I had a really hard time the weeks leading up to my daughter's surgery. I didn't deal with the stress well at all. I had problems with my medical insurance on...
The only person I remember treating me special was<br>my first grade teacher, Mrs. Turner, and she was wonderful. I was scheduled for my palate correction...
Remember your first grade class?<br>God comes to you, and offers you this deal. You can be born without your cleft, but some other child in that class will ...
Hi! We just learned about this club through a speech therapist. My husband and I are the proud parents of a beautiful,energetic two year old with a cleft of...
I have my days where the question "What If" continuoulsy runs through my mind. "What if I had been born without a cleft?" How wonderful life would have been....
Debbie - that is an excellent question. A Saint or a Sinner humm....First, I think giving your cleft to someone else does not make you a sinner just as much as...
Deb as for your question i found out it was my seizure medice that caused both my kids to have what they have ( spina bifida - the other cleft)would i give up ...
welcome to the club hope to see you in chat on 8 pm central on sunday nights to talk to some of us or either set up a time for everyone to talk at a good time...
Hello gayle,<br>I had to travel twice a week when my son was 3years old until he was five for speech and the drive was 1 hour long, up and back. Also, all my...
Hi Deb -<br><br>I'm glad to see you joined our club. I think you will find a lot of help and support here. The club for the most part is divided between ...
My name is Angela and my son was born with a sub mucous cleft palate. Because the cleft was covered with skin we only got it diagnosed when he was 4 years old ...
Hmmm, i was about to say YES DEFINATELY, but maybe not... I think it would be hard for me to give this to someone knowing how terrible it can be. Perhaps you...
Hi Deb, I'm Wendy. I have a 2 and 1/2 year old daughter with a cleft of just the soft palate. We did the speech therapy thing last year. My daughter is doing ...
Hi again everyone, I would just like to add that danny's cleft was just of the soft palate and after surgery he had 2 years of speech therapy and now he's ...
Debbie,<br> Being born with a cleft is not anything that I would wish on anyone, but in the same regard , I would gladly put it on many people for a week or...
Tom - That was a great idea. I never thought about it. I guess it would be great if people could "walk in our shoes" a little while. I am sure if they did,...
I watched the movie Gladiator with Russel Crowe last night, and I noticed that the person who played the emperor looked as if he had had a cleft lip. Did ...
I saw Gladiator today. The person who played the emperor was Jonquin Phoenix. And I do believe he does have a cleft. You can't miss it. Especially when there ...
I read an article about the movie and I believe the director said he picked Phoenix because he had an "interesting" face. He a good actor, but I do have a...
I havent seen the movie yet, I've herd it's good, but it sounds to me as if the cleft is portrayed as some kind of "shit head" excuse me please! I'm sorry , ...
My little one seems to be having a rough time this year with her allergies. No one else in the family has them. Is this another thing that comes along with...
In a Harry Potter book recently there was a reference to a villian who, in all his evilness, had a hare lip! Wonderful reading for our children.<br>Also, in ...
Hi chris... :~}<br>Does anyone know of any female actors with a cleft? I dont remember any when I was young and working in Los Angeles....<br>I do remember ...
I seem to remember in the book Huckleberry Finn a character, a girl with a cleft lip, called "Harelip!" That was her name.<br><br>I felt pretty embarrased...
I don't know if it directly does-- but I believe that we are more suseptable--- I have battled with allergies/colds all my life. I think with my cleft...
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