Friends,
MS Education this Friday
We are fortunate to have Tom Holtackers offer a series of educational programs about living with MS. Tom has written two books about living with MS. He’ll be sharing his experience of living with MS as well as what he’s learned about it through his career as a physical therapist.
Tom Holtackers is a retired physical therapist having worked at Mayo Clinic Rochester for 42 years 6 of which he worked exclusively with patients with MS. He has been a volunteer with the National MS Society for over 42 years having served in various capacities as a fund raiser, lecturer, self-help group facilitator, group exercise leader and committee member on the local, state and national levels. Tom has lived with primary progressive MS for over 50 years.
Over the next year Tom will be presenting a series of interactive discussions/lectures on various aspects of living with MS, including fatigue, exercise, wellness, symptom management, personalities of grief, and other MS related topics.
Tom’s first presentation will be on Comprehensive Fatigue Management in MS in which he will discuss what is fatigue, types of fatigue, core body temperature & fatigue, and other factors that may contribute to fatigue in MS. He will also discuss what we can do about fatigue.
Tom came to our gym a couple times a couple months ago. He was so impressed, he offered to put some educational programs together for us. Thank you Tom!
The first session will be this Friday from 11:00 – noon in the lunch room. Please plan on doing your exercise before or after this time frame so you can join us. If you can’t join us in the lunchroom, we will offer a zoom link that you can log in from home or wherever you are. Here’s the link:
Tom Holtackers Presentation on fatigue. Friday 8-19-2022 from 11:00am – noon
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89523622518?pwd=SnlmYW9LR2thWFdFNWlKTVFKZnRhZz09
Phone in: 312-626-6799
Meeting ID: 895 2362 2518
Passcode: 766376
Tom left us some copies of the two books he’s written. They are in the lunchroom as well. Feel free to take a book, read it and return it so others can read it as well. There is not enough to go around so the sooner you can read them and return them the more people can benefit from them.
This will be interactive so feel free to ask Tom questions as he presents. We will attempt to record it and make it available on our website at some point in the future.
Volunteers are appreciated at our gym
Thank you to all the volunteers who are stepping up while we’re a little light on volunteers this summer. I really appreciate it and I know all our friends with MS appreciate it as well. Thanks also to all our friends with MS who are helping each other. It’s a beautiful thing to see this happening. I wish the rest of the world would be more like the people that come to our gym. The world would certainly be a much better place.
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!
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Prayer Group We’ll be having our prayer group Wednesday @ 11:00am.
I just love the way we share, pray and laugh together while we witness prayers being answered weekly. It’s truly 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.
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, August 19th . 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!
Friday Morning Bike Rides
Let’s continue to ride as long as it’s not raining. If you’re considering riding the MS Bike ride next year, now is the time to start riding with us.
We’ll be meeting Friday mornings 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!
For those of you who wish you could join us but can’t; please know we have you in our hearts on these rides. We’re riding with you and for you. I hope you too can join us someday. We really need to get this MS thing figured out. Let’s keep working on it together.
COVID There seems to be some COVID going around again lately. 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 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 239 members…awesome! https://www.facebook.com/groups/2639832389489709
Thai Massage with Ricky Heldt Ricky will be here Wednesday and Friday again this week doing Thai 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 Thai 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
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
P.S. This past weekend I was able to spend a little time enjoying God’s beauty in a sunflower patch with my camera. I just thought I would share a few pics with you.
I realize many of you are not able to get out and enjoy the beauty of the sunflowers. Please know you’re always in my heart when I do things like this. I hope someday you can. We really need to get this MS thing figured out.