“The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth”

Hey y’all. To my dear sweet communities I’ve had the absolute joy of being apart of over the years and in different places. This is a big update so I’ll make it as simple as I can. First, I’m genuinely dealing with something that affects me deeply, but I’m not trying to get attention or sympathy for it. I want to share this with everyone I’ve met friends, and family.

Over the past two or three months I’ve been struggling with a chronic decline in my health. When I reached a low, I sought out a doctor’s opinion. After some testing, it was concluded that I have a tumor on my liver. It’s taken a long while to get results, but the consensus has deemed that I have two tumors that are non cancerous and benign. I’ve been really shaken up and trying to stay positive knowing I don’t have full blown liver cancer, but it’s still been mentally, physically, and financially taxing dealing with all of this. The next step is radiation treatment. There are risks, but also my doctor has expressed full confidence that this can be remedied through time, treatment and healing.

For those who already know this, thank you. I have cherished the love and comfort you all have brought me so far and I hope I’ll find even more support moving forward. <3

I don’t know a lot about medical jargon, I’m sure more of you know better than me. I’m gonna continue to be bombarded with a lot during this process and I ask you all be patient or reach out individually to ask questions or sift through all this with me.

Lastly, I’m very bad at asking for help. I always tried to put people before myself. It’s been a struggle to feel comfortable with all this, and that other people in this world deal with so much more. Here’s the thing, financially this is difficult and I just don’t have enough money right now to afford the full treatment solo. I do need this treatment to prevent anything from becoming worse and stay healthy. I worry that without help, I’ll be behind on all my bills from both medical expenses and having to take extra time off work to take care of all this as I go through treatment. Some of my dear friends have convinced to open a funding page for anyone who’s will to contribute. I’m not expecting anything. Your friendship and support has already been tremendous. Thank you, for every laugh/memory shared, drink imbibed, photobooth strip taken, coffee consumed & hotdog eaten. From Chicago, to the Bay, to Portland. Earnestly, & from the heart, Cheers.

**(Full disclaimer: I still don’t have anything close to an estimate or idea with my insurance coverage and what radiation plus my time off from work will actually be. Thank you all truly from the depths of my soul and heart)**