart. Get serious about losing
weight. It just might improve your quality of life greatly. Your MG
may be relatively minor but exacerbated by obesity.

Wilbur Hubbard

Stick with right-wing rants, Neal, and leave medicine to those who
know something about it.

Max


"Neal" can do whatever the **** he wants to do. Little pricks like you
don't know squat. Go suck Hillary's dick why don't you?

Wilbur Hubbard