I've had MS now for 32 years and started swimming laps every day (except weekends!) since then. The disease has progressed to the point that now I'm mostly in a wheelchair but that's essentially all the progress it's made. It's awful not to be able to walk, but I'm very thankful I still have the full use of the rest of my body. So when I swim, my legs essentially just come along for the ride--I can't kick but the water does hold them up. At one time I felt they were pulling me down but I think it was a matter of "mind over body." I got over that temporary fear that I was going to drown and kept swimming. I believe it's been God and swimming that have been keeping me going. Now I'm hoping this diet I've been on for two weeks can actually do something even after all these years--I mean not just to hold back the symptoms but to undo the ones I have.