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Double Shoutout Day On TCP!

24
August

Hello!

(Oh first things first…I thought the picture would make ya laugh… I took this when my sis and friend were bein silly at a vintage store haha. You might have to click on it to get the full effect. :p)

So I have a little shout-out to make for all you TCPers out there, Miss Sarah Bram, who’s a good friend of mine…as we talk every now and then on the site(yay for meeting teens with CP on TCP!) is going through surgery right now so if you could please wish her the best of luck I’m sure she’d love it! :) I’m sure many of you know what she is going through, so keep her in your thoughts!

Also, I would like to welcome Cassidy Goodspeed to TCP as well….she is my first grade teacher’s daughter and she is 10 years old with CP! She is doing so well, and I heard that she comes on here and likes to read about me and my experiences with CP. So hey there Cassidy! I hope we can meet some time, I would like that very much. :) It was great to catch up with my former teacher, she is now a client at my parent’s gym, so I can see her quite often and hear about her daughter, and talk about my childhood with CP. Such a small world sometimes, it’s truly a special thing to share a disability with someone. Even if you think you are alone, you are most definitely not!

School is creeping up every so slowly, and I am only about half way done with my summer assignments, yikes! Haha, oh well what can ya do except move forward. Getting my wisdom teeth out was only bad for the first two days, but I got through it like I knew I would. Thank goodness for pain medication! Haha…well I’m off to continuing working for my parents a bit more this afternoon. I hope you all are doing well and soaking up the last few days of summertime! Too bad its still summer weather all through the beautiful month of September. :/

Have a good one!

-Katy

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CP Peeps up & coming!

8
November

Hey all…

I hope you are enjoying the first few weeks of the beautiful autumn season! It has been cooling down here in sunny California, finally! How was your Halloween? Anything new?

Quick question- For those of you who have had surgery, what are your results like? What is recovery like? I have spoken with a few, and I am considering doing a procedure once again but I would like ALOT of feedback before I make this big decision. Thanks, I appreciate any help.

With that said, I’ve been doing good myself, just trying to stay busy with school, working, and going to the gym as often as I can. I think working out is one of my favorite de-stressors. I feel so good about myself, so rejuvinated, and ready to take on anything that comes my way! Although I’m not some super fitness guru, I try to do the best I can about staying active and healthy. I feel like my day is not over until I get outside and go for a walk or work on my core strength training. I have gotten back into yoga recently and I forgot how much I love it! My good friend and I are going to get a monthly membership and give it a go. :)

I also got these new shoes that are not running shoes but trail shoes, and they give such great support towards where I need it most. I strongly recommend trying out some new shoes if you feel like you are struggling a bit with walking or jogging (whatever it may be) because I have noticed a tremendous difference in the way I walk, my agility is so much better and I walk more “straight on” rather than with my foot turned inward, as I do in my case. I had no idea shoes could be so comfy :p haha.

WOW!

So I just received an email from this upcoming author, John Quinn…he is in the middle of producing his first novel, Someone Like Me: The Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph over Cerebral Palsy, that is scheduled to be released in the Spring of 2010. I read the first chapter and I am already hooked! Check out his website and spread the word – www.johnwquinn.com  His life experiences seem intriguing and inspriational to say the least I can’t wait to read his book!

Also, yet another inspiring person with Cerebral Palsy- Bonner Paddock, a member of Orange County’s own United Cerebral Palsy group, he has shared his incredible story of climbing a 19,000 ft. mountain! He documented his journey and shared is with the world, check it out! http://www.beyond-limits.com/home.php

Congrats to Both John and Bonner for amazing successes with challenging yourself with CP. Hearing your stories makes me feel like I can accomplish anything that comes my way. I  hope that all of you teens out there feel the same way and keep at it!

I’ll be on again soon, I’m working on make my posts shorter and more frequent. ;) Enjoy your Sunday afternoon!

 

-Katy

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