So, on December 18th of 2022,  infected tooth #29 (the right side “first Bicuspid”) needed to be extracted as my face was swelling like a very poorly filled sausage made by an over eager toddler. One VERY expensive emergency dentist visit later, I was sent home with the standard Amoxicillin prescription, and took that dutifully. Everything seemed ok until the 28th or so, which is when the Amoxicillin allowed Clostridium Difficile Toxin A/b to take root in my stomach. Cue some of the worst gastrointestinal pain of my life, with top pain levels tickling 9, which is where I start to pass out. So, I went to the urgent care center and got Vancomycin the day before yesterday, and now the pain is…livable? It’s a 6. Dizziness is a side effect, so THAT sucks. But the dental visit and the resultant urgent care visit (to cure with antibiotics the bug that the previous antibiotics left me vulnerable to, haha) hit my wallet HARD, even with insurance. So, I can truly say that this has literally been a very shitty way to start 2023.

 Please forgive me if my poems and tweets and story excerpts are delayed in early February, thinking is hard when I’m this tired and ouch. Normally I have a solid 1 month buffer but these last few weeks were unproductive for reasons of illness. Also, I’m slowly losing twitter followers  (Thanks elon,)  so it should be noted that I am on Post News, and Mastodon, as well as Facebook. I don’t really post much to any place besides Facebook, but I am trying.

 As always, I thank you and love you for your continued support, be it Patreon membership, PayPal, Venmo, or GoFundMe contributions. And even if it’s only sharing my work, or advocating on my behalf to your social circles, or even just saying hi, it all helps me so much.

Chi Miigwetch!
(Thank you!)