When I first went back to the gym I was just going through the motions. While glad to be back in the gym it was depressing to be SO limited as I wasn't doing ANY weighted exercises. I just went, did what I could, and tried not to set any time oriented goals.

Now I am almost back to the full gym workout routine I had over three years ago, which was prior to diagnosis. I still don't really do bench press or shoulder press. I went back to the gym and starting focusing in on what my PT was having me do most in therapy- shoulders, neck & core. My neck was extremely deficient and improving stability in my neck has helped so much. My first couple months I only did PT exercises. I added more difficult stability exercises as the complexity of my exercises PT progressed. The last step was to add weights as tolerable. I've listened to my body and put in a lot of work. Some months I've been in the gym EVERY day for 2-3 hours. Currently, I go 5 days a week.