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I do find activity is great for my attitude and I am glad I am able. Walking and talking with a friend on a nice day is an important part of my self care. Unfortunately my spleen is so enlarged (21 cm) some things like yoga only increase my awareness and concern. I just got clearance to wait another 6 months before I repeat studies so I am happy I can let it go for the summer. It does help hearing how others cope. Let us know how the April visit goes!

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I know what you mean about the increase of awareness of ‘normal’ movements. I am discovering that sometimes when I do yoga I end up in pain so I have been experimenting with taking a day off and not doing as many bends. It’s such a trial and error process.

Glad to hear you have 6 months until some more tests.

Thanks for sharing and enjoy the day. Renee

I know about being uncomfortable with the enlarged spleen. Mine was twice its normal size & my cancer doc said it was all the way down to my belly button. Yes, things like Yoga (any position on the stomach) and doing Spin classes were out of the question, but of interest I was able to do Body Pump classes, yet found going upstairs or hills to be difficult because my lungs could not draw a dep breath. After 4 rounds of Rituxan, the spleen reduced considerably in size in February but here it is June and I think it is growing back, so perhaps I need more infusions? My cancer doc stated then that if my numbers swung back up, or remained static she would order 6 rounds of Rituxan, rather than another 4.