Updates

I guess a health update is in order. I've done a dozen chemo treatments, and the doctor wants me to do more.

The stuff is working, although the toll it takes on the rest of my body increases with each treatment. They had to delay my most recent treatment because my immune system was so damaged I couldn't handle it. But I bounced back in a couple of weeks and went forward.

But this stuff is totally knocking me on my ass now. This last treatment was the worst one yet.

I have nausea almost all the time. They gave me a prescription med for it, and it helps a lot. I augment it with some, ahem, other treatment, and together they work very well.

I might mention that I have used more of that 'other treatment' since April than in my entire life up to that point – by a fairly wide margin. I'm on it just about all the time. It interferes with my creativity and my desire to draw, and I don't like that. But trust me, I wouldn't have made it this far in the chemo if I had not had the stuff.

Incidentally, my blood pressure is the lowest it's been in decades. The 'other treatment', plus the weight loss (about forty pounds) have probably contributed to that. Even with heavy medication, I've historically had trouble keeping my bp in a healthy range.

I think I've mentioned this before, but the five-year survival rate for what I have is only about ten percent, and beyond that, it drops to less than one percent. And yet, there is a chance I will be in that less than one percent.

Regarding Cavegirl Combat, I can tell you that Oko and Mika will be pounding each other through next spring, and barring some outside interference, you'll get to see it. That much is done, and I'm working to finally finish the whole story.

I have other ideas as well, and I hope I get to start some of them.

I promise you, though, I will never do another story as long as this one.