MS MuSings
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By Jan4ever (Janice Bronstein) I think about doing exercise everyday! Do I do it? NO! Why because I know it is good for me! I am not a motivated person. I do go once a week to a MS exercise class, does that make me an expert on exercise? NO! The MS Society even offers swim classes twice a week, do I go? NO! Now that we are back from Michigan I will! I have a very dear friend who lives in Chicago and she has been in training for the MS bike ride being held in June. She is doing my exercise for me. Karen Keenley and her husband Chuck came into our lives over a year ago and she is my inspiration to do my exercise. Bill and I feel so blessed to have added them to our family. When I think of how hard she is training for this ride I say to myself that I can get back into exercising. The mind sees me lifting weights and being on those machines at the Wellness Center but the body has other ideas and won’t let me move the way I use to. I can see that when I don’t do any form of exercise the body just won’t work! I hate walking in with my walker I always feel people staring at me. I want to do it because I know we have to and that whatever will help has to be done. I just am too lazy! I need someone to push me! Before I lost my right side I was able to drive over to the Center and work out now I use not driving as my excuse. See another excuse! But I’ve told Bill to plan on going to exercise with me starting this week (after all he can use it to!). Instead of me sitting here feeling sorry for myself I think it is time to do something to help myself and we all know exercise is the way to go! Now if I can follow my own advice I can get this body back in some kind of working condition, instead of imaging it I will do it! Do I want to do it? NO! But I will! 5/26/03 Reach Jan4ever by email to comment: janbill1434@hotmail.com |
