Hi Peg:

I had to stop riding altogether maybe four years ago, mainly because I could no longer sit unsupported, and my abs and lats are so weak. My balance is shot, too, and I can't hold my arms in position. I was, as I have said, very unlucky. Not that many PWMS are affected throughout their entire body as I am. Now I'm sort of like an incomplete quad -- and the MS continues to progress.

My horses, too, were amazing in their accommadation to my disability. But horses are Zen masters of living in the moment. Unlike us, letting go is a part of their being; they don't agonize over what was, but only concern themselves over what is, and there is no future in horse. We could learn a thing or two from them!

I very much hope that you'll never have to give up riding.


Chris