I've been watching a lot of presentations on rehab lately and they all stress being consistently out of PEM and not doing exercise at the expense of PEM. But...I'm feeling a tiny bit better and going stir crazy in bed.
So I'm wondering if anyone has ideas on how to adapt the exercise vs ADLS thing when one is mostly bedridden. The thing is, all my ADLS except flossing my teeth involve being out of bed. I am not willing to give up showering even if it does PEM me, because I've been at the bedbath stage and it's disgusting. I will take weekly PEM to feel weekly clean. But exercise- now that I can do lying down in bed. There are lots of exercises for bedridden patients that I seem to be able to do without PEM (or at least a lot less PEM than being upright) because I do them while flat.
What do you think?
So I'm wondering if anyone has ideas on how to adapt the exercise vs ADLS thing when one is mostly bedridden. The thing is, all my ADLS except flossing my teeth involve being out of bed. I am not willing to give up showering even if it does PEM me, because I've been at the bedbath stage and it's disgusting. I will take weekly PEM to feel weekly clean. But exercise- now that I can do lying down in bed. There are lots of exercises for bedridden patients that I seem to be able to do without PEM (or at least a lot less PEM than being upright) because I do them while flat.
What do you think?