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Fresh Mud

A blog about living with FSH muscular dystrophy. Questions?

Entry 22 of 43

Rebuilding my wheelchair tolerance

After being in bed for just over three weeks with cellulitis, I've found that the length of time I can comfortably stay in my wheelchair has shortened noticeably; it is currently around two hours before my thighs and/or hips start to ache.

If the last time I had cellulitis is anything to go by, then it will take around another week and a half before I am back to whatever passes for normal. The problem is that as my body declines, so does my wheelchair tolerance; this makes it difficult to know if pushing myself to stay in the chair longer is gonna be beneficial or whether I'm just making myself ache for no reason.