Friends,

We saw some interesting progress being made again last week.  Rick brought many of us to tears of joy when he was walking unassisted.  We’re so excited for him!
Rick has been working really hard to make this progress.  I’m so happy for you Rick!  Keep up the hard work and sharing your journey and progress with us.  There’s no doubt in my mind you are giving other people with MS newfound hope.

Joe is such a great sport!  When Dr Becky Thomas and the students decide they’re going to get you out of your wheel chair and taking a few steps, they get pretty creative.  As we can see, gait belts work well for feet too.  😊

Sometimes it takes a little help from friends to do things we haven’t done for a while.  Keep smiling Joe and enjoy Dr Becky and the students!  We’re fortunate to have them.

Our nutrition program with Alison was really good again last week.  Alison explained the benefits of smoothies and showed us how to make them.  If you were there, you even got to try them.  Tasty…and healthy!

You can find the PDF for the slides for last week’s nutrition session by clicking  here.

Let’s get together!
We’ll be getting together again from 9:00am – noon on Wednesday and Friday mornings at the gym.  I hope you’ll join us!

Wisconsin Metal Parts – Westmound Building
W228N791 Westmound Drive
Waukesha, WI 53186

 Prayer Group  We’ll be having our prayer group Wednesday @ 11:00am.
I just love the way we share, pray together and witness prayers being answered weekly.  It’s amazing!  Thanks goes to God and to everyone that joins us.  Let’s get together to share, listen, talk, give thanks and pray however God leads us.

Friday Morning Bike Rides
Let’s ride as long as it’s not raining.  We’ll be meeting Friday morning at 7:00am at Nettesheim Park in Pewaukee.  It’s on the SE corner of Hwy SS and Oak Street.  The GPS address is:  N26W27495 Prospect Ave, Pewaukee, WI 53072.  Come a little early so you can get your bike out of your car and be ready to ride as close to 7:00 as possible.  We’ll ride until about 8:45.  Let’s ride and have some fun!

MS Just Keep Caring – Our Caregivers support group will be the first and third Friday of each month from 10:00 – 10:30am.  The next one will be this Friday, June 3rd.  If you’re a caregiver of someone you love with MS, please join us and share your experience of caring for your loved one.  This has been very helpful for many.  Thanks to all who participate!

Tee’d Off At MS Golf Outing Friday, June 10th.  A huge THANK YOU goes out to all who are helping plan and to those who are contributing to this event.  I feel it’s going to be an awesome and memorable experience in so many ways.

A huge thank you goes to all who donated raffle and auction items for our golf outing.  If you still have any items to donate, please bring them to the gym tomorrow.  We need all items by June 1.

Horse Back Riding Opportunty this Saturday
Reiki Linda is also a volunteer at the Horse Power Healing Center in Eagle. This Saturday, June 4th, HPHC will hold its annual Open House at the farm. Rides on a therapy horse is part of the fun! The horses are gentle, there are volunteers to help you get on/off the horse, and during the ride. So, regardless of the progression of your MS you can ride a horse! $5 donation. If you don’t want to ride a horse, come tour the farm and see all the animals. Linda’s email is lckamaria4@gmail.com if you have questions.”

Another excellent opportunity for people with MS  Tony Langtimm is ready to start working with people with MS again.  Many of you have gone by Tony in the past and benefitted in many ways.  Tony and his team are awesome!  I would highly suggest you take Tony up on this free opportunity. Here’s a note from Tony with more info:

 Dan,

We are opening up the MS Athlete adaptive classes June 7th at 11am, and we will continue every Tuesday moving forward.  The classes will have volunteers and adaptive exercise fitness trainers, physical therapists and physical therapy assistants to make it almost a 1 on 1 training experience for the participant.  The classes are free of charge, and we look forward to bringing the athletes back in and using our new gym space.

 Can you forward this information to your crew?  We would love to add a new opportunity to the group.  As you say, just keep moving!

 440 W. Vliet St
Milwaukee, WI 53212

 Anyone can email at any time if they have any questions.

 Best,
Tony Langtimm
tony@ascentwellnessprogram.com

Summit Wellness, Inc.
440 W. Vliet St, Milwaukee, WI 53212

(414)350-6064    ascentforlife.org   ascentwellnessprogram.com

 

COVID  The numbers are going back up again.  We’ve all been dealing with this long enough and are very well educated on it by now.  Let’s make good choices and be safe.

Please stay home if you have any symptoms or know you’ve been exposed to someone with the virus.  Please don’t come until your symptoms go away.  Let’s also give each other some space when talking to one another and continue wiping the machines down before and after you use them with disinfectant.  Again…let’s be socially responsible and stay safe!

Our Facebook page is now private.  That means you’ll need to join if you want access to all our fun and progress.  Lots of people are doing more and more and sharing of their journey on Facebook.  Feel free to join and share your experience and comments.  We’re now up to 213 members…awesome!   https://www.facebook.com/groups/2639832389489709

Tai Massage with Ricky Heldt  Ricky will be here Wednesday and Friday again this week doing Tai Massage.  Ricky says he is comfortable to work with you even if you’re not wearing a mask.  Ricky will continue to wear one to protect you.

Many continue making great progress with chronic pain relief, range of motion, walking better and a new sense of hope when Ricky works with them.  Please keep in mind that consistency is key.  Not only with Ricky…with exercise too.  We need consistency to realize the benefits long term.  We want you to have long term relief.

Ricky has a sign up sheet based on first come first serve.  You can pick the time slot that works for you.  I highly encourage you to take advantage of Ricky’s Tai Massages each day and sign up for your time slot as soon as you get there.

Reiki with Linda  Linda will be here on Fridays doing Reiki.  Many people say Linda’s Reiki work is “magical”.  We’re thankful for Linda offering her gifts and talents to us.

Feel free to let Linda know you’d like to do Reiki with her.  She also has a sign up sheet.

 

Inspirational Humor with Adam Wollert
We’ll be having our inspirational humor zoom call with Adam again next Tuesday.  Adam is a gift to all of us.

Please join us if you can.
Tuesdays @ 1:30PM
Here’s the link to join us…I hope you do!
Join Zoom Meeting with this link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9431389152?pwd=bWlYbFNaazVnM1M1cWxWMitlODdXUT09

Meeting ID: 943 138 9152
Passcode: 3qP2hu
Phone:   1-312-626-6799
Meeting ID: 943 138 9152

Let’s reach out
I encourage you to share a smile and encouragement with someone.  Perhaps you could call someone that you haven’t talked with for a while just to say hi and see how they’re doing.  We all could use a little extra love and encouragement.

MS is tough.  Let’s have faith, remain calm, be flexible, help each other and learn as much as we can about the challenges of each day as we make good choices.

Let’s keep moving and smiling 😊

In God We Trust…we’re in good hands
Dan

http://msjustkeepmoving.org/

P.S.  Here’s a picture of a simple sunset I took at my nephew’s wedding this past weekend