Awareness 2016
I sure would love to hear from some readers. Let me know how this post was received by you in the comments at the bottom. Thanks! September among other things, is Charcot Marie Tooth Awareness month . I have two tabs on the top of this page that can explain CMT and who discovered it. For this year I want to talk about what CMT is to me. CMT, I have had it all my life and yet it continues to present me with new challenges. I am 55 and I still try to ignore it and on a good day almost get away with it. When I over do it my joints ache and throb with pain. I have learned to adapt, evolved I suppose, in to a creature that is determined to be resilient. My arms are very weak now. I was trying to strengthen them but it only made things worse . My feet are turning in more and at night the pain from the calf muscles makes it hard to sleep. My body wants to curl in to a ball, it's tempting but I still resist. Stretching all I can within my limitations.