I agree with "CP Aging Syndrome". It's like we age faster, develop arthritis faster, fatigue faster, etc...than the general public. At age 30, we have bodies of a 50 year old and at 50, we have 70 yr old bodies. It's probably not going to be CP, per se, that puts me 100% in a chair, but the arthritis that seems to be developing in my strong (less CP) side and my increasing lack of balance. Jennifer --- Kathy Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Maybe I'm coming from way out left field here, but > the term, "Post Cerebral > Palsy Syndrome" bothers me, as I like accurate > labels. Bear with me, please. > > Polio is very different from CP. Polio is a virus, > and if it doesn't kill you > (which it can) you recover from the illness. The > muscle atrophy arising from > Polio is an effect from the attack of the virus to > the brain, not the virus > itself. Once you've recovered from polio, that's > it, you're post-polio. > > CP, on the other hand is a condition arising from > injury to the brain, whether > it happened during birth or afterwards. It's not an > illness you recover from; > there are no vaccinations against CP because it's > not a pathogen. Therefore > in my opinion, one cannot be post-CP as it's always > there. > > So I propose calling this condition we CP'rs face as > we age, "CP Aging > Syndrome." If I'm in the minority here, I'll be > glad to concede to the > majority. > > Kat > ˇ ===== TTYL, Jennifer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com