200,000 Downloads, Two New Shows, and the Road Back to Health

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A quiet “wow” turned into a hard-earned milestone: 200,000 downloads. We share the win, then get practical about what comes next—two new shows taking shape, a tighter calendar as school begins, and the real work of staying creative while managing complex care. If you’ve ever juggled ambition with recovery, this one will feel close to the bone.

We unpack the purpose behind a new writing podcast grounded in disability perspective—interviews with authors who navigate craft, access, and the messy middle of making books when your energy and pain fluctuate. We also lay out updates on our mental health series, explaining how we design conversations around simple tools, clear language, and routines that stick. On the logistics side, transportation becomes a key theme: the vehicle application, specialist coordination, and why mobility changes everything from clinic visits to recording days. It’s the unglamorous work that makes the creative work possible.

Health updates are candid and specific. We walk through the latest Botox plan for right-leg spasticity, why the left leg waited, and a follow-up window that may include dose changes and a nerve block. There’s an infectious disease visit aimed at slowing recurrent C. diff, plus a pain management approach that pairs Botox with consistent physical therapy and careful tracking of what actually helps. We keep the conversation grounded in function—less tightness, better sleep, more minutes of ease—so progress has a shape you can feel. With a co-host travel window coming up, expect a mix of joint recordings, solo check-ins, and a few author interviews to keep the momentum moving.

If this mix of honesty, craft, and practical care resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a quick review to help others find us. What author or topic should we tackle first? Your suggestions guide the next round of conversations.

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:02):
Welcome to a winning point everyone.
I um this is unbelievable.
Today when we when I checked thestats, it landed up being two K
download.
Two hundred thousand downloads.

(00:25):
Don't know how that happened,but it landed up being 2k
downloads, 200,000 downloads,and um I started ink ink with a
disability, which is my writingpodcast, um my writing podcast

(00:48):
with a disabled viewpoint whereI'm going to be interviewing
awesors and with disabilitiesand just normal everyday awesome
too, just so they can inspireyou guys to write books.
And so I'm getting all thatlined up.

(01:10):
I have my mental health podcast,which is out to a mind a mindful
meet with uh me, and then um Iam doing all that, plus I am

(01:33):
trying to organize school,school starts on October 23rd,
and then I am also organizegetting a vehicle.
So school and wheels and allthat stuff.
So um I have to finish out myapplication for the vehicle, and

(01:59):
I have to finish out talking toum the authors of special ed OJ
on that.
And so school wills andpodcasting, that's what we're up
to, and so we're this is goingto be a really short episode

(02:26):
because um, yeah, just becauseI'm trying to get everything
organized, and so welcome toMonday, you guys.
And Monday as we recall this,and so and oh, I forgot to tell
you, they um did my Botox, theydid um my right leg, not my

(02:57):
left, uh, because the doctordidn't feel like it was
necessary.
Now I wanted my left, but thedoctor didn't feel it was
necessary, so I go on thedoctor's guidance.
I don't make my own decisions onthat one.

(03:20):
And then um, and then I'm tryingto have a meeting with them in
um six weeks to organize to geta higher dose and organize a
nerve block to get a higher doseof Botox.

(03:43):
So we'll see how that goes.
And um I have a meeting withinfectious disease to slow this
um C diff down, and it's lovelyslowing C diff down.
I'll be doing that um privately.

(04:04):
I'll be taking films for thefingle matter trance.
I'll just learn along the wayhow this all works, and then
we'll see.
And then um so I have that.
I also have a meeting with painmanagement because of my injury,

(04:26):
and I am slowly working ongetting it down.
It's coming down, but it's tightand yeah, it's tight and it's
fun, and it's not fun at thesame time.
And so I'm slowly but surelyworking on getting my leg down

(04:47):
and getting my leg release, andwith Botox and PT, that's the
only thing they say I can do.
So Botox and PT, that's what I'mdoing, but I'm working on
getting my leg down, and so Iwill let Daniel lead us out, and

(05:11):
we will talk to you guys later.
Thank you for following us, asshe said, thank you for
following us.
So, um, Daniel, when do youleave?

(05:40):
So I still get you for a coupleweeks.
One more.
Well we'll do uh uh episodetogether and I may do a couple
solo episodes, you guys.
Yeah, plays with Mickey and manymouths on the cruise, lucky duck

(06:04):
here.
Yeah, uh yeah, I we'll probablydo a couple solo episodes.
Anyway, bye you guys, and we'llcatch I'll catch you with a
couple interviews and see howthis podcast rolls.
Bye you guys.
Bye.