I apologize to those I owe commissions to. I know I haven't been replying to messages and it looked like I dissapeared, but there have been things going on and I didn't want to do much of anything for a while.

The main issue that was going on is that I had a cancer scare. It started out with pain in my right side, and at first I thought I had either kidney or gallstones. When I got some tests done I found out I have a tumor on the top part of my right kidney. It took some time, but I finally found out that the tumor is benign. I just got the word yesterday afternoon after a CT Scan the previous day.

For a while I was very depressed about the whole thing, especially since there were some other things going on right before and during, but I'm a lot better now that I know it's not malignant.

I still need to find out what's to be done about the tumor itself, but it seems that the tumor might have been a coincidence and it might not be the source of the pain. Of course the pain then would be a silver lining because we would never have known about the tumor to begin with.

Because the tumor is the angiomyulimopa type (part blood vessels, fat, and muscle) (Yay I learned a big word!), there still is a chance of it rupturing, but that's why I'm taking it easy and not exercising until my next doctor's appointment. The tumor itself is very small, about 1 cm, so I'm not too worried.

Again, sorry about not answering messages and such, but I'll be sending notes and sketching and such in the next day or so. I'm just still in the process of letting my emotions settle down and all.