hey there! Just thought id give a life update! 2020 has been really hard on me, and i'd like to take a moment to explain whats been going on, and why im going to be pushing commissions over the next bit of time here.
CW: medical terminology, reproductive organs and chronic pain.
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So, in September of 2019, i started developing chronic pain. This pain coincided with "shark week" "mother nature" "the red tide" however you call it. But regardless, that cycle was so painful I ended up having a panic attack while driving to work, and my mother had to come get me and take me home (my dad came and got my car) i spent the rest of the day curled up on the couch with a heating pad and ibuprofen that didnt cut it. Since then, this has only gotten worse and worse, and I have gone from being able to take 1 aspirin and sleeping 30 minutes and being fine, to taking 800 mg of ibuprofen every 8 hours with minimal relief for four days, living under a heating pad and constant exhaustion and having minor pain for weeks at a time, as well as a handful of other things.

Luckily, I work part time at the local library, and my manager is AMAZING and understands chronic pain well, and i am allowed 1-2 days off every month if i need it. Ive been researching my symptoms, and it appears I may have endometriosis. This is unsurprising, given an extensive family history of endo and adenomyosis. Now unfortunately, I am uninsured, have student loans, and in America. SO im fucked. In order to get the imaging and tests i need, I need to save up a pretty significant amount of money (i need two ultrasounds and an MRI, as well as potentially laparoscopic surgery), and as such, i will be opening commissions for the foreseeable future in order to save up money for this to get my health under control.

TLDR: im in pain for 2 weeks every month and i need help, opening commissions again.

Please consider commissioning me, my rates can be found here: gretchendraws.com/commissions