State of the Damaged · 7:05am Oct 30th, 2020
As many of you know, I have several health conditions that make it expedient that I stay away from people right now. These leave me able to get sick and infected really easily.
A leg injury I got about 10 months ago seemed to be healing (slowly), but recently showed signs of infection. I went and got some broad antibiotics and the wound cleaned out and they swabbed it to find out what it was infected with.
The test came back with nothing out of the ordinary and the antibiotics didn't do squat. My doctor is worried that the infection might be in the bone (that's really bad), so he got an x-ray and I will be getting a bone-scan in the coming week.
Why am I unloading all this? I get leg pain on and off during the day, and the doctor doesn't want me on more than mild painkillers so I don't ignore when there's more serious pain—this makes writing a... pain.
I won't be suspending my patreon yet—I have been keeping up—but if I start falling behind in the coming month, I'll pause my patreon until I'm caught up. What this means is that if I find myself unable to write at my normal pace—I will pause your payments for a month while I catch up. I've heard too many horror stories of people getting behind in their patreons—and am too professional in what I do—to allow that to happen to me.
Before anyone asks—no, I don't need money. Our public healthcare here means I am no more out of pocket than any normal month. I am just letting everyone know the state of things so nothing comes as a surprise.
—Damaged
P.S. Have some music.
Thanks for the update, and the music, lol. I hope you get better soon.
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Thanks. Have some more YBP:
Good luck homie.
Take care, and here's hoping it's not as bad as they worry.
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Iv had my own leg scares before, and i know your alot tougher then me. So i know youll fight it tooth and nail and come out on top no matter how this battle ends. Pray be it for the best outcome.
5388671 Oh, I'll live. I'd just like to live and have my leg at the same time.
Keep us updated, hopefully you dont loose the leg but if it comes to that or your life well...they make really good prostetics these days, we aint quite to star wars level yet but were getting there!
Best of luck, Damaged.
5388683 I know, right? I'd get to be a cyborg!
5388691 Thanks!
If only my motivation to write were half as strong than my immune system...
Sounds like you're in a Damaged state in general.
Take care of yourself mate.
5388696 Just do it. Set aside a little time each day and start writing. Once it becomes a habit, indulge the crap out of it! Enable yourself to abuse your keyboard!
5388700 Yeah, that's what the nickname is for.
5388701 I plan to!
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5388704 Yeah, I know of Alestorm. Dunno why, I just prefer the pirate folk music a little more right now.
Good luck, and thanks for all the fish.
("You botched the quote.")
5388708 I did?
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That was in reply to myself. Don't mind me.
5388717 Oh! Okay!
Hope you get back up on your feet
5388727 I'm still on my feet for now, just for how long is the issue.
I know that 5388700 beat me to it, but... username checks out.
5388742 Heh.
*hugs the Damaged* "You take care of yourself!"
Well I hope you get better
5388784 Thanks!
5388785 Me too!
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what video is this it is unavailable
Good luck with your recovery.
5388798 Thanks!
5388796 Try this one.
Please take care of yourself first. We can wait for your story. No worry.
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it worked
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Even better, you could get a prosthetic with a hoof on the end and a cutie mark etched into the thigh. That'll show up all those folks who merely get tattoos.
Hugs! Hope things turn out for the best, but even in the worst we will all be happy to support you. Stay strong!
5388816 Both would be ideal.
5388817 Yay!
5388883 Not that I'm hoping for this outcome, but it's a problem on my lower leg. If anything, I'd hope for a below-the-knee.
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I keep forgetting you're Australian. Be thankful. If you were here in the states, best you could hope for is to be put out of your misery. (And then your relatives getting billed 10k for the courtesy.)
5395502 Ugh. Yeah. Congrats on things looking up, BTW.
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Not even looking up. You ever have a really bad breakup? He's gonna be the rebound president. Time to rest and recover, maybe find out we want to try a woman next time...
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Heh, I'm ace, so not really. I'd rather not get into too much politics here, but you're probably right—though even a double-term isn't likely to restore the good will that the US flitted away.
Time for a change in music. Have some Heavy Neddal.