Walk-A-Thon Today

[MsWobbles]

I saw a nearby neighborhood Walk-A-Thon today and watched wistfully, wishing I could have had the energy to participate in it as I have many years ago.  Then I saw a woman seated on a three-wheeled contraption that she propelled down the street pumping with her arms.  She was really moving along at a good clip!!  That inspired me!!  Now, if I could only get rid of the new weakness in my right arm!  Maybe next year!

Anyone here do a walk-a-thon lately?

Weakandfalling

[Quixotic1]

or here's one:  We could put all of my health pages together in a book and call it

THE ON-AND-ON-A-THON

[MsWobbles]

LOL!  Now that's something I could participate in!

WAF

[Quixotic1]

I read the title of this post and your name and came up with next year's event

The Fall-A-Thon!!

[MsWobbles]

Thanks all!  Those are great suggestions!  

I can still walk now, but use a cane or a rollator.  Don't have the endurance to walk super far anymore.  

That's a great idea about being a volunteer or using a scooter!  I think I'd love to use a scooter - never tried one.  There is something so exciting about being in the middle of the action in a walk-a-thon!  That would allow me to be where the action is!!

I'm awed when I think about my father who in his late 70s actually went on long bike rides with his cycling club - sometimes 200 miles in one day!!

Next year - the walk-a-thon on a scooter!! (or if they don't allow them, I'll be a volunteer!)

Weakandfalling

[sllowe]

I went today.

They always do need volunteers, thats a good idea.  Signing folks in, collecting money and maning the snack tables, etc.

Sallymander - if you attempt it, and can't finish, they usually have a car, like a pace car of sorts and you can get brought back.  The way the one I go to is set up you can head back after a short distance because it ends where it started. So you can turn back sooner if need be.

ttys,
shell

[Salamander2]

We have a walk a week from today.  It is 5 or 7 miles and I am not sure I will be able to do it.  But I will be at the start with coffee and muffins my friends who are walking for me, also lunch at the end.  It's a way to say thank you and feel like I am being helpful in some way.
Sally

[Erin0313]

  Good for you! I think that is great riding your scooter :) and you are right that it will bring attention to the devastating effects of this disease.

  A scooter is so much cooler than a wheelchair!

  It doesn't matter how much money you raised, you were there scooting along ;) !

  I am blessed so far. I can still walk with out help. The doctors/nurses have requested that I at least use a cane or walker because I bump in to things and stumble a lot but I want to postpone assistance as long as I can.

My mother-in-law also has MS and it seems to me that once she got in her wheelchair she just went down hill faster. Sadly she is now in a nursing home confined to bed and has to be moved by some kind of crane like thing. I am scared to death if that day ever comes so I am being hard headed and if I have bumps and bruises, oh well. As long as I can, I am walking (or stumbling) on my own two legs!

Hugs,
Erin :)

[willowwoman7]

There is no way I can walk in a walk-a-thon, so I am riding my scooter. It doesn't matter how  you do the miles. I can't say I raised an enormous amount of money, just a couple of hundred, but every penny helps. When I asked about participating on my scooter, the MS chapter told me that was just fine. I figure by riding my scooter, it will also draw attention to the effects of MS on a person's life. Maybe next year, you can use a scooter. How do you get around otherwise?                                                

[Erin0313]

Hi! Don't be blue that you weren't able to walk. Several people are walking included sllowe and others have family and friends "doing it for them" since they can't.

Just the awareness and the fact that others care enough to walk should bring a smile to your face.

Lulu has a great idea if you are feeling left out to get involved in the organization. I wish I would have thought of that for myself. Maybe next year I will be well enough to walk and if not I will take Lulu's advice too.

Take care

Erin :)

[Lulu54]

If this is not an attainable goal for the near future, why not see about helping on the organizational side?  These groups always need workers at the beginning and the end as well as aid stations along the route.  

Walking isn't the only way to get involved!
Lulu