RESOURCES FROM WHEELCHAIR USERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BATTLING OR HAVE BEATEN CANCER
Paulsen was worried the post-surgery inactivity might lead to muscle atrophy, but credits her athletic background and solid pre-surgery preparation with helping her stay strong.
“I had built up
a lot of upper body strength and I had PT people coming in and helping me
figure out how to reacclimate myself to moving,” she says.
Paulsen calls herself “very lucky” for being able to catch her cancer before it
spread and treat it without chemo or radiation.
The whole process has opened
her eyes to the disparities facing wheelchair users battling cancer.
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