Happy new year and I'm still alive! (seeking opinions) (Patreon)

Hey wonderful readers!

I'm sorry this month fell off. I've had a lot of things going on with real life I'd had to deal with on top of the holidays.

My throat had developed a hell of an infection that had me hacking up globs of puss for a while. It wasn't until Christmas that things finally started to heal up. It made doing much of anything hard just from exhaustion from coughing. My doctors said it wasn't anything serious, they put me on antibiotics and acid reducers for a bit. Least now I'm getting some good sleep again.

I got some specialty diabetic shoes that are helping a ton with my leg supports. I can finally walk and stand for long periods of time without feeling like my legs will break. This has improved my physical being a TON on general and I kinda hate my doctors for taking this long to get me on such supports.

Also I've started taking HRT in the form of skin patches. Any hormones are a risk for me as a stroke victim, but then again the process isn't ever 100% safe. The mood swings have been heck but I'm also starting to feel a lot better as I adjust to new routines.

New Year is already seeing me hitting the ground running with my improved health. I have a stack of commissions that have been sitting a while, crowdfunding I need to catch up on, and a few personal works I'd really like to see the light of day. My birthday is on the 14th and my scales are only getting duller every year. I'm not happy this years writing reached 190K words compared to the 280K I did in 2024. Hopefully 2026 will be my 300K year

One final thing I hope to bring to you in the new year is that I've been in talks with Sangria about collaborating more audio files. She is such a talented VA and a great friend and I love writing scripts for things like comics and shorts. I just dunno if I should put such things in the 5$ or $10 tiers.

That's it for now. I hope you all have been having a fun holiday season and a bright future ahead. :3