When I was young the doctor said I will never get fat due to my spasticity.
I am 35  and around 140.

On 8/30/01 8:44 PM, "Bobby G. Greer, Ph. D." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> In a message dated 8/30/01 11:43:41 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << I
> know his doc's have pooh-poohed me on this worry but his dad's side has the
> majority of it;s mean dying of cardiac arrest at young ages or with multiple
> by-pass surgeries. So how do i fatten my kid up and not put him at risk?
> Joanne >>
>
> Sorry for the misfire: now I weigh 250. Most of the men on both sides of my
> family
> tended to "baloon up" after 30 years of age. A professor who taught our
> seminar in CP always stated, "I have never seen a fat spastic!" That was
> because he had had little contact with older CP's. Don't worry about Alex's
> cholesterol right now. But as an adult, he might better be careful.
>
> Bobby
>

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