Some days, it’s like I’ve just gone down under a really big wave, but I didn’t go down deep enough…. instead of the smooth quiet break above me, I am tossed around; gasping for air! only to be spit out by aftermath of the wave that just was. Of the day that just was. My … [Read more…]
Sometimes I find myself using less positive words such as can’t, but, or don’t in regard to the things life brings with cerebral palsy. Often it is only in my mind, but sometimes I’ll say it out loud– where I notice it more. I catch myself almost instantly in response to “well what about these … [Read more…]
I wrote this about a year ago for a friend but I think that now is the perfect time to publish it! This was also pre-exosym so I want you to know that you can still take on athletics without special aid, I did for many years! This week, I am gradually getting back into the gym … [Read more…]
It has been awhile since I have written a blog post, even anything at all! Now I have waited too long and I have too many thoughts ready to jump on the page. It is easy to become caught up in the ongoings of life after being away from several months but it is time … [Read more…]
I have been traveling in South America since January 2nd, 2017 with my boyfriend who was crazy enough to think up this adventure. He had already driven thousands of miles through Mexico and Central America by the time I joined, so he knew most of what we were in for luckily, for me. In his … [Read more…]
Phase Three: Becoming Bionic Days four and five of my first week in the device were kind of a blur in the sense that my dad had left to go back to work and I was left to decipher all of this on my own. I began to worry about the idea of taking on … [Read more…]
Becoming Bionic: Phase Two For the initial month or so, I would have to consider how long it would take me to run errands because every step had to be strategic and better than the last. this way of walking was completely foreign and strange. all of the sudden— my left leg could keep up … [Read more…]
“The carbon-fiber ExoSym brace(s) consist of a plate customized to the shape of the foot and two struts leading up the back of the calf, connecting to a support holster below the knee. As you step down, the brace redirects weight and energy away from the joints and stores it in the carbon fiber, kind … [Read more…]
Friends, readers, and passers by… For those of you who don’t know, my name is Katy Fetters and I created a blog back in 2009 called www.teencerebralpalsy.com. I was 17 at the time and in great need of an outlet to talk about what life is like with a physical disability. I wanted to find … [Read more…]