I'M BACK! SUCKAHS! (Patreon)

I cannot- I mean, I CANNOT stress enough how important all of you, my Patreon backers have been during these last few months.

I mean, I have been STRESSING the LIMITS of my bank account trying to find out what the hell was going on with my body. And as a disabled Military Vet, I do have free healthcare as it pertains to my lungs, stateside. But even so, the sheer physical COST of how long it took to even get BASIC treatment for KNOWN issues is downright fucking ridiculous.

When I got to the point that I wasn't able to safely consume WATER, I knew I had to make an unconventional move. And go with my gut... to save my gut! And in the long-term my life!

SO yeah, I went to Taiwan- and it is considerably cheaper! But it still COSTS MONEY. And boy, did I do a number of tests using Western Medicine in Taiwan. But they found Nada, Zip... nothing. On one hand, doctors were saying, "It's all in your head.", on the other, you had Asian doctors trained in Western Medicine, A HEART SURGEON no less... that didn't know the difference between a CT scan and a CTA scan. (Same Machine, Different Tests.)

So, just so you guys know, this wasn't a failure of America. This is a failure of the Medical Community. Who has trained our Medical personnel to ignore other options such as Chinese Medicine... which has been around for far... FAR longer. Western Medicine and Chinese Medicine should complement one another, and fill in the gaps for one another. Why do you think Western Medicine was even devised?

It enters the grounds of sheer ridiculousness, when a tiny Asian girl, that's younger than me, can hold my wrists for pulses and tell me, "It's in your stomach." and then rattles off symptoms I had been having but had failed to mention or ignored. When here is this Chinese Medicine Doc, who listens to what I say instead of using her medical degree to try and "PROVE THE PATIENT WRONG."

Listening to your goddamn patient. Who would have thought? And instead of telling me it's all in my head, tells me, "This is quite common." She doesn't know what causes it, but tells me how to fix it and tells me I'll feel results in one week. And by god did I feel better.

I mean, I'm still hurting, but I can EAT. And instead of feeling HUNGRY, when it's time to eat- I only feel that pang of pain in my stomach. But it's still better than it was. Oh so much better.

Anyway, thank you all again. In another three months we'll do another CT scan (You should wait at least 3 months between each one), with a professional to check for MALS, to make sure that this shit doesn't occur again in the future.

But yeah, I'll never forget just how you guys and gals SAVED MY FUCKING LIFE. I mean, who do you think helped me pay for this shit while I was unable to work for over three months? Of course in the end I was broke as fuck... but my wife enjoyed reminding me that she was now my "Sugar Momma."

So, in return, just know that I'll never forget the community that I've come from. And the one that's still standing behind me.

One of these days, I'm going to start a game development studio- but don't think for one second that I'll just forget that you all exist when I do. While that's never been "How I roll", this CEMENTS THE HELL OUT OF IT.

I wish I could do more, but I think I'll already be pulling my hair out getting the webcomics going and commissions completed for now. Not to mention we've got a few more BOUND BY DUTY issues to complete, don't we?

CHEERS!!!

+ TAIWAN #1!!!!

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Oh, and Ginger (My Dragon Ball OC in the pic!) says HI!

If you hate Dragon Ball art, feel free to rightly Fuck Off!

CHEERS! 8)