A Mad Cancer World – guest post

This one comes from a young woman diagnosed with AML, acute myelocytic leukemia.  She writes at Girl With The Swirl While I’m not caught up in ad world, I’m trying to take more small walks. Here’s the current predicament, which is pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. I’m pretty sure I have muscle atrophy from completely suspending all my physical activities I used to do 8 months ago + 2 1/2 weeks of solid bed rest have now left me tired and sore from being in the same positions. It’s like my bed has a crater and I’m a moon unit officially parked on it. So in my attempt to get rid of my muscle soreness I try and walk, but I get quite tired from lack of activity, so I can’t push myself a lot otherwise the artery in my neck feels like it’s going to burst. Lol what a joke I feel like right now. I could start physical therapy when I have built up enough stamina, says my oncologist. However, since I’m pretty familiar with how to work out, stretch, and build muscle I can do it myself. I just need to be extra slow working into it. I had a good phone conversation with a friend I made in Moffitt while I was there in August and September. We both shared our “war stories” of hospitalization in the past week. I completely hate we’ve (ESP they) gone through rough times dealing with our health provider staff and system. It’s such a frustrating, helpless feeling when you feel things are go...
Source: Being Cancer Network - Category: Cancer Authors: Tags: Guest Post * Living with Cancer Hospital Leukemia Source Type: blogs