flashback... understanding that I have cp...

[blackbelt1997]

My mom told me right after she got the diagnosis. I was 8 or 9 at the time, and remembered that it was an incredibly long word. It took me until I was 12 to pronounce it correctly. It took me until a few years ago to pronounce spasticity. My mom asked me if I wanted to join a group for kids with cp, but I declined. I didn't meet anyone else with cp until I was in middle school, and someone else in high school, but we were not friends. In college, I became friends with a few people with cp.

[funnylegs4]

Interesting. They didn't know I had cp until I was at least 5 months old probably because I was born in Russia and their med system was junk. Also my cp is mild. Why didn't they find out about your cp sooner?

[blackbelt1997]

The doctors kept telling my mom that I would eventually catch up physically or told her that I wasn't walking as a toddler because she (my mom) was spoiling me (carrying me all of the time). She carried me all of the time because I didn't walk when it was developmentally appropriate. I would either just crawl or try to pull up on things. When she stood me up, I apparently tried to take a step, but just fell. I was two before I started walking.
After I started walking I was still physically behind other kids. I didn't cut with scissors well, couldn't carry juice to the table when I was "snack helper" and was also scared to death of the playground at preschool.
I guess finally when I was 8, drastic physical differences occured and the doctors couldn't ignore the situation any longer. One doctor said I had a progressive and fatal muscle conditon. Finally, I got a diagnosis.