The one good thing that came from my diagnosis is that I try not to put off doing things. My thought is I may not be able to do this later so I have to do it now.
AS may stop me from running later in life so I had better run now.
I applied that theory not only to running, skiing, scuba diving, sky diving, vacations etc...
The first thing I did after getting an MS diagnosis was buy new skis. I thought I had better get my skiing in while I still can.