Stefanie Shea-Akers, MG Contributor

Stefanie Shea-Akers lives with her husband and cat in central California. She has BA and MA degrees in English literature and is a musician and an artist. She has a refractory form of myasthenia gravis, as well as chronic respiratory failure, dysautonomia, and other conditions. Since having to leave her career as an English professor, she has been doing patient advocacy online for 7 years.

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MG Columns, Patient Perspectives

Strategies for Managing Fatigue in Myasthenia Gravis

Stefanie Shea-Akers, MG Contributor

May 24, 2022

I think it’s important for chronic illness patients to find ways to mentally and physically separate from the fatigue and discomfort they are experiencing.

MG Columns, Patient Perspectives

Fatigue and Muscle Weakness in People With MG Are Not the Same

Stefanie Shea-Akers, MG Contributor

May 17, 2022

I imagine any myasthenia gravis (MG) patient would describe fatigue as a constant or intermittent part of their disease, yet fatigue is often described in relation to muscle weakness in terms of MG symptoms. Fatigue is not included in the Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living, (MG-ADLs), but since it is such a common symptom…