UPDATE: Got the Answers I Needed & the Girls You’ll Want! – May 25, 2023
(As posted on our Patreon Page)
Hello everyone, I hope this finds you well and that those of you living in the States are ready for the 3-day holiday!
So, after 6 months (nearly 7 now), I finally got the answers that I needed for the cause of my shoulder pain after my fall down the stairs.
As mentioned in my last update, that my shoulder specialist, Dr. Shapiro, suggested that I talk to my spinal surgeon and get an MRI of my spine to see if something in the neck may be causing the shoulder situation from being as extreme as it has been.
So, after getting an MRI of my neck and spine last week, I was able to see Dr. Fischgrund yesterday. It didn’t take him long to find the source of my problem… apparently at some point, either during the fall or shortly after it, I herniated my C7-T1 disc and it is impinging on my Ulnar and Median nerves, which has been the major source of my pain, cramping and numbness in the shoulder, arm and fingers.
This could be resolved invasively by surgery in the posterior section of my neck and be cleaned up, which after discussing the time that I would lose from such a surgery, we both settled on me seeing Dr. Mounayer and get an epidural steroid injection in my spine near the neck… a painful procedure for those who’ve never had it (and hope you never need to).
Along with the injection, Dr. Mounayer also prescribed me 50mg tablets of Tramadol, as well as 100mg of Gabapentin which is apparently also used to help with nerve pain.
I am not sure about Gabapentin, but I know for a fact, after having been on it before, that Tramadol will make it difficult for me to get much work done.
So, I made an appointment with my Primary Care Physician to see if she can better explain or tell me if I should take the Gabapentin and also to see if she will keep supplying me with the Tylenol 3 painkillers that I’ve been using (which allows me to continue to function and work) and only take the Tramadol at night or for situations where I really need it (like after doing yard work or sitting at the computer working too long).
We are going to continue the epidural steroid injections (regardless of how painful they are) every three months or until they no longer provide relief for me to avoid losing time from a 4th neck surgery… I really want to get stuff finished and out to all of you and have a good schedule of releases.
In regard to work… I have been working, while schedule and painkillers permit, I am sadly not really good right now, still feeling like I got punched between my shoulder and neck from yesterday’s shot, but I have been working and just about finished up the Karma scene for the prologue…
Originally, this whole release was planned to be a side-story of “
Wicked Choices: Book One” and figured I could expand the scene later in the Prologue to “
Wicked Choices: Bed Chambers”, so I was keeping the scenes the topic of discussion between Karma and the goddess Kichijoten brief and short… but since this is now going to serve as the Prologue I decided it would be best to explain it all now and have the extension I had planned to do later added… so, I spent all last week and the start of this week doing that and finished it up before my doctor’s appointment yesterday.
I also worked on dressing the characters and working on their bios and backstory for the “Williams Family”, as you can see the ladies of that family (from Left to Right: Tanika Williams, Keysha Williams, Moesha Williams and Abeba Williams) in the lead-in photo to this post.
Tanika Williams (40 years old) is the ex-wife to Brent Chambers best friend and co-worker, Anthony (Tony) Williams and Keysha (21), Moesha (19) and Abeba (soon to be 18) are their daughters.
Despite being an ex to your best friend and the daughters considering you as an adopted uncle, each one (or all) can be romanced at some point in the game, based on your choices and story path.
I will provide more info for the patrons, along with additional images of them (which some, I am sure, you’ll enjoy) on each of the characters shown above and I can tell you that each girl’s traits, behaviors, likes/dislikes, backstory and interests are unique and different, which I will provide some of for you to ‘plan your attack’ if you are interested in pursuing any of them.
So, look for that sometime this weekend behind the paywall, since some of the images will be… to risqué to post to the public.
As for
Sierra3 and his health, he has been going to his radiation and chemo treatments several times a week like he is supposed to, but lately the treatments have started to make him sick and has been sapping a lot of his energy, so we’ve not seen him a lot… we ask that you please continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers and let’s hope these treatments are doing what they are intended to do.
Thank you!
Alright, got to get ready for my telemedicine call with my PCP and take a pain-med and get a little rest, but will get back to work on creating the images of the four girls for all of you to get them posted for all of you.
Talk soon and thank you for your continued support and hope you have a great weekend!
~Jack
