Cerebral palsy and menstruation

As you can probably tell by the title of this post. I’m going to be talking about how my menstrual cycle impacts on my Cerebral Palsy. I won’t be going into any of the ‘gory’ details but I will be talking about how it makes my muscles feel, and how my mother and I found which feminine hygiene products worked best for me. If you don’t want to read this I completely understand and I’ll see you next time.

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Clumsy me

I drop things.  I drop things a lot. Usually at really awkward times like out in public or in the shower.

Let’s just say that picking things up of the floor without falling over and ending up on the floor myself isn’t my strong point.

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The emotional side of bad cerebral palsy days

Those of you who like View From a Walking Frame’s Facebook page or follow me on Twitter (@NicolaG01) might have noticed that I’ve been having a few bad cerebral palsy days lately.

On these days, I feel physically like rubbish because most things ache of hurt, but they also have quite an impact on how I feel emotionally too.

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