I just got this in yahoo email . Wow I had no idea all that stuff had happened to him I mean I knew about all his eye troubles and stuff. But I did not know about his kidney and pancreas transplant in 2007. This told about. I hope he is doing better now. I'd hate to see them pass on they did so much nice artwork and stuff that helped my days be better over the years.
Ps I'm only set to get special announcements from the group so maybe I missed stuff now and then. ps he said he got a
defective kidney in his tranzplant he had to do. that sucks :( ps to make it worse i dunno thier age but i thought he was yonger than me so that makes to seem worse to have to go threw all that stuff at thir age.
ps who knows maybey they can get another new kidney and fell better for a while. i duno how that works getting a new kidney again after you had to do that 1 time already :(
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On Sat, 7/12/14, a_change_of_plans_at_yahoo.com [SkunkworksAMA] <SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Subject: [SkunkworksAMA] Update of sorts
To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2014, 1:10 AM
I've been pondering writing about this for the
past few months, but wanted to wait until additional testing
was done and other affairs were in order. As some of you
may have noticed, I haven't been posting much lately; in
fact, I haven't even been online much lately. I have
not drawn anything for months, though not for lack of
trying.
As some of you may
know, I got a kidney and pancreas transplant in 2007.
Despite a strict diet, consistent exercise program, and
careful monitoring of weight and medications, the kidney
started giving up the ghost back in 2012 (remember when I
started having all those problems?), and is failing. The
doctors believe it was due to an unknown auto-immune virus
hidden in the donor kidney, as only the kidney has been
affected.
My current weight
is 153 pounds, which is pretty normal. I've started
rebuilding muscles lost over the past year (multiple
surgeries did not permit me to continue my exercise
program), as the doctors plan on grafting an arteriovenous
fistula into my left arm at the beginning of August. Once
healed (and built up), this will allow IV's to be
inserted to allow dialysis, which will probably be starting
later this fall/early winter.
At the last check-up, my Creatinine level was
7.66 mg/dL. The acceptable range is 0.67-1.17 mg/dL, so
I'm obviously WAY over the line. Blood Urea Nitrogen
levels should be between 7-18 mg/dL, but mine was 91
mg/dL. Again, way out of the park. Protein concentration
in the urine should be between 0.0-11.9 mg/dL, but mine was
305.4 mg.dL, which means the filters in the kidney
aren't doing their job. The doctor said my kidney
function is at approximately 8%, much to my surprise, as
you'd never know it by looking at me or by asking how I
felt. No swelling, no nausea, none of the shit usually
associated with reduced renal function. The only problems
I've been having are hand tremors (cause currently
unknown) and a short supply of energy.
I've submitted information to the
transplant center to apply for another transplant. The
doctors and I are hoping my excellent clean health record
and impeccable monitoring of my diet, weight and other such
factors will play a big part in moving me up the line.
I'm otherwise in excellent health (remember, I was on
the waiting list for the kidney and pancreas for only 3
weeks before I received my first call due to my otherwise
excellent health), and am a far cry from most of the
patients I see at the doctor's office (sickly, old, or
morbidly obese people who pay little mind to what they are
putting into their bodies). If I'm lucky, a suitable
match will be found and I'll be able to get the
defective kidney replaced.
Before anyone says "Hope you get
better!", let me just state that this is NOT something
you "get better" from. You either get a
transplant, or you die. Pretty simply math. The best I
can do is try to keep my system as stable for as long as
possible, at its current state, pending dialysis or a new
transplant.
Since most of
this year, and a fat chunk of last year, was spent working
or going to the hospital for various invasive surgeries, I
haven't done any drawing for quite some time (aside from
that little comic I drew a few weeks ago, which was pretty
crudely-drawn despite taking a damn week to draw). Because
of my hands acting up, any fine motor skills are pretty much
impossible with them now. I totally botched the Lori
outline picture for the dakimakura, but recently sent off
two new, penciled versions of the picture to a fellow artist
of mine in Florida who does excellent inking work.
I've known him since high school, and have seen him
perfectly pull off Jim Lee and Todd MacFarlane's art
styles. I included copies of the other B&W dakimakura
pictures so he could see how the inks are done. He told me
to give him a few weeks and he should have it done (he works
a regular job and is doing this as a favor for me).
So until either my health
situation improves or my hands quit acting like epileptic
Parkinson's patients, I'm afraid I won't have
any sort of new artwork to offer. There are two chapters
and several other individual pages from the Skunkworks
compilation which may have met their demise in the shredder
a couple years ago (without me realizing it). I have not
been able to locate these pages. I will likely try to
redraw them, but may have to have someone else ink them. I
might ask my friend Adam to do that if he doesn't mind
(and is available).
So
that's what's been going on, and why I've been
so quiet lately. I've already got my funeral shit
taken care of, and my living will is done, but I'm still
working on some of the stuff in my Last Will. Just in
case, you know. Might as well take the opportunity to get
all that shit done now so I don't have to worry about it
later.
While sorting
through things, I've also set aside some more
unpublished art from years gone by, which I'll likely
post and/or auction off. Still waiting to refresh my
Furbuy account, as the M.O. I sent them went to the wrong
address and another one has to be sent out.
So stay cool, enjoy the days
and nights, and I'll try to get something up here
soon. My friend Brian suggested some art tips to help me
with my hands, so I'm gonna try those out to see if
they'll do any good. Here's to hoping!
--JMH, still not dead yet, but
damn if the ol' Reaper isn't trying his best!
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