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Thank you very much for your update. I have lost a lot of strength in my legs. And I feel like every joint in my body is affected by this disease. I think I need to try to strengthen as much as I can but with increasing tendinitis, which can be awful with this disease, it does make it hard. I went through a major weight loss in my mid 30s and I was the exercise queen. I like to think that I still have good core strength but it’s leg strength that I am losing. I still work full-time and I think I want to retire early because of how I feel with this disease. I will have to look up this type of exercise that you teach. If it’s something that I can incorporate, I want to enjoy some of my retirement and not spend it in a wheelchair. Thank you for letting all of us know there may be something that we can do to improve our physical lives. We all have this disease to a different extent and not everybody will be able to do things to help themselves. Up until a few years ago, I was golfing. Now I can’t do that. It’s scaring me how it’s become so much harder to do things. Because I live alone, it’s even scarier. Right now, both of my rotator cuffs are in bad shape. So not sure what I might be looking forward to soon. Praying for everybody who has this disease!🙏