Friends,
Last week was a fun week, wasnāt it? Iām not even sure where to start. I think Iām going to start with sharing the progress Wendy has been making lately. Do you know how we always say we need to put something on our calendars? It helps us stay motivated. Wendy has a big event on her calendarā¦her sonās wedding. What does she want to do? Walk down the aisle instead of being rolled down the aisle. If she keeps working hard like she has been, sheās going to do it.
Wendy has been making a lot of progress lately. Why? First of all, sheās working really hard every day. She also gives a lot of credit to the e-stim therapy that sheās been doing for quite a few months now. This is some very promising technology for us living with MS. Dr Wahlās is also promoting it as she feels it really helped her and many of the people that follow her protocol. Wendy went to this place in Texas in case you want to check it out. https://www.neu.fit/
Thanks, Wendy for sharing your progress and what you feel is working for you. We all get really excited when someone makes the type of progress youāre making. Keep up the hard work!
It was awesome being able to share Rhondaās excitement of finishing her final run of running 365 consecutive days and finishing on her 50th birthday while living with MS. Thatās an amazing birthday present!
Rhonda decided to run for a cause and chose our group as the cause. Rhonda and her husband Scott were very generous and donated $1.00 per day that she ran. Scott also ran this journey with her but he said he missed a few daysā¦Rhonda did not. Rhondaās Mom also made a very generous donation to us.
Thank you, Rhonda and Scottā¦Mom too! Weāll put the money to good use to help keep people with MS moving.
I asked Rhonda if sheād be willing to share her journey with us. Sheās excited to do that and will join us on Friday and share her experience. Weāll get together @ 11:30 Friday and listen to Rhonda as she shares. Letās ask her any questions and learn as much as we can from this inspirational runā¦amazing! Thanks, Rhonda for being willing to share this journey! Please join us.
Our friends at the National MS Society brought art supplies and some tasty valentineās day treats last Friday. They brought paints and mats and asked everyone to paint a picture of what life looks like as we beat MS. I was inspired by how much artistic talent we have in our group.
The most inspiring thing to me is how Linda and Joan helped Donna and Joan through listening to them and doing what they described since they canāt do it themselves. So much love shared!
Thank you to all from the National MS Society for making this event possible! Weāre looking forward to seeing some of these paintings wherever you decide to use them.
Cal and Mike have been working hard on our website. They continue to add events to our calendar and stories to our site. Chrissy shared a really inspirational story about what it means to her to be part of our group. Have you read that yet? Hereās a link http://msjustkeepmoving.org/2020/02/12/chrissy-aukofer/ Thanks Chrissy for sharing this! Thanks Mike and Call for posting it and for all the work youāre doing on our website. Itās nice to be able to share some of the awesome things happening.
The indoor triathlon training got off to a great start last week even though we had a slippery, snowy morning. It was so good to see so many of you there! I always love to see the progress people make during this training and the event. I hope youāll join us! The next training session is Thursday morning at 10:00 at Westwood Health and Fitness in Pewaukee. Thanks to all the volunteers and to Westwood for making this event possible again this year. This is the event that started this group 7 years ago.
Weāll be getting together again Wednesday @ 11:30 for our prayer group. Weāll be giving thanks to God for our blessings and praying however God leads us. Wow! Iām hearing some powerful comments about this time together. Prayers are being answered weeklyā¦thank you God! Feel free to join us. If you need to come in a little early to get your exercise in before this starts, feel free to do so.
Iād highly recommend you sign up the MS Bike ride August 1st and 2nd. You can do that by clicking here. Once you sign up, thereās a motivational factor that kicks in and helps us get prepared for it. We want you on our teamā¦we have fun!
Letās āJust Keep Movingā. It doesnāt matter where we start. We can all start with laughing which is great exercise in itself. Other than that, we start with the body parts that will move and keep moving them as much as we can. Let them rest and then move them again.
I know there are still many of us going through other life challenges in addition to our challenges with MS. Letās stick together, keep our chins up and keep sharing our journey. Better days are ahead. For those of you who havenāt been able to make it by us on Wednesdays and Fridays lately, please know you are missed and in my thoughts and prayers. I hope youāre able to make it back soon!
I hope youāll join us both Wednesday and Friday again this week. Rememberā¦consistency is key. With MS, it takes a lot of consistent effort every day to make small improvements. Yes, itās frustrating so be patient and consistent and youāll be amazed how your quality of life will continue to improve. Itās been about 17 years of exercising just about every day for me and Iām still making improvements (encouragement, love, support, nutrition and proper rest help immensely too). It takes time so please be patient. It sure is better than MS getting worse. I really donāt know what my life would be like if I didnāt do this (nor do I want to find out). Iām so thankful you are all joining me on this journey of making progress with our MS and quality of lifeā¦THANK YOU! Weāll continue to learn togetherā¦thereās so much power in the love and support we all share with each other.
In the past, Iāve been telling you to bring a friend. Unfortunately, weāre going to need to start a waiting list for new people. Please feel free to continue to share your experience and what weāre doing together. Let me know of anyone who would like to join us. Iāll communicate with these people through e-mail or phone and help them any way I can. When we have room for them to join us, Iāll encourage them to do that. If youāve joined us in the past, please continue to join us.
We are here to help you and anyone with MSā¦no strings attached (well maybe an occasional story about the progress youāre making, smile, high five or a hug). I remember how challenging life used to be when my MS was bad. I get great joy sharing what Iāve learned and feel blessed with the progress Iāve made. I hope you make progress in some way too!
Place: W228N791 Westmound Dr.
Waukesha, WI
When: Wednesday morning from 9:30am ā 12:30pm (open gym concept, come for all or part of it)
Friday morning from 9:30am ā 12:30pm (open gym concept, come for all or part of it)
Dan Erschen