I'm certain you read my latest topic on just how far I'd come in the past 2 years so I'll keep my reply short to the latest one. One of my main symptoms with MS was limping and what I feel now was a heavy leg as people kept telling me I was walking like I was leaning to one side and made my balance extremely bad, heck I couldn't go down 1 step without needing support and 2 years ago, I remember telling my friend that if we did go to the arena to see a show that he would need to help me down the stairs as I wasn't confident. Well anyway for the past 2 years I've been seeing a physiotherapist and working at my balance and even though it improved tremendously (I no longer need help going up or down stairs) there was one thing I couldn't do, and that was go down an escalator. This absolutely annoyed me because I always felt I could, but after not going down them for over 2 years I'd developed a fear of going down them and part of me felt it was never going to happen. That was until a few days ago. I was in town on Sunday and it was quiet and I saw the escalators and I knew then that it was the perfect chance to overcome the fear I had of them so I just went for it and I managed to do it. I'm now going down escalators when I can because I still feel that fear inside of me so I need to carry on until I'm fully confident in using them again.

Hi @rachaellouise and happy Sunday to you too. I'm not sure that this meets your requirement, but I'm presently enduring my longest period ever of working my legs on my exercise bike. I hadn't really be able to get on it for a few years, until a fortnight ago. Don't get me wrong, I'm no potential entrant for the Tour de France. It's hard, just revolving the pedals. And, I've had a couple of comedy episodes getting off, ending up on the floor. But, I'm going to persevere. Whether it's my personal LDN trial or just sheer bloody-mindedness, I don't know. But, it's good for my psyche. :wink: