It’s a crisp fall day and Karon is walking to her brother’s house nearby with a loaf of fresh-baked sourdough bread. She’s been able to do this more often, she says, after starting treatment with VYVGART in 2023. “I was able to bake more and to cook more, and to share more meals… to help more when they needed help.”
She says that it’s been refreshing to be able to do these things. “Back when we first moved here, I was the one who needed help the most.”
Karon was diagnosed with anti-AChR antibody positive gMG in 2010. She had to make changes to adapt to life with gMG, like relying on others more.
Back then, she lived just 10 minutes outside a major city. But about 4 years later, Karon and her husband made a big change—they moved to a 20-acre property in a rural town with fewer than 800 residents. They wanted an escape from crowds and traffic. But the move was about so much more than that.
A peaceful paradise shared by family
“I remember, when we first came to this property, thinking about how peaceful it was,” Karon says. “I thought of all the memories we were going to share here, the holidays and family gatherings.”
Now, family is just a few acres away. Karon’s parents, brother, and sister-in-law all went in on the property and built homes there. They share the land with some four-legged residents, too. A neighbor’s cattle regularly graze on the property, and the family enjoys walking to see the new calves with their dogs, Kaya and Molly.
“Being able to walk to each other’s houses is great,” says Karon—especially for her nephew, who loves playing outside. And it means support is close by if Karon needs help.
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