“I thought I was going to die!”

Well, 2 and a half weeks ago I was rushed to hospital. Smoking a little bit of cannabis in a bong daily had finally caught up with me!

It only took one strain and I put a hole in my lung, leading to a Pneumothorax (collapsed lung) that took only 10 minutes to make it impossible to take even a quarter breath.

Honestly, I thought I was going to die. As soon as she was alerted to my condition Karma was on the phone to an ambulance, and I was speaking to my children taking the chance to get out what was most important.

Within half an hour I was at the hospital, with a team of people surrounding me, and preparing me for the hole they were about to put into my chest, to relieve the pressure so I could breath.

Since then, I've had a tube sticking out of my chest attached to a bottle

The experience was very nerve wracking, after going through 2020, lots of isolation in the years before, a tinfoil interest that became a reason to fear many things....

I had to really put my trust in these people regardless of what my newly misdeveloped tinstincts were trying to say... I am still here! Still awaiting surgery but still here!

Almost a week into my journey, someone in the ward caught covid. Then so did I. That was no fun! An intense fever with no temperature comfort zone, being only too hot or too cold, or both at the same time.

The fever lasted 24 hours practically, but the aches and pains were unlike any other illness I'd ever experienced.

Literally everything hurt from head to toe, every joint. Even my stomach issue which I've been trying to get diagnosed for almost 8 years, which I am confident is a hernia or partial twisted bowel, creating slow constipated and even slower ever increasing bloating which usually I only got discomfort with and not pain... but this turned it into deep aches and pains in the back and sides which were almost unbearable! For some reason during this time the nurses ignored my repeated requests for the painkillers the doctor prescribed me and i was suffering for hours before they helped. The only time i got treated as such. It made me severly paranoid triggering my panic disorder as they were giving everyone else their meds and kept stopping at the end of my bed with the med roller, yet just walking away again and again. I pushed the nurse button for the first time and got treated horribly for asking for help. Thankfully this was far from reflective of the whole experience.

I was moved, after staying feverish in the ward for 2 days, with plenty of chance to spread the illness to other people and my family, who also suffered when they'd got home over the next week!

The isolation room was peace of mind especially of an evening, as it was so peaceful! but the isolation was semi torment by day, as something about being around so many active people is comforting!

Anyway, my tests a few days ago came back negative, and now I am waiting for a bed to become available at another hospital that I should be transferred to for my procedure to patch up the hole in my lung.

I've attatched a little gallery of pictures, which are nothing more than a small documentation of the experience so far.

I haven't been away from Karma and my family this long in 17 years... and it has been mild torment. I can't wait to just get home, relax, cuddle, recover, and start working on this website once more, as it's an enjoyable hobby for me!

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In other news, in anticipation of coming out of hospital, I've invested in 2 4K action cameras... the plan is to capture as much of the process as possible with Karma's artwork, and my children will also be creating some content, as we want you to be here for a ride along that you can learn from, and grow with, not just to buy some awesome stuff! I have big plans that I am looking forward to getting rolling with! I will be putting up some of the content I create, totally free of charge too. I love to write poetry and make music for the sake of being an uplift to the listener... and i just really love music and making it! But I am excited to start sharing more of what my family does with you. Stick with us, and you'll be in for an interesting ride!

If you've read this far, you are awesome. Check back with us from time to time, and keep up to date with us as we expand, and maybe there'll even be a few vouchers or sales coming your way soon!

-TT