Hi everyone!

Sorry for no updates in a long while. A year?? . n .;; Life, family, school, and work have kept me busy. Nothing as negative as my last hiatus though!

I'm hoping to upload more fun art over this Summer. I have one art commitment and great deal of personal doodles to complete/upload - so look forward to those soon too!

Looking to get a head start on your Halloween-fix? :)

 lightikea is holding a Your-Character-Here auction with a sexy pose: ✿ ~*~*~Here~*~*~(nsfw) ✿

She's friendly commissioner who loves stream and is getting into the swing of things here at FA~
Have a look! Bidding hasn't started. :)

Hope everyone's having a great September!

Shameless promotion for Angel who has worked really hard on putting together a rewarding Patreon!

~*~https://www.patreon.com/Audiovideomeow ~*~*

It supports the following:

✿ Striptease (18+)
✧ Carousel's Crusade : New Webcomic!
✿ Angel's clowder of kitties

It offers rewards like:

✿ Ask-A-Character (Patty, Mary, etc! Ask them silly/sexy stuff!)
✧ Commissions (Up for grabs. Like right meow. Go get something!)
✿ PSDs(sketch/ink/color), Backgrounds, and Previews (For the artist/learner or admirer!)
✧ 2014 Folio for cheap

Hello everyone!

Sorry I've not posted in some time- Me and Audiovideomeow this new webcomic: Carousel's Crusade!
You can start reading it here!

Ta-Da! It's an adventure fantasy series about a Unicorn Knight, a Dragon, and a Snail Witch!~ The characters, world, and setting we put a lot of love and care into.~

We'll have a Patreon set up for it soon with lots of great rewards and interactions!
In the mean time enjoy the site! ♥ ♥ ( I made it myself, so if it breakksss \(@ u @;) )

We hope you'll love it as much as we love creating it!

Oh! And it updates every Monday and Thursday!
- Feel free to Sub to it here on FA for updates! Or it on Twitter!

Have a fun weekend everyone!~

For a limited time, Manbi and 's Patrick.

Music for the full effect: https://youtu.be/59LQw9bKeJ8?t=13s

Happy April Fools everyone! \(> u o )

Hello everyone!

The endearingly enthusiastic  iisaiyu is running a YCH! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15741427/ (NSFW) Saiyu makes lovely outfits and chibi designs as well! If you need a costume design fleshed out quickly she's your artist. Have a look through her gallery: http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/iisaiyu/ She does all designs; from spooky, to cute, to monster, to cool~

Her commission information can all be found here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15488941/


Oh! And before I forget, happy early Valentines!~


Here's a batch of other artists worth checking out too~:

_{shammeeeee (almost nsfw)}
New matching icon with Angel!

From the headline I spotted this morning: http://globalnews.ca/news/1713395/c.....ry-convention/

There was an evacuation last night at this convention's hotel because of a chemical incident.

Hope everyone in Chicago is safe and looked after. Stay warm! \(ó n ò )


Edit: Oh! Here's the official statement from the organizers, btw : http://www.furfest.org/Evacuation_Statement

Stay safe everyone. My condolences to the family/friends of the fallen soldier.
And thank you to those who work to protect our country/citizens everyday.

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2396780283/
http://www.reddit.com/live/ts4r8m1g99ys
(^ For context/coverage/updates )

Gentle  Norticru is making Halloween Grams! (think telegram/postcard) She always comes out with clever commission ideas and is very thoughtful. These grams will be delivered to the person of your choosing through fa/tumblr/facebook, and you can even include a message. Everything she makes is so storybook like. They'd make great little gifts for facebook savvy grandma/pa or your young nieces/nefews too!~

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Cutie  Sekihan is wide Open for Commissions! She is very professional, polite, and makes the cutest little cheebs. Great for people who want to quickly get their characters into the Halloween spirit or solidify an idea~

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Jaunty  Happysorry is offering Special Commissions to those who can help fill her amazon wishlist (household items to fill her new apartment). If painterly creatures are your cup of tea, have a look through and see what she has left to fill!~


Happy Early Halloween! (And a happy thanksgiving weekend to all the Canadians out there!)

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Also, some really friendly artists worth checking out!

I felt motivated listening to this recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRTw6DS9yy0
So I drew up some gym doodles with mine and Angel's characters! I hope you all like them~ Sorry for the spam!

