Welcome! Sorry you have to be here. BUT!! Lots of good people, and good info in this group. Based on what I have read here, looks to me that many who have undergone thymectomy have had their strength restored to some extent, or another. Not a real definitive bit of info, I know, but we are all different, and our responses to treatments vary. How long have you had MG? Medications? If it is difficult for you to type/respond, don't worry about it for now... You may try using the Search Function to dig up some threads/posts concerning thymectomy. Hope you recover well from surgery, and that the thymectomy works great for you. Best Wishes, HG007

Keep in mind it can take 6-12 months before you can feel the full effects of it too

It depends on a lots of factors if a thymectomy will help. I had mine in 2014. I did not have a thymoma, but did have a small amount of thymus tissue at age 58, which is a little unusual. I have generalized, refractory MG and I cannot tell any real improvement in my condition. I am about to have my 5th 5-day series of plasma exchange since April 2014. I have not been able to reduce any medication.

The thymectory MAY have slowed the progress of my MG. If so, it was worth it. The surgeon and neuro said it was 50/50 that a thymectomy would help (better if I had a thymoma) Would I do it again, yes, I would take the odds.

--Kerry

It didn't cure me, but it helped a lot! I'm much better than I was before. It was definitely the right choice.

Yes! Thymectomy has helped quite a bit, I'd say. Symptoms have gone from generalized to just ocular in less than a year.