Staying positive

Date 3 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I find that my days always have a marked effect on my mood around what I deal with emotionally around cerebral palsy. I can start off with such positive thoughts then my mood spirals. I need people in my life who are positive. I see myself as being positive, but…
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Acceptance

Date 27 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I know what this feels like. In society and in the home very few people look beyond a person’s disability to see the real person underneath. We need to be more accepting of others and that comes when we’re more accepting of ourselves. For those who deal with any long-term…
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Watch this space

Date 25 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I live with and manage Cerebral Palsy, but I need to also have good health. Good health is the catalyst for me managing Cerebral Palsy on a daily basis. When I started The CP Diary I had no idea about what I was going to write about.  All I knew…
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Venting

Date 23 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I’m having one of those days playing catch up and waiting for phone calls that aren’t forthcoming. Life would certainly be easier if I got the call backs. It’s just so frustrating. I’m struggling a bit, unconsciously thinking about other issues. Nothing is standing out and all I know is…
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Evaluating my life

Date 22 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I know that the realisation that I could have researched my birth notes many years ago, has left me with a lot of uncertainty, a closing door that could have given me the answers, acceptance or closure on what I know now to be Cerebral Palsy. A year ago I…
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Opinions, but the wrong ones

Date 21 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child, because I was never taught to have an opinion, I never expressed one. I sometimes wonder why people have opinions about everyone and everything and why those opinions then become part of their everyday lives. It makes what we deal with so much harder, as if what…
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I'll be back tomorrow

Date 18 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I will be back on the site tomorrow... please feel free to respond on my blogs. I'm struggling mentally today.
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Emptiness

Date 14 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I am writing this blog because it will not only help me, but hopefully will help others with what they have to deal with, when they cannot see a way through what seems like a massive blur. Being let down There is no doubt, that I have been let down…
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A Shared Story

Date 10 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I will be continuing my research for alternative therapies, but felt I needed to write this blog today. Having spoken to a friend yesterday about our childhood experiences and my living with a physical problem, my friend couldn’t believe that it had taken 46 year for me to find out…
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'Me'

Date 8 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I woke up thinking how good it would be if I could accept the things I cannot change and then I became slightly agitated, because I know I don’t always manage it. Managing my disability There are days where everything is going swimmingly and although I don’t emotionally think about…
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Closure

Date 7 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I have periodically written about how negative thoughts bring about stress and because those thoughts are part of my life, I write about them. There are days where I feel fine, those are my busy days, then there are days where because I have no emotional support and understanding on…
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Problems with organs & CP

Date 5 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
Being born premature and with Cerebral Palsy, I am looking for information on organs that tell us we how our organs will age with the condition. I have been told that although I was born 6 weeks premature, my internal organs will have renewed themselves to their natural maturity, but…
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