As I was doing the dishes I thought about how I stumbled into the kitchen. As I have said before, my symptoms seem to be episodic in nature. I’ll get out of a chair just fine and then take a step and stumble through the next 15 feet. My journey to the kitchen got chaotic as I accidentally slammed my plate down on the counter, then quickly cleared up as I made my way through the dirty dishes.

So how is that I can run through these spells? Sometimes I have to slow down and walk through them, but it seems to be much easier for me. Does my momentum give me the confidence to keep moving forward? Even in times on no ms I have ruminated about this. How is that I can run and not fall on my face? How is that I can glide through the obstacles of my neighborhood and not end up on my butt? Momentum carries me through, momentum gives me confidence.

Or is it the physical exertion that does something to my ms ravaged nerve system. I sat ravaged, but I exaggerate, it isn’t that bad. Maybe there is something going on in my nervous system that is affected by the exercise.

I have been really curious to find out what goes on in my body when I run. It seems like I heat up when I stop running. That makes no sense to me unless it has to do with less air rushing by me. I have run a treadmill in the gym and I got really hot with no air rushing by. Seems like I read something about the physiology of exercise, I’m sure I can find out something about it. A post for another day.