Tiomara is out of work and needs come cashmoney, so go commission!

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7703997/

Getting the sappy journal off my front page, and totes pimping a couple artists I've commissioned recently

 Tasanko is baws. Very good style, fast, friendly, and a variety of art/pricing options. :D Good at the fuzzies and the charr if you're game for them.

 xxlarkxx is also baws. Likes creepy stuff, muscle, and WoW. Check her out if those are right up your alley! Very good to work with, and also has several pic/price options. I had a bit of a wait due to her queue being pretty big, but once she got started on mine, also done fairly quickly.

Both be high quality but do keep in mind money exchange rates. I'm in the US, and learned how much the Dollar has devalued compared to the Euro and British Pound rather quickly. xD Still very much worth what I paid for, though, for sure! Check em out!

I'd love to be a mare's special somepony...

Whether or not it was this day.

A friend of mine is starting up a blog on furdom at large. His insightful observations and arguments are placed here:

http://www.furaffinity.net/journals/venter/

So I finally decided to give Dota2 a try. Anyone got spare invites still sittin around gathering dust?

HEY!

Guess what?

 phazonalloy is awesomepants. Go check out dis person's stuff!

This is partly a check to see who watches, and partly just free advertising for my fwiend.

Peace out.

And not Morgan.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2522463/

He be doin' Iron Artist, and he's got a neat style. Help him with some monies, k? :3

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5737440/
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2335513/

 Keekers be doing Iron Artist commissions! O: Only 10 bucks base.

(and say I referred ya ;D)

Chemo: Done.

Bloodwork: Immunities low, but improving and healthy.

CAT scans and X-rays for metastases: Clean.

Testicular Cancer: Beaten.

;D

Praise the Lord for carrying me through this trial.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2096948/

This fella's taking requests of undetermined number to practice variety. Worth a shot. =3

So!

I've been too lazy to update, now better than later.

I'm through three of the four cycles of chemotherapy for my cancer. It definitely made me glad I took the semester off @.@ the week of chemo and the weekend after are always hard. Sickness, weakness, lack of appetite and borderline nausea are no fun. Being bald by chemo actually is kinda fun to me, though xD. The Lord has been good to me through this suffering, and the well-wishing cards I've gotten from dozens of people warm my heart. I'm thankful for all those blessings to help carry me through. One more cycle next week and hopefully I'll be done with it forever.

Well, got my right one removed September 29th as scheduled. Stayed the night in the hotel then came home and have been recovering quite well. It's a slightly strange sensation, but not a major loss. We await word to get a port and receive chemo. My body has to be well-healed before chemo starts as chemo is nonspecific and kills any and all quickly growing or multiplying cells. It would inhibit wound healing and it's also why you lose your hair.

That all said, the chemo is the least of my worries. I find myself stuck at home even more than before, and my own reclusiveness is killing me. Those that pray, pray for me that I find/be given a mentor or guide in life that would help me find my way and take initiative, any way to kill this angst and feel secure in a proper purpose for the Kingdom.

John Wayne was once credited with saying, "Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." I felt this applied nicely to how I feel with this upcoming orchiectomy. I'm scared, but I'm going through with it. The Spirit of God is my strength. When I am weak, then I'm strong.

Thanks to you all who have been, are, and will continue praying for me and well-wishing. After this, the port goes into my chest and a few weeks later they'll start the chemo. This is gonna be the hardest fight for me yet, and I will need continued prayers and admonitions.

Grace and peace.

I'm back home from the hospital. But Thursday we received some bad news upon the good of getting out of surgery fine. They removed a swollen, half-dead lymph node and an abscess from my abdomen. They ran pathology on the node and found cancer. Metastasized cancer that had traveled from likely my balls since it was identified as seminoma.

This was very hard to take after I'd just gotten my CML (leukemia) under control.

The good part about this is that seminoma, like other testicular cancers, are relatively easy to treat. But we're still in the dark about what treatment will be and what stage it is until we consult my oncologist and get tests run. But it's far enough along to metastasize, so that is still cause for concern.

I think The Spirit encourages me that I will get through this. That God's hand is strong, and his right hand is mighty to save, but it's always hard to believe when you're tired and emotional. We just live one day at a time till then... and will live one day at a time afterward.

Naturally, continued prayers are kindly requested from you all and support much appreciated.

Well, I'm in the hospital as I type this. I went into the ER Sunday with my parents with high fever (101 F) and pain in my side. We hoped it wasn't appendicitis, and we're now pretty sure it is not. Several CAT scans and blood tests later, they instead found a mysterious mass in my abdominal area that's next to some very sensitive organs and vessels. This mass is 4cm in diameter, roughly ping-pong ball size, and so they have me on antibiotics to take care of any infection and we have surgery scheduled for Wednesday. Naturally, I ask all who will to pray for me in this challenge and ensure my life be preserved and the problem solved.

I do not know how many of you know about my condition, so here's a brief summary first.

In January of 2007 I was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid/Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). This is a cancer of the white blood cells that can take several years, yet is uniformly lethal in untreated patients. I was placed on Gleevec, 400mg dose once a day, to manage the cancer. This did not go well. My body was already dealing with apparent detox and a few other unfun things, so the additional problems provided by the side effects of this drug were very unwelcome. After a few months, I went off the pill for a while to try alternative medicine therapies. Either they were pointless or I was not faithful and extreme enough in them, but whatever the case, they did not halt the progression of the leukemia.

So in the summer of 2008, I negotiated with my oncologist (who I say was very gracious in dealing with me) to start with a half dose of Gleevec (100mg two times a day) and see how well I responded. I responded well with far fewer side effects. He increased it to three 100mg tablets a day and now, this day, we get a PCR genetic test back reading this:

Zero cancer cells detected.

If I knew more of the joy emotes and funny icons by heart, I'd string 'em all here.

I am so blessed, and so very thankful to all the people who have helped me through this trial and most importantly to God who enabled things to work out as awesomely as they have. The road ahead contains more fighting, but this is a significant victory in the war for my life. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Wow... I've never used this thing. Well, let's see who bothers watching/responding/caring.

1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of.
3. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
(if possible. If not, I'll say something that only makes sense to me.)
4. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
5. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
6. I'll ask you something I've always wondered about you.
7. I'll tell you my favorite thing about you.
8. If you play, you MUST post this on yours