'Even standing up is a workout': 'Dance Moms' star Abby Miller opens up about her pain and wheelchair struggle after surgery
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA: 'Dance Moms' star Abby Lee Miller has been openly sharing the specifics of her terrifying journey for the past five years after she had a significant health scare in 2018. Abby was paralyzed from the neck down after receiving a Burkitt lymphoma diagnosis in 2018, which required spinal surgery. Though she recovered significantly and had regained the ability to walk assisted by a walker.
But once again Abby's health took a turn for the worse and she underwent another major surgery last year when she shattered her tibia and fibula. After her recent surgery, she is confined to a wheelchair and the star has given insights on the pain she has been enduring for the past years and how difficult everyday tasks such as getting out of bed are.
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The 'Dance Moms' star provided a health update following a recent major surgery in an interview with The US Sun. Since she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer five years ago, the pain has been her best friend. "Sometimes, I feel fabulous, other times I'm in a lot of pain. My back is chronic - it hurts constantly where the surgery was," Abby revealed in the interview. Since her heartbreaking diagnosis, the star has undergone multiple surgeries, but this recent one really was a major setback in her path to recovery.
She underwent inpatient rehabilitation for 17 days following the surgery in a hospital in Texas before going back home. "Getting out of bed is like a whole physical workout for me. Just putting your underwear on and putting your slacks on, I have to do that all laying down while I'm in bed," she told The US Sun while explaining her daily life. Abby also explained that she had to do a whole workout for her legs before she can even think about getting up from bed. Simple tasks have become painful and complicated for the star.
Abby Lee Miller won't let a wheelchair stop her
One would think the constant pain and confinement to a wheelchair meant Abby had to give up teaching dance. But they are wrong, Abby has continued to take classes through zoom and revealed, "Even though I'm paraplegic and I'm in the wheelchair, I am not letting it hold me back. I was invited to teach classes all over the place."
She even quipped that she will take note of how many times her wheelchair can get damaged on a plane. The 'Dance Mom' star aims to be able to get back on her feet with the help of a walker and is getting physical therapy and all the help she requires to achieve her goal.