Signal Boost: Estee's Calamity · 2:06pm Sep 13th, 2018
Estee's mother is ill in a number of ways. Any help you can provide is appreciated.
My mother is in the incipient stages of dementia, so I know the feeling.
Estee's mother is ill in a number of ways. Any help you can provide is appreciated.
My mother is in the incipient stages of dementia, so I know the feeling.
diagnosis:
Diabetes
Cataract in his left eye
Eye infection from dry eyes and scratching said dry eyes
Of those three, we shelled out for diabetes medication and special food, as well as antibiotics and eyedropper. We cant afford the $4000 needed for cataract surgery, though.
I'm planning on setting up a GoFundMe soon to see if we have a chance at restoring his vision.
Steel Resolve is a nice guy who has been through some recent hardships including trying to get his wife on disability. He could use a little help if possible (link in previous sentence), even if small.
It's official: I'm not teaching this semester. I'll be on Family Medical Leave, accurately abbreviated FML.
If they figure out my severe fatigue, I might be able to start writing productively again (and I'd have time off for it). In the meantime, I'm slowly working on two stories—one very important.
So-
I was listening to some audio adaptations of a few fimfics on youtube the other day. It got me to thinking - I already have a comic adaptation of one of my stories. It sure would be nifty to hear somebody read one of them aloud.
Then I thought to myself, you know what? Heck with it. Why not do it myself?
The first edition of my Lovely Darkness book is sold out (I had been taking orders in the comments below). Due to medical reasons, I don't know when I'll be able to revise the book for Lulu so it may be a while before I'm able to sell again. Hopefully before January I can finish the update, but no promises.
Tonight, I sleep in my own bed for the first time in about a week. Then, tomorrow, I fly out to the US for about a week to attend my grandfather's memorial.
When I get back, it's go time on writing, and I have a tiny light of hope.
Voice still isn't doable on its own. It may be a long time before it is. But while travelling, I discovered an option that could, potentially, augment it.
Alright, here's an odd request for y'all.
A friend of mine is working on a query letter for her book. Industry standards means she needs to compare her book to other books on the market. None of my writing group could think of appropriate comparisons, so I thought I'd ask here.
She's writing a medical/science thriller. The comparative book can be a little loose, but ideally not that dissimilar. The comparison can not be;
A lot of things have been happening to my body and brain, and so far it has mostly been ordeals without a clear resolution (low response means we had to try a new anesthetic that hurts like fire going in, might be changing electrode placement which could lead to memory loss, the vein the anesthetic went in when I woke up during the procedure is hardened and itchy now, and so on). But I'm in good medical hooves, and expect that things will turn around eventually.
I'm starting a new medication, which will ideally help with my depression and anxiety! Also, it's supposed to pair well with my ADHD meds, so it'll also help with that a bit as well. Very exciting! I'm not looking forward to the transitional period, but there's little I can do about that. It'll be worth it if these meds end up helping me more.
I'll make a blog about the shit I've been up to some other time. Right now, I'm kind of having a huge emergency -- except it's not impacting me. It's impacting my boyfriend. He's disabled and trying to get a car... the problem is his family is filled with other people who are disabled and they have no working vehicle. They live in poverty. I'm broke from getting my friends -- as well as him and his family -- many Christmas gifts. I have nothing near the money to help them get an emergency car.
I accidentally logged on two days ago (laptop cookies), but it's probably good I did. I appreciate the support.
I'm on my tenth family of depression medications now (Prozac, ironically), not counting the off-brand uses of various other drug classes. If I'm extremely lucky, I might start to feel better in a month.
Yeah, I hate to do this, everyone. I am working on the chapter, and progress has been made, but a certain medical condition of mine reared its ugly head and thoroughly ruined my ability to concentrate on writing earlier this week, and while I feel better now, it's also a very busy time at work, and I don't think I can concentrate on both this fanfic and my students at the same time. So, since people pay me to teach and not to write about adorable robot ponies, I'm afraid I'm