Thank you for your encouragement. I agree the diet is healthy and worthwhile anyway. It just seems that Judi and Ann had quicker improvrement in walking than we are. Still, there were people in the book and on this site who took longer for the walking to improve, so I guess we should be grateful for any progress. And yes, hope, is so valuable and I, like you needit and find it with the diet. Speaking of hope, check out this article about MS treatment at Johns Hopkins www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.md.ms23jun24,0,3787286.story.