On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 I saw Dr. Aliea Elan Herbert, MD at Swedish Cherry Hill. Dr. Herbert’s medical training and board certification are in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or ‘physiatry’. She discussed the rationale for rehabilitation after my treatments for lymphoma.
Specifically she addressed my needs regarding: Impaired functional mobility, balance, gait, and endurance; Neoplastic malignant related fatigue; Physical deconditioning; and Neuropathy due to chemotherapeutic drug therapy.
Dr. Herbert ordered Physical Therapy to work on increased activity tolerance, lower extremity strengthening, postural optimization, core strengthening, and compression fracture prevention. I will have my first PT session on this Friday, August 28th. Next follow up with Dr. Herbert is on September 25, 2020.