Radio personality Mark Pilgrim is using his time in the ICU to get as fit as possible.
Last week, the Hot 102.7 host shared updates on his cancer journey and recovery at his “ICU home” at Netcare Milpark Hospital. Pilgrim said he will have an extended stay in the ICU for further monitoring after spending a week there.
On his eighth day, he shared a video thanking the public for their great support.
Looking visibly slimmer, Pilgrim said: “A quick update on my journey to health. My tumors are still shrinking and I am well on my way to regaining balance in my body. However, for the last month, I have had a bit of a hiccup in my lung, with a large buildup of fluid.”
He was reassuring when he said he has the best team to help recover and spend another week in the hospital.
Pilgrim’s ICU Workout Routine
Pilgrim has shared that fitness and health have been important in his recovery. The media personality posted photos of himself doing a set. lungesin the middle of the hospital room and tricep dips using his bed.
“Hospital Day 9. Doing my best to do some lunges to keep my butt from going numb from being in bed too long,” she tweeted.
On Sunday, Pilgrim said he had another procedure last Friday and ended up with a high fever, “just like [a] man down most of yesterday [Saturday] recovering (hence no photo of me exercising).
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“I feel much better today. [A] a little cabin fever after so many days in the tubed room, but i know it’s all in the name [of] solve the problem of the lungs forever.
“I have a few more days here. Adrienne and her friends visit every day, a good book, my radio and Netflix pass the time a bit. I miss my girls (children not allowed in the ICU).
“This journey is a lesson in healing, patience and just… believing. I choose the result. And I choose life.
