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Tigerfestivals

My Health and Where I've Been

Some of you may have noticed that in the last year or two, and particularly that last several months I've been increasingly scarce online and have been posting less and less art and mostly just lurking and occasionaly commenting or favoriting things every so often. This is because I've been suffering from severe and debilitating migraines that have been getting increasingly painful in the last couple years (and is an issue I've actually been dealing with for at least three years before that, but It wasn't as intense before), to the point where they cause me such intense pain that I woul often be essenially bedridden for up to a week, in constant pain and vomiting up everything I ate every few hours, often ending in a hospitalization. I've lost work, and had to cancel and refund several commissions over this (to the clients i've had to refund, thank you for being understanding, you have been wonderful to work with), and overall its just been a painful and frustraiting experience since the doctors never really seemed to be able to tell me what the hell was even causing the pain in the first place.

Fast forward to now, I have been on some preventative pills for a while, a more clear diagnosis after some tests (I had a scare where I thought I would need brain surgery, but it turns out that it wasnt actually that dire), and am in an overall more stable physical state. I still experience pain from my condition but its more managable, for now at least. Of course, I can feel a small headache coming on literally as I'm typing this, but my medication has been working well lately so I should be okay haha.

Anyway, I just figured I'd let more people know what's been going on. I have some ideas for new drawings to do and a comic idea in mind, so I may post something again in the near future but I plan on still just taking things slow for now while I recover.
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Wankerwond
1 year, 2 months ago
Hope you get better soon.
Tigerfestivals
1 year, 2 months ago
thank you. it's been getting a bit better recently
Nigazi
1 year, 2 months ago
There was a fella I worked with a few years back who had a wife with a similar condition. she progressively got worse as the years went on till the point she was unable to work, drive, or take care of herself. I know everyone's situations are different but maybe you could ask the doctors about a botox treatment.
Tigerfestivals
1 year, 2 months ago
Yeah a friend of mine mentioned botox treatment, the doctors never brought it up at all. I might ask them about it if it gets worse, but my current long-term medication seems to be increasing its effectiveness as of late so the pain hasn't been as much of an issue and I can actually function on most days whereas I used to be bedridden and vomiting even on my best days.

For reference I havent had a migraine that made me vomit in at least a month now, hopefully It stays like this.
Thanks for the advice though, I will keep it in mind in case things go south.
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