[Friend2U]

Hi Friends,
The last attack landed me in the hosp for IV steroids and 2 weeks of physical therapy. Home now with rollater for walking short distances and out patient PT.
Question: Is how I am now as good as I'll get? or with time, will the meylin continue to heal?
Good to be home to friends.

[Snoopy]

Glad your home and have checked in with us

It could be a long and frustrating process to see how much of your mobility comes back. Keep walking as much as possible without causing yourself to overdo. Make sure your doing the exercises you learned in PT AND REST.

Friend2U, my mobility has been severely affected by 5 or the 6 exacerbations. It's a long, frustrating, and slow process to regain mobility and endurance BUT I have been able to do it.

I hope this will be the case for you

Hang in there and talk to us, we understand.

[Victor H]

The entire process has no real end-point per se.

I hope that you recover well, and that the IVSM helped.

-Vic

[lady_express_44]

Nice to hear from you, friend. Sorry to hear you ended up in the hospital.

There are some abilities I've never recovered fully after an exacerbation, and others that I did. There is no real way to predict this.

I tend to mostly just rest when I am still IN an attack, but I agree with the "use it or lose it" approach once I've healed somewhat. I can only walk about 1 - 2 blocks at one time, over this past 5 yrs, but I walk short distances EVERY chance I get.

Nice to have you back.

Cherie

[AfterMyNap]

F2U! Good to see you again! I had begun wondering if you would be up to coming by for a visit. Like the others say, it can take some time and the only sure thing is your commitment to resting and your PT. No one can say for sure, but, I can tell you that I've personally had huge gaps between major attacks when I felt pretty darned okay for years at a time. I hope that's how it goes for you.

[SallyC]

Welcome home, Friend, nice to hear from you.. Sorry about the Hosp stay and the 'roids, but glad you are on the mend.

I remember after going through the same as you, it took awhile to regain my strength and get back to normal, but it did happen, so hang in there.

Get Better Soon..