I am a 25 year old mom with Cp. I just recently was turned down for SSDI and SSI . I had it as a kid, but now they say I do not qualify for help .

Doctor says that if I keep up with being on my feet and looking for work because the state say I have to I am going to be in a wheel chair in no time . I really do not want that to happen since I have 5 kids to care for any suggestions would be helpful .

Sorry to hear this Kat! How about trying acupuncture, a lot health problems are solved by acupuncture.

What exactly does the accupuncture do . That is one thing that I never understood How does it help

Omg that's so sad to hear. I don't know any remedies for this and those acupuncture I think is used to treat some diseases. And I haven't heard of this used in a CP patient.

I did some research this morning and yes the acupuncture is used to try and relieve the spasms in the body but that is it . And it s not guaranteed , is any other treatment at this point

This could be so sad, kat. Do you know that I have also a friend who has a cerebral palsy? Well, thanks God! She's now OK and could continue now her normal work. I'm not totally sure if it this disease is curable. What I remember, she had undergone medication for more than a years.

They say that Cp is an incurable disease . It does not get worse or better ...But in some cases I think they are wrong . You see I have undergone 13 surguries on my feet and now it is so hard for me to walk and get around that you would think that I was way older it is so hard to get good health care because my feet and ankles are so weak that just the right movement and I end up in the ER

OMG! sorry to hear that, kat. So, you are under medication now? By the way, what happened to your feet? Do they still have a connection with cp?

No i am not on any medications I just deal with it ... Some days it is hard and others not so much. My feet and the problems with them are just part of the cp ...yea i always will have that reminder .

Sorry to hear that. But just a question what do you normally feel or what are symptoms? because I am not familiar with the disease. Is it hereditary? how were you able to acquire such disease?