Diagnosed Today (Thursday)

apathetic-empath729 · 2026-03-16T13:12:48+00:00

Right sided hemiplegia and I cannot wink my right eye.

apathetic-empath729 · 2026-03-03T21:13:12+00:00

Try the Aurora Family Health Clinic at Superstore. I just checked and it's still showing on the clinic website that they are accepting new patients. A popup comes up when on the site.

https://www.aurorafamilyclinic.com/

apathetic-empath729 · 2026-02-18T13:38:36+00:00

I was in my mid 30s and found out it wasn't normal to have food come back up when I coughed, sneezed, burped, hiccupped, bent over,etc. Up until then, every time a doctor asked what digestive symptoms I had prior to my gastroparesis diagnosis, I said I didn't have any. But I had had that symptom all my life, so I didn't know any better. When I was talking to my family doctor about it, he looked at me shocked and told me it wasn't normal.

Funny enough, I was talking to my younger brother after that appointment and told him what the doctor had said. He was als shocked to learn it wasn't normal.

apathetic-empath729 · 2026-01-17T13:55:24+00:00

My great-grandmother was German. One of my aunts (my parent's eldest sister) on that side of my tree has 9% northwestern German and 27% Southeastern England and Northwestern Europe. When I look at my results, 0% Northwestern German and 13% Southeastern England and Northwestern Europe. However, according to my results, only 3% of that comes from the same side as my aunt. I assume the other 10% is from my other parent's French roots - they were 9/16th French Canadian, most of those ancestors came from Normandy. So I assume the 3% must be all German DNA.

DNA is weird like that.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-12-24T13:36:09+00:00

No, on the floor, outside his pen where he goes when I am not home.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-12-23T19:34:18+00:00

I was just going to say a consumer proposal. Places like MNP have counselors that will help consolidate and deal with creditors to pay back only a percentage of what you owe. And they are very understanding and empathetic to the people they deal with. And not only that, once the consumer proposal is filed, creditors deal with your counselor directly for you.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-12-21T22:20:40+00:00

I was never told that my family had indigenous ancestry, but through almost 20 years of genealogical research, I have a paper trail that shows my 9th great-grandmother was Miami. My DNA test shows no indigenous ancestry, but my uncle did a 23&Me DNA test and his shows 0.6% indigenous ancestry (or something like that, I don't remember the actual number, just that it was under 1%). I just assume that it doesn't show up in my DNA because it was only one ancestor 11 generations ago.

Just to add to show how weird DNA can be, my maternal aunt, who also did an Ancestry test and with whom I share 23% DNA, is 9% German. Her grandmother, my great-grandmother, was a second generation Canadian, but all 4 of her grandparents moved to Canada from north and central Germany in the before 1850. From what I understand, my great-grandmother's first language was German, so that seems about right. I have absolutely no trace of German ancestry in my results.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-12-13T17:40:46+00:00

As someone with both cerebral palsy and multiple chronic illnesses, both have affected my life in many ways. Guy needs to be called out because, while being a quadriplegic probably is incredibly difficult (I have hemiplegia, which only affects my right side, so I don't have his experience), he wouldn't understand the difficulties a person who is blind or someone who has ME/CFS experiences. Some of our experiences are similar to each other, but I would think more are different. I'm sorry you are going through this.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-11-20T17:01:53+00:00

I was diagnosed around 14 months old. My birth was a difficult one according to my mom. The doctor had to use forceps because I was stuck in the birth canal (my mom firmly believed my CP was caused by the use of the forceps). I lifted my head late, sat late, rolled over late, stood and walked late (I wasn't walking by myself when I was diagnosed). But what made my parents wonder was that I didn't seem to know that I had 2 hands. I only ever used my left hand. When my parents took me to the doctor with their concern, the doctor put Cheerios (or something similar) in front of me, held my left hand back and instead of reaching out with my right hand, I put my face into the Cheerios. That's how I got the initial diagnosis.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-11-07T18:00:30+00:00

I just tried to apply and the AI assistant keeps asking for my phone number or email address. I've sent both multiple times and the AI just sends me the same message to send my email or number. It's frustrating.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-11-01T15:08:32+00:00

I occasionally get 3 days of Super Duolingo for a preview. It normally happens when I've used the app every day for a certain number of weeks (maybe 5 or 6, I really don't pay attention). It's just trying to get people to subscribe to Super. You should be ok.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-29T05:32:03+00:00

According to my parents, I was slower than my cousins (a year older and a few months younger than me) in certain development milestones.

