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Day 964: Cerebral Palsy and the importance of calcium

I should be more careful about what I eat and don’t eat– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s  2  : 43 PM on day 964 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself bread and boiled egg for  breakfast, go to the doctor,  publish my Disability of the Day feature and feed myself pasta and chicken curry for lunch.

This morning I went to the doctor complaining of back pain and trouble urinating (I thought I had some sort of issues with my kidneys or something this is why you shouldn’t Google your symptoms) after he examined me he told me I had bone pain and proceeded to lecture me about the importance of calcium in my diet apparently because I move less than the average person my bones are weaker and my muscles are more likely to waste away faster so he put me on a multivitamin, a calcium supplement and painkillers and told me to eat well and drink plenty of water I suppose I should be grateful that there’s nothing seriously wrong with me but I can’t help feeling a little embarrassed I always seem to make mountains out of molehills when it comes to my health.

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