A confidence boosting appointment

I’m writing this post in my local Costa, sipping on tea and thinking about the week I’ve had.

It’s been a mixed bag. Nothing bad has happened and good things are happening on th CP front, but I’m feeling stalled in other areas of life.

I had an appointment with my consultant this week. This happens about once and year and we discuss the things that might help me progress.

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Using dry shampoo with cerebral palsy

My shower has been fixed so I can now shower and wash my hair independently again! Yay!

Although my mum was on hand while it was broken to tip buckets of water over me while it was out of action, I decided to buy some dry shampoo for the first time just in case, and I thought it would be a good excuse for me to try it out.

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Feeling invisible

Today I am annoyed.
I’ve been out shopping with my boyfriend and we took my wheelchair instead of my walking frame because we knew there’d be a lot of walking.

The thing is that three of four people today have literally walked into me because they weren’t looking where they were going.

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