Like many people with myasthenia gravis, Priscilla Forrester suffered debilitating symptoms for years before she knew what was wrong.
“I felt like I was suffering in silence,” Priscilla shares. “I wasn’t even talking to friends and family about what I was going through.”
In 2020, she was finally diagnosed with MG and could start her journey toward recovery. And she realized she didn’t have to go at it alone. She found the courage to open up to her network of family and friends, to ask for help, and to take a bold step: organizing a MGFA Coast-to-Coast walk team when she wasn’t sure she could walk around the block.
Priscilla’s courage helped her find a community when she most needed one and a network where she could find resources and support for herself – and make a difference for others with MG. She’s now an active MGFA volunteer and donor.
“Connecting with other MG warriors on their journey and spreading awareness about this rare disease is why I enjoy volunteering and fundraising for the MGFA. The Foundation’s website is one of the resources I relied on when first diagnosed and giving back by volunteering has been an amazing help in my healing.”
No one with MG should suffer in silence. That’s the power of the MG community. Together we have the courage to imagine a future once thought impossible – a world without MG. Together, we are facing this difficult disease with hope, working toward a brighter future for those with MG.