What does everyone else do to keep healthy? (Don't worry about the frequency/amount)

I love bike riding and jogging through trails. I did that today and saw so many busy squirrels!

Squish'd icons by  lysandre

Cuties forever~

(Baaah-d title pun, bad!)

 audiovideomeow is holding an adult YCH that ends tomorrow night, on the 19th!

>> http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13758846/ <<

It's an opportunity to be with the lovely Ms. Patty unicorn ♥. If you or someone you know likes having their characters dominated, have a look!~


Also, a reminder of my last signal boost for some good causes! http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5842790/

The Doggie! http://shibuya.tumblr.com/post/87471051886

Ways to help:

->> Consider donating a little! There is a link in the tumblr post.
->> BIG BIG Charity Auction: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13695610/
Boopeep, Poofylion, Gockt, Redpyramids, and Stantler: That's like a dozen commissions in one - all from some amazing artists! _zomgooses It ends June 16th.


The Cutie! http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5842093/

Ways to help:

- Commission her! She makes the most desu cuties around!
- Consider donating a little! Her paypal link is in her journal post. Even a dollar helps.


And please spread the word if nothing else! Thank you~~

Another Signal Boost, this time for Robinyohpanties who is seeking your commissions! - needed to cover travel expenses so she can meet her friend. (Something I'm sure we all want to do at some point!)

Clicky here to peruse her gallery. Robin's shading and linework are really elegant. Her work doesn't get near enough attention on FA, so please go shower her page with favorites and watches!~~

Last time she opened preposes I managed to get this tres sexy pose done.

Some other artists to check out too:

Angel and I watched Dragon Half together, which inspired these new icons~~

*Boogies down*

A Signal Boost to Nortic Ru, (who is open for commissions)!

Her Gallery is here.

I had an Alpaca of me done and you can too!


Other amazing people to check out, also!:

Hi everyone! I just wanted to give a heads-up that I will be tidying my gallery/scraps of some oldies. My Draenei couple may move too. They could use their own page, somewhere more comfortable where they don't have to be at the tail's-end.

I'm also looking forward to do some revamping. My profile information could use an update. And and!- I have plans to get my Weasyl/Tumblr pages into motion! If you know of any tips or resources for these sites I'd love to hear them! <3

previous journal: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5323712/

Waiting for Surgery tonight. It has been busy. Yesterday they found the site of the bleeding and streamlined my schedule. I will be having an ileocolic resection (basically removing the bad, reconnecting the pipes). It is a standard operation (for those with Crohn's Disease) but there are still risks I had to conscent too.

To update my last journal: we cleared up the confusion and there were apologizes for not informing me properly. The hospital I am in is excellent (and correct), as is the staffing. I am in constant contact with my family now. They are on route to by my side post-operation.

I dont know how long recovery will take. I hope to be back with good news.

Thank you all for your replies, wishes, and support. It means the world to me now. There aren't enough emotes or exclaimation marks to express that.

~Lambi

Monday morning I started hyper-ventilating in the shower before blacking out and collapsing. I was incredibly fortunate my father heard the thud and found me. When I came to I couldn't walk without passing out and was driven to ER of my local hospital.

My doctors believe my small intestines are bleeding and not healing. My blood pressure/levels are all dangerous, so I've been hooked to an IV for blood/saline since being admitted. I've not been allowed to eat anything outside a "clear fluid" diet.

This morning my Doctor introduced the idea of being transferred temporarily to a well-respected hospital. It would be for a procedure involving a pill-camera to narrow in on the bleeding site. The whole thing would take 2-3 days maximum. That was going to be planned and revealed to my family over the next week..-

- But at Noon, a Nurse rushed me to a waiting ambulance with little information and no time to call anyone. After a 5 hour drive I was dropped off.

Now, I am in an unknown city, admitted to a completely different hospital, with no time frame, being ordered/drugged by an unknown doctor, hundreds of kilometers from home/family. The only possessions I brought were my laptop and socks. I've contacted home now but everything is wrong.

I am afraid of going alone into surgery, which all signs are pointing towards.

This week has been scary, but today..

Previous Journal explaining my long hiatus: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5095609/

Hello everyone,

Goodness October went fast. Sorry for the lack of Halloween themed art, I had a few in the works but they may be belated or swept under the rug due to illness.. bahh.

