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Today is New Year’s Eve and we are about to get rid of the mind blowing and crushing year dated 2020. Last year on this day, I was busy detoxing Naproxen from my system in order to prepare for my hip replacement. I was in a lot of arthritic pain as my friends partied andContinue reading “SIP, SHUT-DOWNS & A NASTY VIRUS, aka 2020”

I have been at home for 37 days since getting out of the convalescent/rehab. Once the pain subsided in my leg, I was left with a daily routine that the word boredom could not possibly define. My daily routine consists of waking up, hopping into the bathroom on my trusty walker, showering, skin/hair care, gettingContinue reading “Extreme Couponing, Love Is Apparently Blind. & My Feet Are Killing Me”

On January 26th I was released from rehab. I was able to escape for 6 hours the day before to attend my friends memorial two blocks away from my house. It was a bittersweet day seeing old friends to celebrate Scott’s life and also for me, passing by my home and not being able toContinue reading “Fleeing the Cuckoo’s Nest”

On the fourth day of rehab my therapist said to me…I had two therapist, Physical and Occupational and when I first met them they said my chart said no restrictions. This was incorrect due to the 40 lb. maximum weight capacity on my left leg and restrictions on bending forward or lifting the upper legContinue reading “Therapy, Gossip & Bingo”

I live in Marin County, California and with all the old wealthy people that live here, there were no beds available in a rehab/convalescent hospital or what the call a SNIF. I know SNIF stands for Skilled Nursing Facility but there are many smells that fragrant the air in these facilities that make you wonderContinue reading “Stop, Drop and Roll with Waxy”

January 7, 2020 was the day of my scheduled left leg total hip replacement. I arrived at San Francisco Kaiser Medical center at 10:15 am to be admitted to the surgery bay. The plan was to wait there until the scheduled surgery at 1:15 pm. I was staring at a weird poster on the wallContinue reading “Scalpel Please!”

Background My name is Evet DeCota. I was born in 1969 with a genetic bone disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta aka brittle bone disease or OI. This disease has many stages to it and I have one where I am missing partial or full amounts of collagen production in my bones, tendons, discs and connective tissue.Continue reading “Ms Glass”