Torrilin, yes, MS is not a nice disease, but realize it has many, many types and presentations. It doesn't alway mean inactivity or disability. I have it and, so far, it has made little difference to my physical activity level. I've had one flare brought on by a bunch little simultaneously occuring events. The flare taught me a lot about the disease but that's it. I have to pay attention to heat, fatique and stress all ocurring at the same time but really it only means that I've learned to say "No" when I wouldn't have before. That's a lesson probably most of us need to learn. I bet you are acquainted with many people who have the disease and you don't know.

OK, I'll get down off my soap box. I just don't want people to think MS is always disabling.

-- SK (in far better shape than the average couch potato Amurcan)