Friends,   

Did you RSVP to Nicole for the National MS Society Open House next Tuesday?  There’s more information about it on our website calendar http://msjustkeepmoving.org/ecwd_calendar/calendar/

Here’s a quick summary of location and time:

In recognition of all that you do, and in celebration of MS Awareness week, we invite you to a special Open House on Tuesday, March 10^th from 4:30 – 6:30 pm at the MS Society office, 1120 James Drive, Ste. A, Hartland, WI.

RSVP for March 10^th by Friday, March 6^th to Nicole Sammartino,Nicole.sammartino@nmss.org or call 312.423.1127.  We look forward to seeing everyone!

We need to be thankful for all the National MS Society is doing for all of us.  We have a really hard-working team at our Wisconsin Chapter.  Thank you to all at the National MS Society for all you do for us living with MS.  We need to support them and the research they fund so we can keep learning and making progress with living with MS.  Even though we’ve come a long way, we have a long way to go.

I hope Sarah’s egg roll event went well last weekend.  Unfortunately, I was not able to attend.  I’m looking forward to hearing about it.  I know they put a lot of work into it and it’s for a great cause…supporting the National MS Society’s initiatives.

The indoor triathlon training is going well.  I always love to see the progress people make during this training and the event.  I hope you’ll 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. 

Joel is designing another awesome T-Shirt again this year.  Be sure to do the indoor triathlon so you get one 😊.

If you were here last week, you would have had an opportunity to try out our new equipment that’s wheel chair accessible.  You can go from one machine to the next.  This equipment was donated to us by a high school friend of John Haupt, Mike Kryshak.  We’re so thankful for Mike’s generosity.  We finally got them hooked up and available to use.  Feel free to put them to good use and get stronger.

We’ll be getting together again Wednesday @ 11:30 for our prayer group.  We’ll be giving thanks to God for our blessings and praying however God leads us.  Wow!  I’m hearing some powerful comments about this time together.  Prayers are being answered weekly…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.

I’d highly recommend you sign up the MS Bike ride August 1^st and 2^nd.  You can do that by clicking here.  Once you sign up, there’s a motivational factor that kicks in and helps us get prepared for it.  We want you on our team…we have fun!

Let’s “Just Keep Moving”.  It doesn’t 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.  Let’s stick together, keep our chins up and keep sharing our journey.  Better days are ahead.  For those of you who haven’t 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 you’re able to make it back soon!

I hope you’ll join us both Wednesday and Friday again this week.   Remember…consistency is key.  With MS, it takes a lot of consistent effort every day to make small improvements.  Yes, it’s frustrating so be patient and consistent and you’ll be amazed how your quality of life will continue to improve.  It’s been about 17 years of exercising just about every day for me and I’m 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 don’t know what my life would be like if I didn’t do this (nor do I want to find out).  I’m so thankful you are all joining me on this journey of making progress with our MS and quality of life…THANK YOU!  We’ll continue to learn together…there’s so much power in the love and support we all share with each other.

In the past, I’ve been telling you to bring a friend.  Unfortunately, we’re going to need to start a waiting list for new people.  Please feel free to continue to share your experience and what we’re doing together.  Let me know of anyone who would like to join us.  I’ll 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, I’ll encourage them to do that.  If you’ve joined us in the past, please continue to join us.

We are here to help you and anyone with MS…no strings attached (well maybe an occasional story about the progress you’re 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 I’ve learned and feel blessed with the progress I’ve made.  I hope you make progress in some way too!

Place:  W228N791 Westmound Dr.
Waukesha, WI

When:  Wednesday morning from 9:30am – 12:30pm (open gym concept, come for all or part of it)
Friday morning from 9:30am – 12:30pm  (open gym concept, come for all or part of it)

Dan Erschen

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