August 2017 Update

Hi friends,
I just wanted to send out a small update to let you know that the health problem that started in June turned out to be much more serious than I initially thought. It rapidly progressed since June, crippling my functionalities in various ways. These days have been the most difficult time of my life.

It is certain that my life will never be the same as before. It does not seem possible that I will ever be "cured" but there are a couple treatments for my condition that have put people into remission. The last 3 weeks my entire time has been consumed by working with a support organisation and learning about my condition from other patients, going to a lot of doctors, many in different towns, trying to get help and opinions.

Just Monday August 21 I started an aggressive treatment that I have a lot of hope for. I have already seen some signs of improvement in a few areas.

I don't really like to talk about this stuff publically but, because I have basically vanished from being online, I worry people will interpret my disappearance as me giving up on my art. I cannot live with that assumption because nothing is farther from the case. In fact completing my comic for you is my #1 life goal. All of my efforts to get well will be so that i can get back to the place where I can make art every day. That's all I want to do.

Today I feel well enough to log on to DA and post this. And then I'm even going to do some drawing on the newest page. I feel like I'm on an upswing, but improvement may not be linear and may look something more like an advancing spiral, where good days are followed by bad, then good again, etc.

I'm sorry if this is a disjointed post. My head has been really foggy and even forming cohesive thoughts provides a challenge sometimes.

But all of this to say, I feel that I will be back to functional, hopefully in the very near future, and will be able to spend less of my time at doctors and more time focusing on creating.

It has been so many years that you have supported me and my work on BBA. I wish i could find the words with which to express my appreciation.

~K