It's now been 24 hours since I was diagnosed with Spastic Diplegia or Little's Disease, a form of CP.

I found this message board last night & was relieved to see I'm not the only one that has been diagnosed as an adult.

This morning I decided to start this blog. My first posts were quick summaries of what when through my head yesterday.

I failed to mention that my husband had gone to the first appointment with my neurologist & feels comfortable...

My brother-n-law, RDB, has a PhD in bio-chemistry & does medical research on cholesterol. I had to give him a call & see if he thought my new diagnosis was "medically feasible".

I talked about my visit with the neurologist. We also discussed my current visits to the chiropractor & massage therapists (now 2x weekly). Of course, he knows of my knee replacement. After a while he just kept saying " it makes sense".

He asked about the...

Yesterday, I went for my 2nd follow-up with my neurologist for treatment of Chronic Pain Syndrome. We discussed the increased tightness of muscles in my legs and butt. We moved to an exam room & he re-tested my muscular reflexes and had me walk for him & then walk one foot in front of the other. Wow, I couldn't walk a straight line & kept reaching for the wall to my right.

We stepped back into his office where he proceeded to tell me that my reflexes had changed drastically...

So we went to see Janna's physical medicine doctor and boy were they surprised! They said they have never saw a patient that looked as good as her as far as her facial expressions and personality. Then they had to give me the statistics which I hate to hear letting us know she may never walk or crawl. I know in my heart she will do all of these things in time with continuous pt and ot and our help. I am praying for all who are going through this and I am thinking of petitioning the government to...