I'm very glad to hear they were benign! Being part of a family where cancer is prevalent I understand the scare and the decisions.

Hopefully you can get back into your routine again in the new year!

hugs around!

Thanks! I'm working on getting back into my routine -- I'm very pleased with the way my work's been coming out since, so that's a plus. Hope the New Year is good to you!

Good to hear you are in good health, old friend. I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future and maybe someday out here at RMFC as one of our Guests of Honor.

Thanks so much -- Now if I could kick this nasty cold...

As someone who has depression, I want to say you have my sympathies. It's such a rough thing sometimes, isn't it?

It totally is. I'm sorry to hear that you suffer from it, too. It's a constant battle.

Well, the lucky thing for me is that I've found a lot of methods to fight back over the years. I'm relatively balanced a lot of the time. But it took a lot of time, pain, effort and struggle to develop my coping methods and all of that, and sometimes I still sink back. But it's not as bad as I use to be.

Having crippling depression myself, I totally understand how it can drive you into the ground.

I was getting seriously worried, due to the lack of updates and knowing that you had a bit of a cancer scare, though something took a bad turn... I'm a worry wart too :\

Glad to hear from you again.

Didn't mean to scare you guys -- Sorry! I just was unable to make myself post. Obviously you know how depression works. Gawd, I hate it!

While the depression is bad that the lumps were benign is great news and something to celebrate =3

Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOD BLESS YOUR PRECIOUS SOUL <3

I'm very VERY happy to know those damn lumps were benign. Jeez, that had me scared to death. X(
I completely understand the whole thing with chronic depression, really I do. Its a real butt-kicker... but from what I'm reading, you appear to be getting better, so that's a major improvement!
Can't even begin to tell you how grateful I am to be reading this journal right now. Thanks for re-assuring me, fellow artist! *keeps your better health and well-being close to mind and heart* :3

*Big Hugs* I'm so sorry to have worried you for as long as I did. I am doing much better, with the med increases. I'm still struggling, but at least I'm headed in the right direction.

That's awesome to hear! Know that you've got this shep-coon's support, ten-fold. :3
The struggle is real... depression lingers in everyone. We'll work through this together.
God Bless, my fine fellow artist. You inspire me to no end!

So very glad to hear of the good news that they were benign! Not knowing is a scary and stressful thing, it's perfectly understandable that you had the reaction you did. Take care of yourself, and I hope you get well from the cold soon!

Thanks, sweetie! I'm in the stage where I'm coughing up yellow frogs. Bleah!

Glad to hear you're safe from cancer!

Thanks, luv!

Welcome back!

So many creatives are plagued by depression. it may be the price that has to be paid to imagine wonderful things.

Seems like it, doesn't it? Mine has been ambushing me ever since my late teens, but if it's the price I pay for my talent... it's worth it.

*hugs* I'm glad you're on the mend. It takes time to bounce back, but I'm sure you will in no time. You're an amazing woman!

*luvs you*

Here's hoping things improve, and keep improving.

Best of luck!

Thank you!

I'm very glad to read that your physical health is better than you had feared. I'm sorry that the damned black dog of depression held you in its jaws for so long. I hope you can wipe off all that drool and feel the warmth of the sun once more....and for a long, long time. Good wishes and love being sent your way from me!

Thank you, Sandy. It's always great to hear from you.

You feel better soon. Excellent news on the nodes. Depression with Stress thrown onto it is a major bitch. I know.

Thanks, luv! *Hugs You*

Thanks for the update. Good to hear you are feeling better.

Thanks!

Glad to hear *hugs*

Thank goodness the biopsies came back okay, a lot of us were worried for you. I definitely understand about the depression-- hang in there. It is good to see you posting again. Hopefully the cold will pass quickly, feel better soon <3

Thanks, I appreciate all the good thoughts -- The cold is really annoying.

*HUGS* I'm so glad you're okay, hon!

Thanks -- me too!

I hope you get better all the way.

Me, too. Thanks!

Glad to hear that it was just benign and not the nasty. I lost too many friends to that Cancer and came close myself a few years ago. I still have that lovely golfball sized scar to prove it.

On the depression, yeah, I hear you loudly on that, Thats always a tough hill to climb.

