After her physical condition had deteriorated to a near-fatal level and, she says, doctors all but gave up on her, Richardson discovered an exercise tape for people in wheel chairs and began exercising with it regularly. Her health soon improved and her newfound interest in physical activity led her to visit the Web site of the National Center on Physical Fitness and Disability, where she obtained more information to help her expand her physical fitness regimen. She added walking outdoors and on a treadmill, riding a stationary bicycle and light aerobics. Richardson recently completed a five-mile walk to raise funds for multiple sclerosis research and plans to return to horseback riding this summer. No one in the medical profession knows what to do with us.
People often have to find a place to start on their own.
I'll never run a marathon, but I don't have sit on the couch, eat potato chips and wait to die.