Walk MS (Multiple Sclerosis)

bobvl
bobvl Media PA Posts: 28
in A Moving Train
I hope this is the right place for this; and I know this is late but here goes:
Tomorrow my family and I will be volunteering at Walk MS Philadelphia at Ridley Creek State Park. We do this because they have helped my wife in so many ways since she was first diagnosed with MS 15 years ago. If you would like to help us end this disease a link to donate to our group is below. Thanks.

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/PAEWalkEvents?px=2167219&pg=personal&fr_id=23440
No matter how cold the winter... there's a springtime ahead

Philadelphia 10.22.13
Philadelphia 04.28.16

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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    That damned disease. It's touched so many people.

    I hope your wife is faring well.

    Wishing her, you and your family the best!
  • bobvl
    bobvl Media PA Posts: 28
    hedonist,
    Thank you for your kind thoughts.

    My wife is amazingly resilient in the face of this and I am in awe of how she handles it. The MS Walk gives her a way to fight back a little.
    No matter how cold the winter... there's a springtime ahead

    Philadelphia 10.22.13
    Philadelphia 04.28.16
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Best wishes for you and your wife, bobvl.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,912
    bobvl said:

    I hope this is the right place for this; and I know this is late but here goes:
    Tomorrow my family and I will be volunteering at Walk MS Philadelphia at Ridley Creek State Park. We do this because they have helped my wife in so many ways since she was first diagnosed with MS 15 years ago. If you would like to help us end this disease a link to donate to our group is below. Thanks.

    http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/PAEWalkEvents?px=2167219&pg=personal&fr_id=23440

    I did that walk at Ridley about 10x but we have since moved to doing it at the Devon one. did it today as well. great cause. my sister-in-law suffers from the disease.
  • bobvl
    bobvl Media PA Posts: 28
    pjhawks said:


    I did that walk at Ridley about 10x but we have since moved to doing it at the Devon one. did it today as well. great cause. my sister-in-law suffers from the disease.

    Thanks for walking; this was our 11th year so we probably crossed paths somewhere. It seems like once you start talking to people about it they all know someone with MS. It was a great day for it after a couple of rainy years; turnout was really good.
    No matter how cold the winter... there's a springtime ahead

    Philadelphia 10.22.13
    Philadelphia 04.28.16
  • bobvl
    bobvl Media PA Posts: 28
    brianlux said:

    Best wishes for you and your wife, bobvl.

    Thank you for your kind thoughts.
    No matter how cold the winter... there's a springtime ahead

    Philadelphia 10.22.13
    Philadelphia 04.28.16
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    My high school girlfriends grandmother had MS and was pretty much confined to a wheel chair.

    I know work in MS and see the impact regularly. Will be doing the bike ride to the shore this year.
  • bobvl
    bobvl Media PA Posts: 28
    Cliffy6745 said:

    My high school girlfriends grandmother had MS and was pretty much confined to a wheel chair.

    I know work in MS and see the impact regularly. Will be doing the bike ride to the shore this year.

    Thanks for all you do. The bike rides are great events, one of my co-workers does it every year to honor his sister. We have a Mud Run here in the summer that has really caught on too.
    No matter how cold the winter... there's a springtime ahead

    Philadelphia 10.22.13
    Philadelphia 04.28.16

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