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Originally Posted by BrianFlaigmore
Walk, walk, walk and take breaks when necessary. Even as a long distance running 26 year old, it was difficult to do much more than that when my HGB got below 8. But staying active is huge.
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Seconding this. I went from running 30km a week to barely being able to walk up a flight of stairs in two weeks, due to my counts plummeting. It's frustrating when you see everyone else exercising, but he needs to focus on utilising the little blood he's got in the most frugal way possible now.
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36/F - 1984 SAA treated with ATG [complete remission until] Oct 08 - burst blood vessels in eyes and low platelets; Jan 09 - AA & hypo-MDS; July 09 - BMT (RIC MUD PSCT) July 10 - 10k for Anthony Nolan (1yr post BMT! 53:48) Sep 10 - Wedding!
I've run 5 marathons now!! (PB 3:30!)