hey guys,

I think this journal is a tad overdue.

the gist of it is that I am still having hand problems. I originally thought I had tendonitis, but now I think that I instead have tendinosis, a degenerative, not inflammatory muscular injury that takes a lot longer to heal than tendonitis. the recovery period for tendinosis is anywhere from 2 to 6 months, and I'm currently coming on my third month of dealing with this. I am seeing a PT who has recommended for me to stop doing the stretches I normally did in order to make the muscles heal more quickly. I am also on a regular regimen of NSAIDs, as well as heat and ice when the situation calls for it. tendinosis only has an 80% rate of full recovery, so there is a very real possibility I may never be able to work properly again. Those are just the facts.

While I have not been one hundred percent diligent in resting my hands, as you can plainly see from the amount of content still on this account over the past three months, it is very frustrating for me to not be able to do anything I enjoy doing but still never really improve in health. I am on a slow upward Trend since I stopped doing my stretches, but said trend is very slow and very minute.

now on to the business side of this journal. I want to thank my Commissioners and patrons for how patient they've been over these past few months. I am in a very rough situation right now where I have to work, because I need the money for next year in college, but I am obviously mostly unable to. this is why it is difficult for me to offer refunds at this stage. I have had no one outright come to me and ask for a refund yet because of waiting too long, and I hope that continues to be the case.

Let this journal be the indication that I am willing to offer a limited amount of refunds on commissions that people have already paid for. priority will be given to people who have fully paid and how long they have been waiting since they have fully paid for a commission from me. if I was 100% sure I would be able to heal and get to these Commissions in due time, I would not be offering even limited refunds. But the fact of the matter is is I don't know when I'm going to get better at this point, and I would not want to have my reputation as a Creator tarnished by something out of my control. please contact me if you would like a full refund, and we can discuss from there. Please note that if I have already started on your commission you are not eligible for a refund.

I hope that my Commissioners will continue to be patient with me in this process of recovery, but I understand if the wait is too much of an issue

if you are worried about my health due to the writing of this journal, let it be known that this was written entirely with voice typing, which is the reason for the Myriad of grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and other issues.

I hope to be back at full strength within a month, but the truth of the matter is that I just do not know. I have done all I can at this point to accelerate the speed of my healing, but tendinosis is a very slow healing injury. there is naught I can do but wait.