Health Matters
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Recovery hasn’t gone quite how I expected. I had my right total hip replacement on March 20th, and despite all the plans I had to keep myself occupied, I really did none of them. I arrived at the hospital at 5:30 AM after not sleeping a wink overnight. I was incredibly nervous and genuinely just… Read more
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Tomorrow morning, everything changes. After years of living in a body that has held me back more than it’s carried me forward, I’m finally having my hip replacement surgery. Saying that out loud still feels surreal. There’s anxiety, of course—the kind that creeps in when you think about operating rooms, recovery timelines, pain, and the… Read more
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In early 2016, two neighbor ladies showed up at my door because their son was friends with one of my kids. I had no idea that within just a couple of months, one of those women would become my best friend. Amber and her wife were so much fun to be around. I hadn’t really… Read more
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I’ve been holding off on posting an update, thinking I’d wait until I had something useful to say — like “I’m healthy!” or “Surgery is back on!” or literally any progress at all. Instead, here we are. I’m exhausted and honestly feeling pretty defeated. Felix and I had two or three short-lived viruses before my… Read more
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Living in a body that won’t cooperate is like slow-onset torture. For years, my hips haven’t just hurt—they’ve held me back. At first, just a little. Gradually, over the years, more and more. Simple things—bending, walking, standing, even trying to sleep—have been battles I’ve fought quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) every day. I scheduled… Read more
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