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Alive Somehow

I know I have been absent for a VERY long time. It was probably a little over half a year ago that I stopped regularly posting, and for that, I owe an explanation. I have been experiencing increasingly severe symptoms in multiple body systems. Headache, abdominal pain, blood pressure, insomnia, and more. And the most infuriating part was all tests were coming back normal. After seeing multiple doctors and specialists (and er visits) I finally have an answer and effective treatment. What I have is severe dysautonomia and after getting put on beta blockers and an antiacid, I am doing…

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Skin Cancer Surgery

I will be brief today as I need to sleep early tonight. I will be going through Moh’s surgery tomorrow due to skin cancer on my nose. I still cannot believe I have skin cancer at 27 years of age. I suppose I have the cocktail of medicines I have had over the years or the countless xrays I have needed. Still does not feel very real. I can only pray that the surgery goes well tomorrow and will not take the 8 hour maximum given.

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Skin Cancer Diagnosis

The fun continues and I am no longer surprised. For a long time I had a very small bump on the side of my nose. I brushed it off since I have numerous bumps, moles, and freckles. It was just another one right? That is what I thought at first at least. Early in the start of last year, I scratched the bump because it itched and it began to bleed. That was the start of a whole year of having a wound. When it was not covered in a bloody scab, it was crusted over in wound weep. It…

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Where I’ve Been

I owe everyone an explanation for my abrupt take off and infrequent posting. I have felt off and fatigued for months. Barely able to concentrate on a focused task. All of it culminated in a sudden ER trip very recently. My oxygen levels dropped to 89% and blood pressure went sky high. While I was…

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Announcement Time

It is time to meet the accumulation of my work over the last year. Meet “Fragments of a Dreaming Mind”, a collection of edited poetry organized into book form. A little under 300 of my creative writing pieces with many of which will be familiar to the people that read here often. My usual themes…

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Book of Poetry is in Progress For Publishing!

The final lap for publishing my first book of poetry is here! I just have to handle the final illustrations and cover art. The manuscript is fully done. A collection of some of my best work over the last year edited, improved and structured for better clarity. Illustration is expensive so I have started a…

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