Hello Everybody!
I stumbled into this forum just yesterday.
It's great to find a place where people with this condition get together and support each other.
Thought of sharing my story to encourge those who are still struggling to cope with CP.
I'm 34 years old woman from Taiwan and living with CP for more than 10 years now.
Most people around me don't know the fact that I still suffer from CP. 
A terrible hit and run scooter accident almost killed me just one day before summer vacation when I was studying in university (21 or 22 of age).
I survived the accident and finished university against all odds (all the professors advised me to drop out and stay in the hospital).
The first 2-3 years after the accident, I can only describe as all hell broke loose.
After all the surface wounds healed, the pain got worse and just won't go away.
I suffer from servere extreme headaches (the type that will knock you unconcious), backpain (basically from top to bottom, everything surrounding my spinal cord hurts), have trouble controlling both of my hands and have difficulty standing straight on my feet.
I went to see all kinds of doctors, tried everything that I can think of and no good news whatsoever.
The conclusion that I got was that I have only 2 years maximum of life left, I will eventually end up in a wheelchair and either die of suffocation (chest won't be able to expand due to withered nerous system cluching from behind) or pain.
Sounds like a death sentence, isn't it?
There was a point in the past that my body was no longer strong enough to take even the mildest "shake" since I was weaken by all the examination, medication, rehabilitation...etc.
Then I met a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine that told me this: "I cannot cure you and nobody is ever going to understand what you are going through but I will make you strong enough to withstand the pain. Let's just focus on staying alive and get back as much of what's taken away from you as possible. We will be able to laugh at all the doctors that said you only have 2 years left when you out lived their predictions."
With the help of that doctor and my mind set to be well, I got my strength back and slowly set my life back on track.
I'm glad to share the fact that I got back 80% of all the "you will not be able to do" in my life.
Many where surprised to find out what's the real reason behind me taking a few days off from work now and then.
Yes, I am concious of the fact that CP may have no cure and will stay for the rest of my life.
Yes, I do need very strong pain killers in combination with muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory medication just to get myself out of bed and standing on both feet on very bad days.
However, aside from this, I am living a perfectly normal life.
Don't loose hope and be positive.
You'll be surprised at how much you can achieve! 