RainbowPlatypus

Hello~!

As I am sure most of you know I have been recovering since last October from a surgery and severe chronic illness. I started attending college again and have been falling back into the flow of school. It was a bit of a struggle at first to get a handle on college after nearly two years out of school, but I am doing well. I nearly have all A's so things are good. Unfortunately, I recently broke up with my boyfriend of five and a half years, Demihero. It is sad, but I think it was time. I have been grieving, but I have met someone else that I am dating. His name is Jon and I think he might be "the one"!

On a different note, in one week's time my semester will be coming to an end and I will have liberal amounts of free time to complete overdue requests and commissions that I was kept from due to my hectic personal life. The only Christmas gift I asked for was a HP Ultrabook (convertible tablet computer) that will make drawing and completing artwork on the go while on campus in the future more convenient.    

I have a list of requests and commissions that I owe people, but I would really appreciate it if you reminded me what I owe you. So if I owe you a request or commission, please comment on this journal and remind me what it is I owe you so I can make sure my list is complete.

Luffy-Kun

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To All My Friends and Watchers

I am going back into the hospital to receive a surgery that may help my Myasthenia Gravis. It is a major surgery that involves removing my thymus. There are two ways of completing the surgery, one involves going in from the sides, the other involves cracking open the sternum. I won't know which I received until I wake up because it all depends on how the surgeons do while I am under anathetics.

The surgery is schedules for October 7th

After I wake up I will be unable to use my arms properly for at least a week and the recovery and therapy will take between one and three months, depending on the type of surgery and how I recover. I may be able to play online a little bit, but I also may be drugged out on the pain medication they will be giving me.

Currently, I am preparing for the surgery by getting everything covered from re-arranging my room in a more convenient way to purchasing easily removable pajamas. I even wanted to cover a little holiday shopping, just in case, since I won't be able to drive until I am fully healed.

I want to thank all my friends for your support. Email me at luffy_sp@yahoo.com at anytime. I appreciate the well-wishes and prayers. I really want to thank everyone who has been with me this long. I hope that my health will finally be under control after ten years of struggling.

Luffy-Kun

I only have one week left on my premium membership.

I hate to be one of those deviants who beg for points but you have to be a premium member to keep ten groups at once. I want to be able to help as many people as possible so I need the membership. If possible, I don't want to have to take money out of my own pocket to do it. If you could donate points, please do.

If anyone bought me a membership I would do them three free requests on my main account, full CG and everything! I know I am begging, forgive me that.

Luffy-Kun

For anyone who didn't know I was in the hospital in April when I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis (in addition to hypothroid) which is a neuromuscular disorder in which the immune cells attack healthy cells and prevent them from doing their jobs and stimulating muscles. It is characterized by muscle weakness, slurred speech, facial slackness, and fatigue.

I was given medicine in the hospital and it worked like a miracle but sadly within these past few months the meds alone have not been working. I have been having frequent issues with my hands and fingers locking up and preventing me from typing and coloring.

I was just re-admitted to the hospital yesterday and started on IVIG (intravenous immuno-globulin) to help stem the antibodies that are attacking my cells and hopefully reverse the effects somewhat. The first treatment is monitored in house over five days in case of an allergic reaction. I will use this treatment every few months so that I can go back to college. When I reach Winter Break I will undergo a surgery to remove my thymus. This has a chance of pushing my illness into remission. (Fingers Crossed!)

I apologize, yet again, for being behind on my "duties" such as requests and helping groups. I work as hard as I can but with the frequent issues I have been having with my hands in particular it makes coloring and typing very difficult. Please bear with me, I am going through a lot right now.

Luffy-Kun

People have been asking me what they can do in return for the help I have given them in their group or the icon I have made them. I am NOT asking for anything. I do not expect anything in return for what I do, but I do appreciate gestures of kindness! I am human after all!

Remember Me!

If I send you an affiliation request from another group I am currently working on, I would totally appreciate if you approved it. I think it’s a nice gesture and I promise I try to make sure I send out affiliation requests to RELATED clubs so that you are not spammed with nonsense.

Points

Points are a great gift. I use them to keep my premium membership so I can help ten groups at a time instead of three. Every point counts and I adore the gesture. I appreciate every single point and I thank you in advance.

Gift Art

On my homepage is a list of groups I own and I am always looking for great work to submit to them. I would adore if you did a piece and submitted them to one of my groups. I like to make them grow too!

Or you could give me  a piece of myself ( Luffy-Kun ) with my boyfriend ( Demihero ). I am a sucker for artwork of us as a couple. We are dweebs like that. You could always submit it to the fan group he set up for me, Luffy-Kun-Rocks

Anyway; I want to thank you for the watches and the support. I love what I am doing and I hope to continue. It is fun as hell.

Luffy-Kun