You're right, Anthony.  CP by itself doesn't cause problems later in life;
it's usually something else that is the underlying cause, like an infection
or injury.

In my case, it was stenosis in the cervical area of the spinal cord that
created the condition for a spastic bladder, not CP.  I had surgery for it 2
months ago and the spasticity in the bladder is gone.  Made the surgery
worthwhile just for that, I can tell  you!

The neurosurgeon thinks the stenosis resulted from an injury I sustained
five years ago, and told me the surgery would help any spasticity arising
from the injury and not the CP. He was too right.

    Kathy S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Arnold" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: Pottie question


> I'm not a doctor so I don't want you to believe every word I say, but
> however I don't believe that CP itself causes bladder problems.  You can
> just have CP without any additional medical problems like I have myself.
If
> you have additional problems, you shouldn't believe that having CP really
> caused them because there isn't even one illness that's actually related
to
> CP from what I have read.
>
> Anthony
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Kathy Pink
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:24 PM
>   Subject: Re: Pottie question
>
>
>   Hi,
>
>   CP Bladder Issues?
>
>
>
>
>
>   --- [log in to unmask] wrote:
>   > Hi,
>   >
>   > I was 18 months when I was trained but I still have
>   > the usual CP bladder
>   > issues. I know this for a fact because this was
>   > about the only thing I did
>   > before my sister who is a little bit more than a
>   > year older than me. My Mom
>   > was so proud of this fact. :-)
>   >
>   > Dina
>
>
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