Seriously, what are the odds?
It was confirmed today - my dad has myasthenia gravis, which is the same thing Michael has. They're both Class I - located in the eyes only. It's possible that if they go off their meds that it'll spread across the body, but properly treated, they should only show signs in their eyes. My dad's been months from initial onset to diagnosis and prescription, so it'll take him a while to get his eyes back to "normal" again, but at least he's started down the right path. And now, after an iffy MRI and follow-up CAT scan, we know it isn't something else, something scary like a tumor or anything like that. Woo-hoo! Given that maybe 20 people in 100,000 are diagnosed with it, what are the odds that I'd be related - not by blood - to two of them? (no, seriously - what's the math here?)