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Hi Carole, Hope your walk with the dog was great! Another trick....try aheadset with some music (with a bouncy beat)....that helps too! ( on you, not the dog! :>)) ). Sherri ----- Original Message ----- From: Carole Hercun <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 6:34 AM Subject: Re: feelings / Exercise Rx > Hi Sherri and Clare: I like your stories. Your advice could > also help with a problem I have. Kids have moved out and > left me the legacy of a neurotic Irish setter.(Is there any > other kind?) Clearly, both of us could use some exercise. > But I have avoided it for fear of looking ridiculous, > especially when I am in what I call my Quasimodo mode. > Sherri's young friend's courage is contagious, so > today-nice weather- > I will attempt to walk my Irish beauty. So if anyone sees a > redheaded woman being dragged down the street by a > redheaded dog, don't stare. It is only I. Carole > > --- Sherri Wolf <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi, those stiff mornings are not fun! but, the best > > thing I did 2.5 yrs > > ago was get a dog.....yep, great friend, AND HE KEEPS ME > > MOVING! by 7:00 > > a.m. or 7:30 a.m. we are out.....sometimes feeling good, > > sometimes not, but > > WE ARE WALKING, MOVING! IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN > > THE WORLD. If you > > are at all able to accommodate a pet....do it....any kind > > will require some > > care, i.e.: movement. I find I feel better much more > > quickly if I get > > moving as soon as possible. (Don't worry what you look > > like on the > > street....I felt self-conscious some days until I came > > across a young man I > > had not seen in 3-4 months. He was dragging a leg in a > > brace and had one > > arm hanging lifeless at his side.....but he was walking > > his two dogs! The > > story is, he had a seizure and was rushed to the hosp > > only to find out he > > had a malignant brain tumor. He is struggling to keep > > moving!) SO CAN > > WE!!! > > Good luck! > > Sherri > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Clare Wilson <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 5:22 PM > > Subject: Re: feelings > > > > > > > In a message dated 01/09/2000 9:10:42 AM Mountain > > Standard Time, > > > [log in to unmask] writes: > > > > > > << In the begining do you have some days that you hurt > > > sooo bad that you just want to bit the bullet (so to > > >> > > > Yes, I do. Can barely pull myself up out of bed to > > take something. > > Usually > > > swallow my first sinemet of the day, and also a tylenol > > XS or ER, and go > > > back to bed for 30 minutes. When I stretch and move > > about, the stiffness > > > abates, and it helps to become involved in something, > > like cooking > > breakfast, > > > laundry, anything active, to keep the muscles in > > motion. As the day moves > > > forward, I feel much better. Hope you do, too. > > > Clare Wilson > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com