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Hi Janet!My opinions on exercise are rather different from those already expressed. I would have absolutely no hesitation in proclaiming that the best exercise for people like us is in water. Exercises in water is damage and strain-free. You won't fall over in water and any strained muscles are completely supported. The problems arrise when you come to get out of the pool. You weigh nothing in water but when you no longer have the support of the water on your body, it can feel like you weigh a ton.I used to be a member of a health club. They m a good gym but I didn't waste my energies on it. Rather, I opted for the little pool that they had. It was warm and ideally suited for hydrotherapy exercises. Other people would go in there to carry out strange exercises too. Only occasionally would there be someone going in there to swim up and down. Managing myself afterwards there eventually became rather too much.I did have a six week hydrotherapy course at the hospital. That was great and helped a lot. That was ended over 18 months ago now. I know that there's no way that I would be able to climb the stairs to that pool these days; my MS has progressed. They do have a hoist to hoist people like me in. The same is true of my local jacuzzi.I don't know what your current level of fitness and mobility is. If you are fit enough to get yourself to and in and out of your local pool: do it. I think that you mentioned that you have a husband. If you need help, then there's a job for hubby.As I say, my MS has progressed. I am still up & down at various times. In my case, I know that when I am on an up, things just seem to work anyway ... though that seems increasingly rare.The biggest danger for all of us is falls. You won't hurt yourself from a fall in water. You are more likely to fall or injure yourself when fatigued or stiff. I had a fall only a few days ago. I had just gotten out of the car after sitting for long periods. I got to a very tiny step before the house and my left leg just didn't have the power to sustain lifting me ... and I fell backwards.Earlier, I had spent hours and hours sitting in A&E (emergency room) keeping an injured friend company. There really isn't much to look at there. The other people waiting there are a real collection. None of them were a pretty sight. I am a people watcher. I confess that I sometimes used to look a women with chunky legs with both admiration and a twinge of lust. These days, when I see a pair of chunky legs, my feelings are that of envy. Anyway, whilst sitting with my friend in A&E waiting area, I saw a rather small, late middle aged lady. Her legs were more like pins, with no meat to speak of at all. My legs we far chunkier and healthy-looking than hers. Later, I saw her get up and leave. Her walking was absolutely fine. Those little pins of hers carried her petite body away from there just fine. If our nerves work, our muscles will follow.By the sound of things, you are far less disabled than I. So long as you're dog doesn't pull you over, your dog walking is great exercise. Always make sure that you can be located. If you carry a smartphone, you can share location with a carer using Google location sharing.G.