on 4/14/03 9:22 AM, Kat at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Some of us older CPs have experienced more progressive CP manifestations such
> as lack of balance, increased spasticity, etc.  I was talking to someone this
> weekend about her father, who has Parkinson's, which can exhibit itself in
> spastic muscles similiar to CP, and she told me he had been diagnosed with
> hypertension, which can be caused by nerve problems.

When I talk to my doc's, I tell them that "AGING WITH CP" is similar to Post
Polio Syndrome.   The doc's seem to understand that phenomenon.

I started experiencing the "progressive" part of my CP at age 40 (muscle
spasms, spasticity, balance problems, pain in the muscles & joints, bladder
problems, decreased mobility, etc.).   I really  thought I had MS, too.
Now at age 52, I am more settled into the fact that I can't do what I use to
do.   I've geared my whole life around what I can do.   And, I like the new
me!!!   I do wonder what I'll be like at age 60, 70, 80 and 90!!!

Cherie from Iowa
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