The EU vote shouldn't count

Date 29 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
I don’t normally bring politics into my blog, but this got to me. The EU vote shouldn’t count and speaking with others, it’s clear I’m not alone. The public has learned that the referendum campaigns were run on the basis of misleading information, mindless propaganda and a lack of transparency.…
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A late diagnosis

Date 23 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Finding out late in your 40’s that you have cerebral palsy isn’t the same as finding out at the age of 2 to 3 years old. When we’re diagnosed with something as a child we have our lives ahead of us to come to understand and adapt, to be able…
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Nursing myself to health

Date 11 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
The sad reality for me is that the older I get the harder it is to come back from illness and I'm not sure how in the long term I'll cope with it. Being a second twin, premature and having Cerebral Palsy are considered common factors. My biggest hurdle is…
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A different way to think

Date 4 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
I believe it takes a different thought process for us to feel at ease with what we have to deal with. For me it was even harder to transition into something I knew nothing about, particularly as the symptoms I had to deal with still existed, regardless of whether I…
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Secondary Effects of Cerebral Palsy

Date 31 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Being born with cerebral palsy meant that I would always have to deal with a wide-ranging variety of secondary conditions as part of the condition. These very much depend on the extent of the impairment and which part of ...
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Feeling unwell

Date 30 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
It seems a very long time since I did a more personal blog. On the back of feeling unwell with a cold, I’ve cancelled my arrangements for today. The phlegm from my cold has now gone on to my chest. It doesn’t matter how many supplements I take, I get…
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The CP Diary is 6

Date 16 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Tomorrow it will be 6 years to the day that I started writing and running The CP Diary, never having missed a day in 6 years. Not only is The CP Diary a big accomplishment for me, it is my daily inspirational tool that helps me live my life better…
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Living in ignorance

Date 7 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
It is a while since I’ve written a more personal blog. Unfortunately, the old patterns are still there. When I’m having a bad day, my thoughts go back to my emotional and physical struggles as a child and how I struggled not knowing what was wrong with me. The worst…
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Brain injury & relationships

Date 4 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
I’ve just been watching a documentary made and narrated by Louis Theroux on ‘Brain injuries’ and felt the need to write about it, because having a brain injury not only affects me, but affects other stroke victims too. The hard part for anyone dealing with a brain injury is the…
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Becoming self-absorbed

Date 26 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
There are many reasons why we become self-absorbed and it’s usually at a time when we’re stressed and not sure how to deal with things. Only caring about and being interested in ourselves, in our own thoughts and in our own interests. What changes us is how our lives are…
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Growing pains

Date 22 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
The things I didn’t like growing up, were the fact that I had one leg shorter than the other, a club foot and very little muscle tone on my left side, which left my left side very weak, part of the Cerebral Palsy scenario that I didn’t know I had. I…
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Understanding our worth

Date 20 April 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child, I used to think that giving up, meant it was because we had no staying power and that we were emotionally weak. As the adult I see things differently and believe the opposite to be true. That when we choose to walk away it has got nothing…
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