August 2019 - General News (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

Couple days back (or yesterday, depending on your time zone) I posted a quick message on my Discord channel that I was at a hospital ward. I decided not to post an update on Patreon about it, unless it turned into something more serious or once it was over, but for now I'm back home, so let me do a quick update on what happened.

Basically, over the past few weeks I've had random chest pains. Sometimes a mild pressure at any time, and a burning feeling whenever exercising or doing heavy lifing etc. Although it wasn't a huge problem, I decided to go see a doctor, just in case. The doctor suggested a quick ECG scan to see if it could be a heart issue. And the results were just slightly abnormal, enough to make the doctor send me to local ER, where they ran some more tests on me. Again, some result in the blood tests was pointing to a heart deficiency issue, so they admitted me to the regional hospital, where I was for the past two and half days. Lots of tests later, they found no serious problems, but (sorry, but I don't know the diagnosis in English) my heart has something of a slight expansion in one area, which is likely the cause for the blood test results. A very common abnormality, I hear. Even my dad probably has the same issue, so could be in my genes. For the time being, since I'm doing otherwise ok, I got a prescription for some heart meds and chest pain relievers and they sent me home. There will still be more tests later, MRI, 'stress test' and a 'gene test'... I think.

Anyways, sitting at home drawing butts is not an issue, so I should be able to work normally. But trying to exercise in-between to keep myself in shape is a problem, since I get the chest pains fairly easily. Hopefully the meds help a bit until they figure out more exactly what might be the cause. 

Obviously, I haven't been able to do any work on any art, or manage my Patreon page beyond couple of quick Discord messages for the past three days, but I'm hoping to get back on track on Monday. I was originally hoping to still do at least one request work, and one hi-res colored work for the month, and possibly even a quick colored work too, but I doubt I can do all three now. Definitely the hi-res work though, so that I meet the intended monthly quota.

So in short, art resumes by next week, but I might still need more days off for doctor/hospital visits in near future. Fingers crossed with both!