Will ‘Dance Moms’ Star Abby Lee Miller Always Need a Wheelchair? A Doctor Explains
of the disease will often have the cancer show up in areas outside of the lymph nodes, like the liver, spleen, and spinal cord—the latter of which can impact their ability to walk.
“Some patients can be very sick from this lymphoma, so patients can be confined to a bed or wheelchair,” Dr. Chavez explains. However, Burkitt lymphoma is curable if it’s caught in time. “We expect the majority of patients afflicted by this disease to recover fully,” he says. Patients can also experience something known as “severe neuropathy,” extreme nerve damage caused by chemotherapy, which can also cause someone to need to use a wheelchair, Dr. Chavez says.How long it takes to walk again ultimately depends on the person’s disease and how much it progressed before it was detected. “Some patients who went untreated for weeks may have had a deeper damage and recovery may take months,” Dr. Chavez says.
Now, Miller says she’s focused on standing three times a day for 20 minutes. “I can take a right step because I can put my weight on my left knee, then when I take a left step my right leg just crumbles because I need a knee replacement,” she told
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