Living for today

I know it has been awhile since I posted anything so I knew I had to catch up to the current. The current doctor visit was for my annual womanly visit..the wonderful pap and pelvic. :) Of course the results are normal. The good thing out of the whole ordeal was my weight and bmi number. My weight is 148 and my bmi number (I believe that stands for body mass index) is 22.1 % which they said is perfect. Well, I have never been perfect at anything so I'm running with this one!!!That's the latest on my doctor stuff. As far as the MS? It has been comfortably at bay for now which I attribute to my diet primarily added with my attitude which I give a little credit too but mostly my diet. I am a very happy person for the most part. I have been doing exercises to strengthen my hip which is arthritis afflicted and the results have been phenomenal! I even quit limping and can raise my right leg up and hold it for quite awhile now. It has been painful to exercise so I thought if it hurt I could be messing it up but a friend told me to work through the pain because if it was bone it would hurt all the time and since it didn't hurt all the time then he said there are probably muscles involved. He is not a therapist and clarified that but he is a man with a lot of science behind his knowledge so I trusted him enough to try. Well with all that said I worked through the pain....when I mean pain I would feel the pain of weakness and effort when doing the exercise but when done the pain would subside.(example: lying on my back on the bed knees bent with a ball say roughly 10 inch ball between my knees squeezing the ball as I simultaneously bring my knees to my chest...so at first it would be "oooooonnnnnneeeeee" omg "twooooooooooooo" it took awhile, like days, to get to even 5)..to the point at 4 weeks now(and at 25 to 30) I am almost pain free in my hip. I am amazed!!! If I had known to try this some years back I would have but I was afraid I would be hurting myself or crunching something. I'm not saying to anyone to do this but just learn about your body and don't be afraid to try and help yourself when you can. That's all from me...until the next time so be grateful for all that is right with your life and enjoy what you can and smell the roses if they present themselves before you.  Living for today......Jan