#CPChatNow Recap- 8/14/24

This past week in #CPChatNow was bustling as always! Members discussed yummy birthday treats, what they had made progress on during the past week, and what they would do if they could go back to school. This is #CPChatNow co-host, Devin Axtman, taking you along for the ride on this week’s recap. All aboard!

Hannah recently had a birthday and she talked about a peanut butter fudge cake that her grandma made for her birthday.

hannah tweets about her grandma making her cake and zach asked what kind it was. hannah tweets it is guten free chocolate with peanut butter icing

Next, Zach asked what members had made progress on during the last week.Zach talked about a recent video on goal setting and CP that he had recently completed.

zach asks what people made progress on the last seven days and tweets about a youtube video he had recently completed on goal setting and cp

Jen talked about plans for her upcoming birthday.

jen tweets she has made progress n birthday plans. zach tweets he is glad she is doing something for a big birthday

Finally, Zach asked members what they would do if they could redo school.

zach asks if members would do anything different if they could return to school, he tweets he wishes he was more outgoing, but that he is who he is because of the experiences he had and didn't have, I tweeted I would be bold and try more things

This brings us to our Extend-The-Conversation Question: What is your favorite kind of cake? Please share your answers in the comments and join us each Wednesday at 8 Eastern at #CPChatNow on X!

Thanks for reading!

~Devin

#CPChatNow Recap- 12/18/2019

This past week in #CPChatNow was festive as always. As you might imagine, talk centered largely around the upcoming holidays, but other topics were also discussed. Hop in the sleigh for this week’s #CPChatNow recap led by your Co-Host, Devin Axtman.

First, we have an announcement. #CPChatNow will be changing dates to Thursday for the next two weeks due to the holidays.

Zach announcing the next #CPChatNow is Thursday instead of Wednesday

Kate joined us after graduating nursing school and shared some of her challenges of being a nurse with CP. She shared she would feel very fatigued when coming home from work:

Zach congratulates kate on graduating nursing school. kate shared cp added trouble to starting her job.

Next, not surprisingly talk to turned to the upcoming holidays. Talk turned to cooking for family and what made a kitchen accessible and CP friendly:

zach asks heather what makes a kitchen accessible. she likes prep surfaces where she can sit down and cut-proof gloves. zach tweeted he likes sitting uses knives

Zach then asked if people put up a Christmas tree and if CP impacted their ability to do so:

zach asked if people put up a christmas tree and if CP made things difficult. chris said she does not and heather tweeted she only did if she was hosting. i tweeted we have a small tree, but i need a lot of help with decorating

Finally, Zach asked what people’s favorite Christmas traditions were. People talked of getting together with family and looking at Christmas lights.

zach asked about christmas traditions. he tweeted about christmas eve at grandma's and getting in the car to look at christmas lights. kate tweets about liking christmas eve more than christmas. zach tweeted christmas eve is when his extended family got together

This brings us to our Extend-The-Conversation Question: What is your favorite Christmas tradition? Make sure to share your answers in the comments and join us on Thursday at 8 Eastern at #CPChatNow.

-Devin