I am going to go ahead and go into a bit more detail here so everyone truly understands the full spectrum of what I am going through. Why I may be slow or why I may on some occassions have to refuse a commission here or there. I have been struggling with my health and energy levels for awhile but really had no idea why until the beginning of this year. I had a CT scan that located a stricture in my tranverse colon. For those that do not know, that's the horizontal part of your colon that goes across your upper abdomen. They did a colonscopy and took a biopsy and as it turns out, they did find cancer. After that I went almost immediately into surgery. They removed roughly a third of my colon. It was open surgery, so I do now have a lovely new scar that runs from my sternum down to my pelvis.

During surgery they took lymphnodes to identify if the cancer had managed to move into them. It had. So the next steps for me is chemo therapy. I will be having twelve rounds of chemo, which will span over six months. I will be doing one round every other week until completion. I have only done my first round so far, second round is set to be the wednesday after Memorial Day. From then on it will be every other week until my regiment is complete. After chemo I will have to go in regularly to be checked to make certain that the cancer has no mastisized elsewhere. So I cannot really predict the future or know where things will go.

Currently on the weeks I have chemo, from what I can tell, my energy level tends to take a nose dive toward the end of the week and then pick back up again a few days after that. On the off weeks I can almost function as normal and get through things without any real interruption. I love doing art and I truly do need the money, especially now, so I will still be trying to do commissions. Please understand if you commission me it may be that I am able to swiftly turn around and get your pieces to you OR it may take a few days or even a week. I am doing my very best. If you do not want to wait, I understand, just please do not commission me. As much as it pains me to say, I do not need additional stress. So people who pick for time frames or harass in anyway are just going to be refunded and blocked until I can recover fully.

I have met some of the very best people through doing commissions here. I will continue to be the best person I possibly can and the best artist I can. My notes are open and I always welcome people who want to be friends or RP or whatever it may be. Thank you guys for understanding.

Sacha