Main thing is you have returned to us.

*hugs*

^_^ I'm not planning on going anywhere anytime soon. *hugs*

It's the waiting for an answer that gets you. Now comes the long road to getting better. *hugs*

Amen!

If it helps get you up and out I'd like a slot for January.

Its wonderful to hear that the scare is over and you are in good health (aside from the pesky cold) ! ^.^

Very sorry to hear about the depression though. I do hope you can manage to get over it very soon. Here's to a wonderful new year for you! <3

Thanks -- Me, too. The depression is chronic, and is likely to always be with me. But if I monitor my mood closely, I can remain in control of it.

Glad to hear it was benign. Fingers crossed you get back into the swing of things as soon as you can.

Thanks, sweetie!

Don't know if it helps but remember that you have thousands of people who love your art, your vision, your way of seeing...and we all want you to have a great life !

Oh, yes, it always helps. Thank you for the encouragement and good thoughts -- You're all such wonderful people, and it definitely helps me to keep going!

Good to hear you are still kicking around, I was wondering what had happened.

HUGGGGGGZ femm

Well best wishes crawling out of the depressive funk and hope things turn around now ^_^

Thank you! I'm getting there.

I am glad to hear the news from you, and well, that your physical health is quite good. A depression .. Have you tried the treatment of "good friends" and "loved one"? What could be stronger of depression? love and friendship? Have they not fill the soul with joy and euphoria. Especially love? And yet - a sense of beauty. nature, poems or other things? Maybe you will change the glance on things, and your "curse" will dissipate?
take care of yourself, my friend ..

Thank you.

Well, that's good news.

*hugs*

Glad to hear you're ok! Cancer is a horrible thing and getting a scare like that would knock anyone on thieir ass :(

As for the depression, let the meds do their work and try to remember you're a kick-ass person, beloved in this crazy fandom ;)

Thank you -- I appreciate that. ^_^

Happy to hear that the cancer turned out to be false alarm.

Amen!

Glad to hear that you are better and not to worry! You will get up to speed soon. I never have a problem waiting for anything you create for me. It's always worth it!

Luv you!

Good luck, keep at it, and treat yourself to something warm.

Some hot chocolate sounds good. *yum*

good to hear from you. Its even better to hear you didnt have cancer. Not much I can say on the depression other then best wishes and hopefulness you said you seem to be improving there. keep us all informed best you can!

Thank you -- I'll try!

I'm glad they weren't cancerous, though I also understand how much of a toll depression has on your day-to-day. I ramp myself up too and it can take weeks, sometimes months to get back to a normal level, whatever normal is anyway. Take care of yourself, and I hope you find peace soon!

Thanks so much for understanding. ^_^

I'm SO glad that things turned out well.. and sympathies here on the problem with artistic block and depression. But it looks like you've recovered in style! Your latest work is amazing, as always!

Thank you, luv -- I'm getting there!

Glad to hear they were benign! I wish you the best in dealing with your depression; I understand how rough it can be :)

Thanks, babe!

I'm very glad you're in good physical health, at least! Keep on truckin', and may the clouds part in short order.

Thanks! *hugs*

So happy to hear they were non-cancerous!
Happy new year and hopefully it will be a much better one ahead!

Thanks, and Happy New Year!

Welcome back! Looking forward to see awesome new things! ^.^

-TG

Hooray for the good news..

Does this mean we all get to see more Chester love for a while longer?

=^.,.^=

Ms. Smith, good evening/morning!

Do yourself the good and healthy turns you need to turn, and we'll be here to welcome you back as your time and desire permits. This pup has been dealing with his own depression for the last two decades of his life (plus a couple of years) and he knows it can be something of a war inside one's head and relationships outwardly because of it. Although I've known you through your work much more than I've known you personally, the kind of raw positivity that radiates from what you've shared in words online and in your printed work (I'm thinking of the 'How To's' in your Little Paw gallery series coming first to mind for me) with me, indirectly or otherwise, reminds me of my own resilience and love for life that's come from having had to repair my own troubles within.

Stay frosty, and stay yourself, Terrie! It's a pleasure to have been shared with the work you've done over the last twenty years of my being involved in the fandom!

-2Paw.