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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.

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And so here's the update today.
Okay.
The update as it stands onOctober twenty-ninth Wednesday.

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I should have realized that.

(01:56):
Which that was interesting.
Today I've been having a bunchof diarrhoea.
Yes.
I know TMI, but diarrhea becauseof not only the Colin Clans, but
the Bank of Myerson.

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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 formy vehicle, which is okay.

(02:41):
We're going to work on that asof probably after well, probably
before Christmas, because I amgoing to ask my family if they

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my mom's family if they can giveme a vehicle, since they're the
ones that don't want me onpublic transportation.
I could care less how I get frompoint A to point B, quite

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frankly.
I mean it's a handicapable bus,but I couldn't care less.
But do I need all the bells andthe whistles?
That's nice, but at the end ofthe day I put my pants on just
like you do.
One leg in, one leg in.

(03:45):
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 toget a CT scan on Halloween,

(04:12):
which is on Friday, and Iliterally have to go get a CT
scan on Friday.
And I have to then wait tillNovember 7th to see what he had

(04:35):
he, my doctor, DoctorWashington, Dylan Washington,
now DeVarso, Arizona, inPhoenix, Arizona.
In Phoenix, Arizona.
And I have to wait to see whathe says um what he's gonna do

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about my hip.
They tried to take x-rays, andit was uh the x-rays were
successful, but the imaging, howthe imaging came out, you really
can tell.
So you really can't tell withthe x-ray.
So that's why he wants me to doa CT scan.

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And I'm like, okay, that'sthat's fine, but um really I
don't do a CT scan.
Uh so I'm hoping that he's goingto give me a partial hip
replacement or a total hipreplacement because I'm no spy

(05:52):
no spring chicken, no spychicken here anymore.
I'm almost 38 years old and umthe way my body's set up is I
have weak bones due toosteoporosis.
And yeah.

(06:14):
So I get a dexascan, bonedensity test, and yeah.
Should get one of the yeah, butI don't.
And I'm actually in the middleof switching dentist too, and so
that's been fun.

(06:35):
But we um yeah, we're gonna seewhat happens as for as getting a
vehicle and getting a um gettingmy hip replaced or realigned.
I don't think you can realign itat this point.

(06:58):
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'sthis has just gone on way too
long.
I mean, July 17th it happened,and July 16th, the in the early

(07:27):
morning I cannot sleep becauseof Allie Owie Allie, Allie,
Allie, Allie.
And I believe my hip wasn'tgood, the hospital didn't do
anything about it, but yeah.
So it's either a hip replacementor whatever Dr.

(07:55):
Washington wants to do, but Ithink in my own personal
opinion, a personal hipreplacement is going to be good,
or even a full one is going tobe good.
I know the rehab will be hell onthat, but um it's okay.

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I did it before and I was dangcross um walking to the
bathroom.
I'll come back up walking evenstronger with um smashing bricks

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and eating meals for breakfast.
I mean, I'll come back from thiseven stronger.
Um right now we are just dealingwith teensy whimsy setbacks on
top of teensy whinsey setbacks.
But and if you hear me out ofbreath a little bit, I'm still

(09:05):
dealing with splong kindness.
That's um it's a lot better thanit was, but I'm still dealing
with it.
So yeah, so literally life islifing, and yeah, and I have yet
to submit the paperwork toschool.

(09:26):
I'm going to email my doctortoday and say, would you send me
the copy you signed and thenI'll sign it again.
And so I hope you guys enjoy.

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winning heart and with adisability.
Let's get to 10,000.
So my next goal is 10,000.
Thanks.
See you guys.
Bye, you guys.