[missj]

Feeling the positive energy of everyone's efforts- Thank you all for sharing

[Sparky10]

Doing my own version of PT to strengthen my legs and hopefully help with balance. I have to take a short flight of stairs several times a day. When coming up I try hard not to use my hands on the rails, thus relying on my leg movement. Yes, I take it slow!

What got me started on this is that I'm part of a group planning to hike up Pike's Peak in 2015.

Plus, I really love my chiropractor! I'm walking better and don't experience a painful neck twinge that has plagued me for years, long before MS.

Good thread!

[Kitty]

Giving up meat and sugar. I eat a plant-based diet and it has helped my overall health immensely. No more tummy aches....acid reflux, etc. It takes some getting used to but it has helped me feel better and helped my food budget, too!

[missj]

Sugar- I love sugar!! It is one of the hardest things to give up.

[Mariel]

My MS friends, you do very well! I am impressed.

I've talked before about what I do, PT, diet.

New thing since October is seeing a psychologist. She accepts Medicare, only one in town who does, and she is an intuitive person, and a kind person. So I started to dream again, and had a good dream last weekend, a very symbolic dream about the Bread of Life and much more. I belonged to a Jungian dream group in Seattle many years ago, and I learned the value of looking at dreams--but it can be difficult, too. So pat pat to me for trying to remain sane until the end, which is my goal, even though I'm not sure I will do so, being so alone without my husband. I have survived over five years without my soul mate.

[Erika]

Mariel,

Though my husband's body passed away 9 years ago, I still talk to him and probably always will. When he was here in the body we were very connected, as such good friends often are. That friendship has remained and although some might say that I am delusional for doing so, thinking of him as being near has helped me through rough patches and many a long night.

To the nay sayers, I say prove it. Of course they can't, just as I can't prove that he is with me in consciousness...so why not believe in the more beneficial option? .

With love, Erika

[missj]

Wow. Courage and strength and determination. Thank you.

[missj]

for a smile and sigh of relief for all we do for our health and life

http://wonderingaround.me/2013/11/13...an-vs-reality/