How Do You Keep Moving When Your Body Won’t Cooperate?

The body doesn’t wait for perfect timing, and neither do we. This update brings you right into the mess and movement of real life: unclear hip X-rays, a CT scan scheduled for Halloween, and hard choices about partial versus total hip replacement. We talk through pain that steals sleep, the slow march of appointments, and the honest math of rehab—what it takes, what it gives back, and why the mindset you carry is often the strongest medicine.

We also get practical about access. Financing for a vehicle fell through, so we explore family help and simpler options that still get the job done. When you live with disability, transportation is more than convenience—it’s independence and energy saved for what matters. Alongside that, we highlight the paperwork that quietly shapes progress, from emailing doctors to switching dentists. These are the unglamorous steps that keep care moving.

Through it all, the creative heartbeat stays strong across our shows focused on mental health and disability. We’re aiming for 10,000 downloads, not as a vanity metric but as a way to reach more people who need a clear voice and a steady hand. If you’ve ever tried to heal while the rest of life keeps calling, you’ll find solidarity here: small wins, honest setbacks, and a commitment to come back stronger.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Show Update Across All Feeds
• 0:45 Health Flare And Daily Realities
• 2:31 Vehicle Setback And Next Steps
• 4:00 Imaging Roadblock And CT Plan
• 5:36 Considering Hip Replacement Options
• 7:30 Resilience, Rehab, And Setbacks
• 9:15 Paperwork, Goals, And Sign-Off

Transcript

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Hi you guys, this is going on all my podcast feeds. So it's a recording only for all my podcast feeds. A mental health podcast, a winning heart, inks with a disability. And so and please subscribe to Inks with a disability. That's on Buzz Sprout. Winning Horn is on Buzz Sprout. My mental health one is on Blueberry, but it can be found everywhere too. And so here's the update today. Okay. The update as it stands on October twenty-ninth Wednesday. I should have realized that. Which that was interesting. Today I've been having a bunch of diarrhoea. Yes. I know TMI, but diarrhea because of not only the Colin Clans, but the Bank of Myerson. So yeah, it's been fun. It's been fun. It's been fun. It's been real. So that is that. And I did not get financing for my vehicle, which is okay. We're going to work on that as of probably after well, probably before Christmas, because I am going to ask my family if they my mom's family if they can give me a vehicle, since they're the ones that don't want me on public transportation. I could care less how I get from point A to point B, quite frankly. I mean it's a handicapable bus, but I couldn't care less. But do I need all the bells and the whistles? That's nice, but at the end of the day I put my pants on just like you do. One leg in, one leg in. Call it good. And even with a contraction, it's one leg in, one leg in. So um contracted leg. Now, that being said, I have to get a CT scan on Halloween, which is on Friday, and I literally have to go get a CT scan on Friday. And I have to then wait till November 7th to see what he had he, my doctor, Doctor Washington, Dylan Washington, now DeVarso, Arizona, in Phoenix, Arizona. In Phoenix, Arizona. And I have to wait to see what he says um what he's gonna do about my hip. They tried to take x-rays, and it was uh the x-rays were successful, but the imaging, how the imaging came out, you really can tell. So you really can't tell with the x-ray. So that's why he wants me to do a CT scan. And I'm like, okay, that's that's fine, but um really I don't do a CT scan. Uh so I'm hoping that he's going to give me a partial hip replacement or a total hip replacement because I'm no spy no spring chicken, no spy chicken here anymore. I'm almost 38 years old and um the way my body's set up is I have weak bones due to osteoporosis. And yeah. So I get a dexascan, bone density test, and yeah. Should get one of the yeah, but I don't. And I'm actually in the middle of switching dentist too, and so that's been fun. But we um yeah, we're gonna see what happens as for as getting a vehicle and getting a um getting my hip replaced or realigned. I don't think you can realign it at this point. My hip is too far gone. I mean it's not bone on bone, but it's certainly out, and what I believe is out, and then it's this has just gone on way too long. I mean, July 17th it happened, and July 16th, the in the early morning I cannot sleep because of Allie Owie Allie, Allie, Allie, Allie. And I believe my hip wasn't good, the hospital didn't do anything about it, but yeah. So it's either a hip replacement or whatever Dr. Washington wants to do, but I think in my own personal opinion, a personal hip replacement is going to be good, or even a full one is going to be good. I know the rehab will be hell on that, but um it's okay. I did it before and I was dang cross um walking to the bathroom. I'll come back up walking even stronger with um smashing bricks and eating meals for breakfast. I mean, I'll come back from this even stronger. Um right now we are just dealing with teensy whimsy setbacks on top of teensy whinsey setbacks. But and if you hear me out of breath a little bit, I'm still dealing with splong kindness. That's um it's a lot better than it was, but I'm still dealing with it. So yeah, so literally life is lifing, and yeah, and I have yet to submit the paperwork to school. I'm going to email my doctor today and say, would you send me the copy you signed and then I'll sign it again. And so I hope you guys enjoy. Please share all this knowledge and wisdom out with friends. Let's get to a thousand downloads on 10,000 downloads on mental health podcast. A minute, a mindful minute, and then um let's get to 10,000 on a winning heart and with a disability. Let's get to 10,000. So my next goal is 10,000. Thanks. See you guys. Bye, you guys.