Cancer survivor and Dance Moms coach Abby Lee Miller may be bound to a wheelchair after complications from surgery, but she isn’t letting it get in the way of her love for dance.
Abby Lee Miller Sharing About Her Physical Therapy
In an Instagram video, Miller shared a video of her marching her feet during a physical therapy appointment while holding onto a walker for support. Miller was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma in April 2018, and underwent an emergency surgery on her spine as well as six rounds of chemotherapy treatment. Despite regularly attending physical therapy treatments, Miller is still confined to an electric wheelchair in order to be mobile. However, she’s staying active and sharing her progress with fans through social media. She’s recorded videos of her teaching perfect foot form to dancers, and shared photos of her swimming, walking, and openly saying that she will keep fighting to build her muscles again. Clearly, she’s holding to that promise.
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Miller’s journey to build back her strength has come with its ups and downs. The infamous dance instructor has described how she had to undergo several other surgeries and months of physical therapy to be able to sit up and crawl around by herself. She's been in a wheelchair since the surgery. Over the past few months, however, Miller has been working hard to to stand and walk again. She’s been documenting her progress through videos, and fans were able to see her walk out of Casa Colina Hospital with a walker, where she penned a message thanking her physical therapy team for all their hard work and how it's helped her build her strength back.
Cancer Survivors Dancing Through Treatment
Staying active can be extremely beneficial for people recovering from cancer, or currently going through treatment. However, it's important that patients and survivors take it slow in order to not strain themselves. Breast cancer survivor Vera Trifunovich talked to SurvivorNet about why she continued taking Zumba classes four weeks after her surgery, and how it helped her through recovery.
Breast cancer survivor Vera Trifunovich says Zumba classes helped her recover
"As I was recovering from my surgeries, it was very, very important for me to stay connected with my body, through fitness, through movement, through dance," Trifunovich said. "The dancing actually really helped me rehab…Dancing is good, was good for my body, and it was also so good for my soul."
Similarly, SurvivorNet has been keeping up with fellow breast cancer survivor Tiffany Dyba, who created “Hip Hop Chemo” as a way to make her treatment more enjoyable and to let her friends, family, and social media followers know that she’s still feeling well despite the treatment.
“I’ve gotten a lot of really personal messages from women all over the world, that have found me,” Dyba said. “Messages about how I’m inspiring others, whether they have cancer or not to just, you know, push through you know, challenging times. Before you’re hit with something like this, you kind of think you’re invincible.”
Checking back in with breast cancer survivor Tiffany Dyba and “Hip Hop Chemo”
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