There are lots of great paticipants so get to know your fellow- walkers and join the fun!
Hi, my name is Nicki Watts and it was my (crazy, but I think great) idea to have this Inaugural Opening Minds for CCSVI Walk!
After my liberation on 8/19/10, I felt so good, I knew I wanted to give back and help other people with MS learn about this wonderful procedure that had helped me so much. And so, with my vastly improved cognitive abilities, I began giving this some serious thought......
I first approached my enthusiastic IR doc, Dr. Bulent Arslan and he was totally on board, saying "You tell me where and when and I'll be there, I'll do anything I can to help you."
I knew if I was going to actually going to be able to pull all this together, I would need to get hooked up with people who were as passionate about helping people with MS learn about CCSVI as I was and Dr. Arslan was my first team member! Then, I immediately thought of the CCSVI Alliance, a small group of MS patients and caregivers, who had come together through the internet site TIMS with the same purpose: To help MS patients learn more about CCSVI!
Having raised money for the MS Society for years, I knew I could get something off the ground, but I needed an Army of help, hence the name of my walk team "Arslan's Army."
Enter Michelle Brown, founder of the Alliance. I approached her with my budding idea in October. She and her board of directors were very enthusiastic and ready to go, and we were up and running pretty quickly.
So, fast forward 6 months.... All our plans and hard work are almost ready to come to fruition! I am so excited about this terrific weekend of education and fun that we have planned for everyone!
It's so important to spread the news about CCSVI in MS. It is up to all of us who have had the CCSVI procedure done to help educate the world. Can you join me in this honorable mission? Maybe you, too, can change a life forever! God Bless you all and I look forward to meeting you on March 4th and 5th in Tampa! The link to my fundraising page is below.
Blessings,
Nicki
http://walkandrolltampa2011.ccsvi.org/ccsvi/participantpage.asp?uid=2&fundid=2