[Norman S.]

This is a subject that I have gotten very vague advice from my doctors about.  Basically what I hear is “take it easy”… “if you’re tired the next day you’re overdoing it”… etc.   I’ve kind of done my own thing as a result of this, and here is what I did:  I immediately quit running (I ran three times a week, 3 to 4 miles) when I started getting drop foot, I did keep lifting, but I think I made my drop foot worse by lifting, so I quit lifting too.  I am still swimming.  I’ve swam my entire life, and in the last three years (diagnosed almost 4 years ago) I pretty much swim three or four times a week going around 3,000 yards/meters per workout.  Despite all this, I continually get weaker.  Now I go around 2,000 yards/meters.  In the beginning weakness was totally in the legs, I first lost my kick, and then I lost the strength to push off walls that well, but in the past four months my arms and shoulders are seeing significant weakness.  I have to admit though: I DO FEEL BETTER AFTER I swim.  More limber.  Lot’s more to point out about this.  So if anyone wants my opinion hit me up.