OUCH, BACK PROBLEMS POOR YOU! IT IS THINGS LIKE THAT THAT PEOPLE USE AS AN EXCUSE TO AVOID EXERCISE ALTOGETHER, SO WELL DONE FOR NOT TAKING THAT OPTION! THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT AND COURAGEOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS WEBSITE; ISN'T IT THE BEST ?!

EMPATHY, EMPATHY. I VERY BRIEFLY WENT RUNNING. I STARTED JUST AS THE M.S. WAS COMING ON. MAN, I LOVED IT. HOWEVER, WHEN I RAN, I GOT TINGLING IN MY FEET THAT MOVED UP MY BODY THE FURTHER I WENT, AND I HAD TO STOP. WHEN I GOT MY DIAGNOSIS, IT ALL MADE SENSE. I STILL MISS IT THOUGH STILL, I WAS DIAGNOSED IN 1986 AND AM STILL ON MY FEET, AND THAT IS AS GREAT A VICTORY AS WINNING ANY MARATHON!

TODAY I DID AN UBW. IT WASN'T A BIG ONE OR A GREAT ONE, BUT I WORKED MY BICEPS, TRICEPS, PECS AND SHOULDERS EACH A BIT. I WAS TIRED AFTERWARDS, BUT AFTER A WEE REST STILL MANAGED THE WEEKLY SHOPPING. AND (HERE'S WHERE I GET THE GOLD STAR), THE WHOLE TIME I WAS OUT, I LEFT MY WALKING STICK IN THE CAR AND DIDN'T USE IT ONCE I WOBBLED A WEE BIT HERE AND THERE, BUT NOTHING DRASTIC.

THANKS FOR SHARING.