My remission slipped away mid-month and all the troubling symptoms are back (╯︵╰,) Waking up each morning sick has been lousy and worse is the pain/rejection of any foods I try to keep down. I'm scheduled for many more tests this November. With these results my doctor will decide a direction to take my treatment. I'm hoping we find something that stabilizes me; this roller-coaster of symptoms from the immunosuppressants hasn't been pleasant but mostly I miss being a productive-maniac.

Onto fluffier thoughts, I was curious what art people would like to see more of? My gallery has been a bit hodgepodge I admit haha; chibi comics, flash constructs, full-body works.. and gifts, I still love making those. And lately I've been experimenting with character designs too. If all goes there should be something special coming this December as well~ ＼(n‿n )ノ

Thank you all for your kind replies last Journal. The well wishes meant a lot and I'll be replying tonight. (then falling asleep listening to backlogged episodes of QI, the hidden gem of lapres's homeland).

Happy Halloween!

~Lambi ♡

Hello everyone,

I am very sorry for my long absence. Because of a serious medical condition (that emerged early November) I have been withdrawn and distant dealing with it. To update, I am okay and stable now. Currently I am experiencing a respite from my symptoms, a moderate remission. This is allowing me to focus on life and participate in it again which I am terribly thankful for.

I am hoping to reconnect on FA and make art again. I can't promise that my hiatuses are over forever, but right now I am cautiously optimistic. Ultimately it is up to the whims of my condition/complications.

Below is the long version of what happened to me over the last 10 months.. it is a boring downer, but I thought I owed a proper explanation seeing how this update is so long overdue. v n v

Importantly, I want my friends on FA to know I've missed you dearly and how I hope to make up for so much lost time. ♡

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Last February, after an endoscopy procedure, I was diagnosed with an Auto-immune Disease (Crohn's disease). It is a serious incurable disease where the immune system attacks the body, specifically the digestive system. This explained all the throwing-up and terrible burning pain I experienced. It was the kind of news that made my heart sink. I remember the nurse unceremoniously handing me a pamphlet and generic drugs before my brother picked me up.

Most of my days after this have been house-bound. I haven't been able to work, play, or create reliably. My new normal became waking up sick and struggling to keep down food throughout the day. The inflammation pain is still the worst part, leaving me helpless and unsociable. When I started getting very fatigued my doctor had me go into IV therapy. It was for iron and essential vitamins that my body wasn't producing.

In April I was hospitalized all the way through mid-June. My doctor had sent me in for immediate surgery to fix a swelling. The surgery was successful (my first time ever under the knife) but I was kept in until they could stabilize my condition and treatment. My daily sickness had left me malnourished, anemic, and dangerously underweight. I think I was 90 pounds when I should be a healthy 120-130.. it was distressing looking at a skeleton in the mirror.
I had a companion IV machine attached to me most of the time. I was being filled with Saline and other medicines for my stomach. When the pain was too much I given Morphine. It had this weird relaxing sensation, like your body was being filled with a warm soup. My nurses were nice though I was moved rooms often. The hospital was old and overcrowded; it didn't have television or internet either. My family brought an old laptop for me so I could watch dvds luckily, even though I chose to sleep for most of my free time. Later on when I started improving my family brought in home-cooked meals every other night. These little things meant the world to me. I remember trying not to cry when they visited.

I was discharged mid June. I think my doctor was satisfied that they had diagnosed me properly (after a myriad of tests). I wasn't on a slippery weight-lose slope and my blood work looked positive. I missed being home. It has been a lot less depressing to sleep in my own bed. I haven't been able to enjoy much of this Summer. It has still been a struggle. Food (a necessary evil) and the pains/nausea have kept me housebound. u n u,,

With my current remission I have reached a healthy weight again, my muscles are a little stronger and the inflammation wavering. I am trying to focus any of this spare energy on the things I love (art, creativity, etc). Although I am afraid of slipping back, I hope to get my life back on its tracks. I am sorry again for this long sad boring read. The notes and messages left during my absence have meant a lot to me. I hope to make up for lost time and pull together again.

~Lambi ♡

Hello everyone,

I wanted to let you all know I could be on this health-related hiatus a while longer. I haven't any definite information yet, so treatment is still a while off.

I miss you all a great deal and it hurts that I have not been interacting/catching up with all my friends here on FA as much as I'd like.

