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Hello Fellow Deviants! Thought I'd write a journal entry to catch ya'll up on what is up with me lately, and why I haven't been active here in quite some time now. My health is crap, I have multiple painful symptoms that have gone on for years but is just getting worse. In the past, I'd get a flare up of symptoms that would leave me bed ridden for a couple weeks to several months. Now I've been sick for a year continuously, and am FINALLY this month seeing different Specialists, getting several lab tests done, and my symptoms are finally being considered as having a possibility of being systemic, connected with each other. Where it stems from is what is being investigated at the moment. As we weed through the lab tests we are excluding certain systemic diseases and disorders to find out what it is NOT, which will hopefully lead to what it IS so I can be properly treated. I am in chronic severe pain daily, and no amount of Ibuprofen, Tylenol, or even stronger pain meds like Hydrocodone and Oxycodone are not touching the breakthrough pain. I was finally referred to a Pain Management Clinic, just to find out that they are no longer taking patients with my insurance, so it's going to be another month or so before I can possibly get accepted into another one, then it will take a couple more weeks after that for the initial consult appointment. My Art has fallen to the wayside due to all that's been going on, and basically my brain has become Swiss-Cheesed by the constant severe pain that never abates and the anxiety of so much going on at once. I don't multi-task well, lol, and I haven't gotten a decent night's sleep in months. My psychiatrist ordered a prescription for Sonata, sleeping pills, this week for me but it will take a week or two before I receive it due to the asinine HMO/State Health Insurance policy that requires a "pre-authorization" for certain medications that the doctor has prescribed. I am very frustrated with the state of our Healthcare system for the Poor and/or Disabled here in California in the good 'ole U.S.A., but am grateful that I DO have any kind of insurance at all. At least I'm now being taken care of. It's taken 4 years to get to this point of investigating with Specialists the reason for my chronic painful ailments, and for that I am grateful. I'm just frazzled with living with these symptoms and not knowing the cause nor having any relief from the constant aggravating pain that grates on my nerves. I do not have the energy to do any Art projects, which is probably the most depressing part of all of this. My Art is what was keeping me sane. I do have ideas for when I have more energy to set up, work on, and clean up paintings, but I lack the energy necessary to do all of this. I barely have the energy to get to all my appointments and pick my son up from school every day. So if anyone is wondering why I've fallen behind on dA with uploading new deviations and taking care of my group called Bipolar-Artists and being an admin for Bipolar-DA, this is why. I am hoping with all my heart that answers and a successful treatment will be found soon, so I may resume "living" again! I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired; I feel like I've been resting my bum on the bench on the sidelines way too long in this Game of Life.
UPDATE: Relisted Copperformed Sculpture Art
I relisted my latest deviation on etsy. To see the listing, go to etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/107847301/copper-electroformed-stone-bat-ray
The price is $39.99 and is currently only available to be shipped within the United States. So if you live in the U.S.A., and are interested, please click the link to my copperformed solid stone sculpture art! It is very beautiful, solid, and should last you a very long time. Would make a great present for anyone who loves the sea and its creatures, or anyone who loves copper! Enjoy your day, you creative deviants! :)
Expanding My Artistic Horizons!
I have recently begun to expand my artistic horizons! I now do copper electroforming objects such as small to medium sculptures, candle holders, and other solid objects. Electroforming is the process of depositing a metal, such as copper, onto an object to create a sturdy metallic structure. The object to be electroformed is first painted with copper paint in the areas where I would like the metal to be deposited. It is then suspended in an electroforming solution that is connected to a rectifier that supplies the electrical current which allows the copper molecules to move from the copper anodes to the copper paint on the object to be e
Facebook Hiatus and #Bipolar-Artists Group Update
Yep. I'm taking an hiatus from facebook for a while. I'm in the middle of a major Bipolar mood shift spiraling downward, and there's just too much negativity and drama going on right now on there in some of the groups I'm in and a lot of those people are on my friends list so I can't just not go to the groups and ignore the drama, I still hear about it. I have enough going on in my personal life right now, I just can't handle all of that too. I'm way too overwhelmed and overstimulated with all of that nonsense. I hate drama! So I'll be spending more time here, working on the group I founded called #Bipolar-Artists. I have one Co-Founde
Art Experiment Update and Other Updates
My Art experiment is taking longer than expected. Now I'm not sure when it will be finished, but rest assured I WILL post it as a deviation when it is complete! I'm working long and hard on it; I hope it turns out well! :) In the meantime, I have one other project in the works, but haven't started on it yet. That one should take less time *crosses fingers*. ;) Still slowly working on the largest drawing I've done yet; have run into a snafu. It's just something I have to learn how to do before I can move on. No problemo. It just takes patience on my part, since I thought it would be easier than it actually is turning out to be. But the most re
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well dear glad you are finally getting somewhere even if it is learning what it is not cause that is still progress I will send good vibes and energy your way , focus on getting rest and sleep and getting better cause I know that when you do feel better this site is gonna have an upload overload!!! oh and keep a note pad with you so you can write down your ideas and when your better you will still have them good luck! I send my best to you and your family hon ,and get well soon !