as before, continue taking my Betaferon and accommodate my continuing decline as best I could. At this stage I only had difficulty with stamina and could not walk for more than about 12 minutes. As I was still able to walk and function successfully at work there was nothing else the medical community could do for me, other than provide Betaferon and monitor my decline. More importantly, I felt there was nothing I could do for myself, other than to 'stay positive' and make the most of my situation. I knew that ultimately my situation was probably hopeless, as medical science was a long-way from finding a cure or effective treatment. On balance, I also felt extremely lucky that I had this terrible, unpredictable disease and yet was able to continue to function and live a rewarding, happy and productive life. For seven years, I learned to live with increasing disability and reorganized my life accordingly (I became semi-retired and used a walking-stick). In February 2004, I saw an ABC 'Catalyst' TV episode "MS Doctor" about Dr George Jelinek, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth and his approach to Taking Control of MS. (The ABC's website has the text of this story at http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s\\... ). I went to the internet over the next few days and found out what I could about George, ordered his book and discovered he was running a 5 day Residential Program at The Gawler Foundation in March 2004. I decided