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Tag Archives: physiotherapy
Win some – Lose some – 18 Jan 2013
Waiting to hear further details regarding the next vertebroplasty to take place (perhaps next week) in my upper back. They have to select which compressed disks and fractures would be most beneficial to ‘fix’ as they can only do 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic GVHD, Healing Process, Hospitalization, Immunocompromised Issues, Mobility Issues, New Normal, Side effects of long term steroids, Updates
Tagged back pain, chronic GVHD, cll, diabetes, elevated liver enzymes, mobility issues, physiotherapy, Steroid myopathy, steroids, vertebroplasty
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Update – Revisiting GVHD – 19 Aug 2012
Here we are, 2 years almost to the day, when I began chemo (diagnosed Aug 2009 but began chemo Aug 2010). That’s when my ‘character building’ journey truly began, and I thought I had enough character as it was! Much … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic GVHD, Healing Process, Mobility Issues, New Normal, Updates
Tagged atrophied muscles, bruises, bursting blood vessels, chronic GVHD, cll, ear, echymoses, eyes, gi tract, hair growth, hair loss, healing, Infections, liver, liver biopsy, long-term effects of steroids, Lung Infection, lungs, lymphoma, mobility, mobility issues, osteoporosis, oxygen, petechia, physiotherapy, purpura, skin, Steroid myopathy, updates
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Standing Up High Tech – 18 April 2012
Steroid Myopathy (weakness and loss of body and muscle mass in the hips, thighs, legs, feet, shoulders and upper back, and to a lesser extent the arms as well) had me completely bed-bound since approximately April 7, 2012. Daily, I … Continue reading
Posted in Healing Process, Post-Transplant Issues, Post-Transplant Updates, Relapse issues, Side effects of long term steroids, Tips & Tricks
Tagged autonomy, bedpan, build muscles, build strength, don't give p, ego, exercising, find tips and tricks, independence, keep moral up, loss of body mass, loss of movemement, loss of muscle mass, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, shuffle, standing on own two feet, Steroid myopathy, use of arms, use of legs
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Update and Nutrition – 4 April 2012
Finally, today is a breathing day! Literally. I have been working on exercises for my lungs and I can finally take a deep breath. It is definitely a good start. There is still a little bit of crackle noises in … Continue reading
Posted in Healing Process, Chronic GVHD, Post-Transplant Issues, Side effects of long term steroids, Acute GVHD
Tagged Lung Infection, physiotherapy, nutrition, lack of nutritional food in hospitals, kitchen inneficiencies, gaining body mass, strengthening muscles, liver ezymes, frustrations, food, going home eventually, no cooperation from hospital kitchen, screw ups, personally supplementing food, lack of saliva, expensive to supplement all my food
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Loss of muscle and body mass – 3 April 2012
Sigh, always be careful what you criticize about others as you never know if it will happen to you. One of my biggest pet peeves (one of many on a very long list) are…chicken legs! I don’t mean the kinds … Continue reading
Posted in Acute GVHD, Chronic GVHD, Healing Process, Post-Transplant Issues, Side effects of long term steroids, Tips & Tricks
Tagged Acute GVHD, cantankerous, catheter, chronic GVHD, commode, condescending, difficulty breathing, exercises, fluid retnetion, fluids, frequent BM, Gut GVHD, Infections, Liver GVHD, loss body and muscle mass, loss of fluid, lungs, massive dose steroids, MMF, moon face, newbie nurses, nurses, patronizing, physiotherapy, walker, weak, weak muscles, yellow face
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