I think about you all often and wish I were in a better state to create/draw giftart again.

--->(( Much bawling in the explanation below, I apologize. T.T ))<---

I have been to a specialist now. A week ago I had my scheduled Gastroscopy procedure (tubes down the intestines/stomach). The sedation kicked in as it started so fortunately I awoke oblivious. The preparation was awful however. I was unable to eat for two days, instead drinking a 2 liter jug of this bland-dissolved medicine. It was like force feeding (drinking?) pool water, ughhh. I was a sad bathroom prisoner that day. T.T

After the procedure, the doctor showed me the initial findings: ulcers and a lot of inflammation. The doctor thinks it may be a specific disease. They took samples from inside that are going to be analysed, so there are no certainties yet.

The idea of that possibility is really hard, so I try not to think/look into it. It doesn't help that my average day is rough.

So far I have lost 20 pounds (weight I don't need to lose) from being unable to eat properly. The worst part is the pain. I get this continuous burning/bloating inside that comes with anything I eat. It is almost like that pain that comes with food poisoning. I had to pause mid-way writing this journal to ride out an unbearable wave. I am still throwing up too. Trying to eat is becoming a minefield, one improper food/too much of something and I can lose a half a day's meal.

Currently I am on these expensive prescribed pills to take the edge off the pain and hinder the bleeding inside. With them I've been able to add a little to my empty diet. I can now handle some amounts of tomato, cheese, and meats again. I miss sweet, sour, and seasoned foods a lot. I have bad food fantasies and have to stop myself from eating something that I would regret quickly.

The pills aren't a cure sadly. I am hoping that whatever I have can be solved with medicine. My next appointment is in early February, I will update my journal then with any news.

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I hope you are all well. Thank you for all your messages and well wishes <3. I hope to talk to be back again as soon as I can.

Be safe and watch out for slippery ice,

~Lambi

Happy Holidays everyone,~

I am sorry for being away, I may have to be away a bit longer. Since my last journal my health hasn't improved and I have been taking a lot of hospital tests. They still don't know what it is, but I do have an appointment with a specialist come January.

Over the last week(s) I've been mostly bed/couch ridden. Sleeping 12-14 hours and only eating a meal (or less) a day, it hasn't been fun.

My hyper-sensitive stomach makes most normal meals impossible, I am glad I can still keep down some foods. I eat so little now and everything makes me nauseous. It makes me sad, I really wanted to enjoy all the food Christmas has to offer.

I am sorry for all the missed comments/shouts! I may get backed-up in many belated b-day gifts/pictures/presents too.. so I apologize for latenesses in advanced, it makes me feel really bad- I wish I weren't so tapped out ;;.;;

Be safe these holidays, be careful of ice patches.

~Lambi ♡

Hi everyone ❤

I thought I should write a personal-health update. (Feel free to skip though, it is mostly my bawlings~)

The flu I caught back in August resulted in a harsh chronic cough. September through November I've been seeing Doctors at my local clinic (all different ones by coincidence). After a hospital visit for tests and some antibiotic prescriptions, they still haven't determined what I have but the pills at least managed to suppress the symptoms (coughing only a quarter of the time now). What's new is that the antibiotics backfired on my digestive system, nuuuuuu.

The last three weeks I've been unable to comfortably eat/keep down meals (anything drank/ate results in stomach pains). The doctor believes the Antibiotics nuked my guttural flora, all those helpful bugs scattered. She said I should rebound but I haven't made much progress the last few weeks. Bahhh ~n~''

I manage best with plain food: Milk, Eggs, Cheese, Fruits, simple Chicken, and Yogurt. Spicy or thick starchy foods don't sit at all, so I've kept myself clear of them. Oddly, I've been getting cravings for foods (justifying them in my mind somehow..), but I usually end up regretting it. Cookies, Chocolate, Coffee- anything like that. ;n;

I worry that I feel undernourished and inactive, I have lost some weight and find myself napping mid-evening. I've also been getting uncomfortably itchy legs at night too, though I'm not sure if that's related at all.

Mostly I am just sick of being sick.
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I'm hopeful for December at least!~ I will keep up regular Doctor visits and do my best to not focus on my stomach. There is a lot of cheer that needs creating and spreading this Holiday~

Thank you for listening to my bleating, I hope to post more works soon:
~Lambi ❤✰❤