Diseases making it hard to work out at all?

I am sorry that you are as ill as you are - and so young. I am a "very young" grandma - being very young at heart. I have several immune diseases that keep me very tired and now throw in congestive heart failure- so working out it very limited for me.

I am very surprised that there has not been a long thread as surely there has to be many more out there that are not physically healthy and able to exercise for more than a few minutes at a time and then that is it. I actually am on medication that prevents my heart rate from raising which means the metb stays very low.

I am so sorry that you are ill, I really am, you are so young.

Oh wow, you have more will power than I do. I would end up lying about feeling sorry for myself lol. I hope whatever it is, you get better, and soon.

I have a disease that involves massive hormone treatments. With my treatments, I have been steadily gaining weight since 2007-08, these past two years the most, it would seem. I need to lose a total of 51 pounds of the weight gained. I have pulled myself off of most of my meds because I am going with a different approach, as the hormone switches didnt even seem to be working. Time for something new, for me. Good luck, and I am very pleased to see that you are pushed through. It is easy to give up.

So very sorry you are struggling with this. I have Osteoarthritis and at times it can be overwhelming.

Not sure what you are fighting but I would ask your doctor about physical therapy. They may be able to give some exercises. What about hand or ankle weights you could use in bed?

I have a skin disease that makes working out very painful. I usually do it anyways. Except on days like today where the pain is just too much to bare. I'm running on forks!

Hey there! Hope you start feeling better soon.

A couple of years ago I was feeling dizzy and had some a number of tests to try and work out what it was, by chance I had a scan in which they discovered a tumour in what looked to be my liver, after further tests they determined the tumour was actually inside my kidney and luckily benign. At first there were no symptoms but last year the pain in my kidney grew, at that point I wasn't getting out and gained further weight. Last summer I had further scans in which they discovered the tumour had grown to 7x6x5cm so in November last year I had renal embolisation, they inserted a tumour up through my renal artery to the tumour inside the kidney and blocked off a few arteries that were feeding it. Since then I've been at home recovering, when I was first out of hospital I had to be taken to the bathroom, had to have sponge baths and was unable to move, plus I was on a lot of pain medication. Since then even though I'm still recovering and the tumour will hopefully be still shrinking (will find out if it's worked next week fingers crossed) I've tried to exercise a little each day, even though it hurts my kidneys (doctor said it would be okay to do) I've experimented and found things that I can do, low impact aerobics are great, I've even done chairobics, Yoga is too painful.

Even though the recovery is slow I keep reminding myself how much I've improved, and people have said they are amazed by what I'm dedicated to doing exercise wise. I can only do it with the help of pain relief but I feel better in myself for doing it. On top of that I'm waiting to start treatment to help me with my periods as I get heavy painful periods, sometimes I'd find myself waking up to vomit because of the pain. not nice.

So keep your chin up, it will get better, try and remain positive.

I'm sorry you're going through this, especially given your young age. Have faith, you'll find something you can do.

I was hit by a drunk driver 2 years ago and as a result I had a severely broken ankle, a hip fracture, pelvic fracture and knee damage. Everything except the ankle is healing well but I'm still having surgeries on my ankle. I have spent a lot of my time on crutches and when I'm not on crutches I'm in enough pain that I can hardly move without crying. Needless to say, the weight just kept going up. Now I'm in an orthopedic boot and I just try to get up and move around the house as much as possible and after much trial and error I've started doing some upper body workouts since that part is ok. I guess what I learned was to be patient, do research, talk to trainers and physical therapists and eventually you find something that, while it still hurts, is doable.

Just keep your head up and know that a solution is out there for you somewhere.

i have epilepsy and it was controlled for about 12 years until i wanted to be pregnant. it made me gain 30 pounds. with me having seizures around every 3 months consistantly for the past 12 or so months it's been up and down. im glad its not worse but my meds have been hit or miss. good luck to you, and so sorry about your situation.

@Kels - Working out with a disease can run you down or even not be an option! My mom was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's at the age of 45 and sometimes cannot do even the simplest of movements including picking her hand up. If this is what you are dealing with, let me know & I will help you locate resources. she is on here too.