Hello and welcome to Fun Fact Friday where I share facts about myself that aren’t linked to my cerebral palsy.
I don’t think I’ve told you before that my star sign is Capricorn.
Author: Nicola Golding
My name is Nic, I'm 26 and just happen to have Cerebral Palsy that I've had since birth. It mostly impacts on my legs and my left arm and so I use a walking frame. When I'm not blogging I can usually be found making YouTube videos, reading or trying to write a novel.
VIDEO: Cooking with cerebral palsy
Check out my new video about how I cook with cerebral palsy
Changing bedsheets
There’s been a few times now that I struggle with various aspects of housework, like doing the laundry and folding clothes to put them away or pack
I’ve found ways to make doing all these easier over time, like using liquid tabs instead of washing powder so that I don’t have to struggle with lifting heavy boxes of washing powder, and I think if I ever lived alone I’d probably invest in a washer/dryer so that I wouldn’t have to faff around trying to hang things on a clothes horse or getting the clothes from one thing to the other.
That said, the one thing I don’t think I’ll ever be able to fathom, and, yes, I know you’re never supposed to say never, is changing my bed sheets. I know enough able-bodied people who are a lot taller than my tiny 4ft 10″ who find that really hard and say they prefer to do it with another person.
VIDEO: Things I try not to think about
I always try not to think about what my life may have been like if I were able-bodied. It always makes me feel guilty and ungrateful.
Starting Baclofen for cerebral palsy
You may have seen on social media that I finally took the plunge and started taking Baclofen a couple of weeks ago. It’s basically a muscle relaxant my consultant prescribed me quite a few months ago to help with the increasing number of bad cerebral palsy days I was having.
She told me it was something I could basically start and stop taking as I need to because it would be out of my system within a few hours. She suggested a I started on a smaller dose twice a day, but I could increase that to three times a day if needed. She also suggested an amount I could up the dose to if necessary.
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