Yes, I really enjoyed all of the the activities at the Nursing Home.  Some of the activities were music (which was my favorite) Church, & games, etc..













Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
The actual brain damage does not get worse, however, because of the excess
wear and tear of abnormal movements, we tend to get arthritis and nerve
pain at an earlier age than the average person. I used to walk and be able
to do things like move my furniture around myself, and around age 42 that
became very hard for me.

Did you enjoy the activities at the nursing home? What were they?

mag

~Tamar Mag Raine
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Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities


> [Original Message]
> From: Kendall David Corbett
> To:
> Date: 11/2/2004 3:49:38 PM
> Subject: Re: A Question
>
> KJ,
>
> CP itself probably doesn't worsen over time, but the way our bodies
> react to it probably does. Since my gait pattern is different, I put
> more stress on my right arm and right knee. I use a power wheelchair
> most of the time now, because of that. But when I was walking using
> canes or crutches, I put more weight through my right leg because it was
> stronger, and I put more weight through my right arm which had a cane or
> crutch. Because of that, I started using the power wheelchair about
> three years ago because I developed carpal and cubital tunnel in that
> arm. Both of those happened because I used my arm in ways it wasn't
> designed to be used.
>
> Emotional problems could result from not being able to get around as
> well, but they could also happen to someone without CP who is having
> more trouble getting around as they get older. I don't remember how old
> you are, but I think I'm a little older, at 43. The loss of ability I
> face because I'm doing things that my body wasn't designed to do makes
> me angry and depressed sometimes, so I see a link, but the CP itself
> doesn't cause the anger and depression; there's nothing of a biological
> nature going on in my brain that the CP caused that makes me mad and
> sad.
>
> Kendall Corbett
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Pink [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 4:03 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [C-PALSY] A Question
>
> Does some cases of C.P. worsen over time and have emotional problems? ?
>
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