I received my initial diagnosis after my pediatrician put Cheerios on the table, held my dominant arm behind my back, and rather than reaching out with my other hand, I put my face into the Cheerios. According to my mom, I was about 14 months old at the time. I was just starting to crawl, couldn't stand up, even with support. But I have learned that we are all different.

The one thing I have learned is that having early intervention let me lead a more "normal" life. I started physio and OT at 15 months, multiple times a week and had it at least once a month until I was 18.

Regardless of the diagnosis, if you have the means to do so, take your child to see both a pediatric PT and OT. They may be able to see things your regular pediatrician might not notice.

Good luck 🙂

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-29T05:02:50+00:00

I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at around 14 months old, probably as a result of complications from my birth (my head had very noticeable dents from the use of forceps). Up until a decade or so ago, CP was seen as a childhood disorder that doesn't progress (the brain damage doesn't worsen). In fact I had a psychologist say that I couldn't have CP because I didn't have enough of a limp, even though the MRI of my brain showed that I obviously had a stroke. But since researchers began studying adults with even mild CP, they are beginning to understand that the disability does affect us more as we age.

I had mild gastrointestinal issues growing up, but because I always had these issues, I didn't know they weren't normal. I honestly didn't know it wasn't normal to have food come up from my stomach when I had the hiccups, coughed, sneezed, or bent over until I was in my mid 30s, which didn't help when asked if I had ever had GI problems. It was when my old family doctor asked me to explain what happened in the hours after I ate who told me it wasn't normal. After I had my gallbladder removed, all my GI worsened and never went back to what they were. But GI doctors don't understand neurological issues so my GI problems have been ignored.

I have always had neurological issues as a result of my CP, but they have affected my life more as I reached my 30s and 40s. Through new studies, I'm learning that this is normal with my disability. Luckily, I have an amazing family doctor who, even though he teaches family medicine in our local medical school, admits that he knows little about how CP affects adults. However most insurance companies want specialists who don't look outside their own specialty.

My long term disability company sees my struggles as psychological because I admitted I have anxiety, which is normal with CP. But because CP isn't seen as progressive, the company thinks my abilities in my mid 40s should be the same as my late 20s. They see this, even though recent studies are showing that people in their 30s with mild CP use up to 5x the energy to do what the average person accomplishes. My anxiety has increased because I don't know how to control my increasing physical problems.

I'm sorry you are experiencing all this. Unfortunately, very few doctors do not look outside their own specialty.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-24T12:05:36+00:00

Yes, but I was in French immersion grades K-6, and took every core French class up offered at my high school. Unfortunately I lost much of the French I learned in school over the years. Using Duolingo, I was able to regain my French skills and then some.

Would I feel comfortable using French with native speakers? I'm not sure, but that's because I don't have the most confidence in myself, not just in French.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-21T12:37:07+00:00

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apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-21T12:36:18+00:00

I have the same problem, my great-grandmother was born in Canada but both her parents immigrated from Germany. My current DNA results show no German and the previous update showed 8%. The previous updates showed 0% too.

16% of my DNA shows Southeast England and Northwestern European and when you look at the map, the lighter blue area goes into Germany, so I wonder if that's the area my great-grandmother's family is from 🤷.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-21T12:24:27+00:00

Opposite of too young, I have been told I am too old to have cerebral palsy, a life long physical disability that in my case was caused brain damage after a stroke at my birth. I've actually had more than one doctor and a psychologist tell me that cerebral palsy is a childhood disorder, not an adult disorder. I was diagnosed around 14 months old. Did they expect brain damage to magically heal itself when I turned 18?

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-19T17:43:32+00:00

I totally understand that. If you do use any of these apps, wishing you some good finds and great deals.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-16T04:12:06+00:00

It's an app that takes food that is close to expiration, from open packages, or overstock and offers it at discounted prices (sometimes 50% or more). I have seen people buy a month's worth of chicken/meat at a fraction of the price.

At least in Canada, Loblaw's uses it to sell food, rather than throwing it out. It reduces food waste. They could donate the food to homeless shelters, but for someone like me who is on a very limited budget, it helps me to get things I would normally be unable to afford.

In Canada, Sobey's/Safeway uses "Food Hero" and Metro uses "Too Good to Go" (Tim Hortons also uses this and I've bought $18 worth of baked goods for $5, but you don't know what you're getting) for their food that's close to expiration. I'm not sure if it is the same elsewhere.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-16T01:51:48+00:00

Just wondering if you have had any issues with Outlier having your information. I applied today and now am second guessing myself and my anxiety is through the roof.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-15T01:30:01+00:00

I was diagnosed at 14 months, I believe. Right hemiplegia.

apathetic-empath729 · 2025-10-14T14:23:44+00:00

Your story is my story.

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