We are both in our 80s and all about healthy aging with a whole-food plant-based lifestyle! We want to share our personal stories on how we both overcame life-threatening illnesses and went on to lead very healthy, happy and long lives!

Here is Fran’s story …

After returning home from a trip to China in the Fall of 1992, I started feeling some minor muscular changes but didn’t think too much of it. Then, one day, I woke up and couldn’t open one eye.

I went to my doctor who took one look at me and said he thought I had Bell’s Palsy. I then said to him, ‘No, I think it’s Myasthenia Gravis.’ I don’t know why I said that since MG is a very rare neuromuscular disease that even most doctors don’t know much about. He sent me to a neurologist who did a simple test and confirmed that my diagnosis was correct!

I was told that MG was incurable, I would have to be on medication for the rest of my life, and that my life expectancy would be shortened. In other words, my situation was hopeless!