Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I'm not well (further info down the page if anyone wants to know what's wrong) and am temporarily munching on a nasty concoction of medication that my body is very unhappy about. I still have to work (yay self-employment!) but beyond that I'm pretty much just sleeping, puking and swallowing pills.

Even if I'm not able to be super-active here for the next week or so, I will be checking in every day so if there's anything that anyone needs to let me know about please send me a note with a suitably attention-grabbing subject line and I'll do my best to keep up.

Please don't be offended if I haven't replied to your comment, read your DD suggestion note or commented on your work. I hope you guys know by now how much I adore you all, even on the odd occasion that I'm not able to spend hours every day floating around dA.

Big hugs to you all!


Boring medical info from here on, so feel free not to read any further.
When someone says they're sick, I instantly want to ask what's wrong so for those of you who are as nosey as me (hehe!), here's what's wrong...

<sub>After a couple of really busy months, my M.E. symptoms have gone crazy (if you don't know what M.E. is, please click here to read a short and simple summary) meaning that I need to sleep a LOT, can't walk or move around much and half my body becomes allergic to the other half. It also means severe pain, especially in my back and legs. When I say severe, I mean absolutely fucking horribly severe. I'm accustomed to a reasonably high level of pain on a day-to-day basis, but at the moment I'm crying myself to sleep every night. Because of this, my lovely doctor has doubled my dose of pain/sleep meds.

I found a random lump under my arm which lovely doc tells me probably isn't serious and is most likely just the result of my immune system going bonkers cause I'm so worn out. I have a week's worth of antibiotics that smell like burnt hair and are so huge they look like toys. I have to take one of those four times a day, on an empty stomach at least an hour before food which doesn't leave much time for eating so I am really fucking hungry and really pissed off! The antibiotics make me barfy and don't seem to like the 200mg of amitriptyline and other pain pills that I need to take at night.

I also have to spray stuff into my ears because they've become allergic to themselves and are sore and bleedy which results in crap balance and people having to keep repeating everything they say to me. Thankfully the additional pain pills and antibiotics are only a temporary thing so things won't be this bad for long.

Not being able to shoot is driving me fucking crazy. I still have to open up the studio and supervise hire sessions cause I can't do without the money or turn away new customers. I am hugely grateful to have D to help me with that stuff. Not quite sure how I'm going to manage it when I can't put one foot in front of the other or stay upright...ugh, I refuse to get all miserable about it. Shit happens and it could be worse.</sub>


Today's horror photography drool fuel is on a medical theme. Enjoy!




Ps. Why on earth are people voting in this poll for the "Yes, I made a horror-themed calendar which is currently for sale on dA and I shall comment with a link cause I'm just that awesome" or "No, I have not made a horror-themed calendar but I've found one I love created by someone else for sale on dA this year which I'll link to in a comment forthwith" options and then not leaving comments with links?! Bring me yummy horror calendars, people!