Friends,
It sure seemed like everyone liked Cal’s presentation of his Patagonia trip last week. Some weren’t able to attend and from the talk going around about it, Cal has been asked to do it again. We all know Cal, he likes to share. Cal will be sharing his trip presentation again this Friday @ 11:45. I hope you’ll join him.
Who wants to do a bike ride for another great cause? The MACC Fund for childhood cancer. Traci’s son Austin is a cancer survivor and is going to ride the 17 mile route of the Trek 100 with Traci, family and friends on June 1st.
Austin is now 12 years old, cancer free, extremely thankful and wanting to do something to help others. If you want to join Austin’s team and ride with him (any of the distances from 17 miles to 100 miles), you can join his team or donate to support him and the MACC Fund at this link http://donate.maccfund.org/site/TR/Events/General?team_id=1291&pg=team&fr_id=1060
When I walked in the room last week and saw Joan standing and smiling so big again, it touched my heart and made me happy!
Joan makes many people happy by being Joan and sharing her journey of living with MS, her humor and determination. Thank you, Joan and everyone that helps her. Amazing!
Traci has shown interest in leading our Lego’s program. Now we need people interested in making improvements with their dexterity and other benefits Lego’s will help them with. Who’s willing to give it a try?
Lego Therapy Club
As we are learning, friends with MS are finding many benefits from building with Legos. These benefits might include increased cognitive skills, fine motor skills, socialization and a sense of accomplishment.
Steve and Sue have purchased us a ton of LEGOS, so let’s get together and build!!
When: Wednesdays and Fridays at the gym
Time: 11:45-12:30 pm
If you have any questions, please talk with Traci or email her atkoepketraci@gmail.com
Let’s have some more fun this week!
We all need to “Just Keep Moving”! It doesn’t matter where we start. We can 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 9:30 – 12:30pm (open gym concept, come for all or part of it)
Any questions? Give me a call.
Dan Erschen
Cell: 414-305-0418