Proof Of Life
Added 2025-03-01 16:33:07 +0000 UTC
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Take it easy mate. we would all love to see you back online but your personal health is much more important. i have enjoyed your shows. thanks.
nik takoulas
2025-05-01 10:07:19 +0000 UTCBelieve it or not, fasting is probably the best thing for your body. You’ve got hundreds of thousands of calories stored in your body for energy. There’s no lack there, and since we were built to be fat burners, you converting to one from being a sugar burner (albeit not by choice) means you’ll be getting better energy than you’ve had in a long time. What you’ll mainly be missing is electrolytes and vitamins. I’d say go with salty bone broth, some electrolyte powder or drinks and nothing else. Your body knows what it’s doing Matt. If it doesn’t want food, you are in no danger at all whatsoever. I hope you get better soon. I just found your channel and have watched it pretty much exclusively for the past month. You have a great thing going and it’ll be great to see you back!
GlenAllan
2025-03-17 03:18:39 +0000 UTCBees Knees
Techmoan
2025-03-13 09:31:50 +0000 UTCAlso what’s your cat’s name?
Anthony Hegedus
2025-03-12 21:35:36 +0000 UTCGet better soon Mat! Take care and take it easy… just know that you’re loved by your viewers.
Anthony Hegedus
2025-03-12 21:34:27 +0000 UTCMat, get better soon! sending positive energy youir way!
Brian Cummings
2025-03-10 00:57:04 +0000 UTCSorry you're feeling rough. Was wondering where you were so came here. Look after yourself. We all look forward to seeing you soon. Get all available vaccines!
Pam Jgmail
2025-03-09 02:50:29 +0000 UTCBeen binge watching the old videos and sitting through all adverts, keep resting and hope the extra views help the algorithm too.
GraphicsMonkey
2025-03-08 12:56:35 +0000 UTCHope you're doing okay Mat!
Ruairi P Donaldson
2025-03-08 10:49:08 +0000 UTCHi Mat, hope things are improving, you looked rough last week! Best wishes and get well soon. Kev
RobotOnline
2025-03-08 09:22:36 +0000 UTCHope you feel better! ❤️🩹
Thomas Fuchs
2025-03-07 23:51:49 +0000 UTCO jeez. This is extremely hard to watch. It reminds me of symptons people with Long Covid have, or people who have cancer. I really hope you get your energy levels back to normal again and if you have any other conditions not known yet, that it is found out and that you get treatment for it. I recognize the extreme fatigue very well, fighting to keep my eyes open, drowsing instantly all the time with vivid imagery, but then again i got terminal cancer in the liver. What ever your cause or condition turns out to be, please stay with us Matt, please stay with us. 💪🫂.
Simon van Wees
2025-03-07 20:54:33 +0000 UTC🚑 🚓 🚒 will be dispatched shortly. And I'm on ✈️ (not really).
Grace Robbins
2025-03-07 14:35:15 +0000 UTCPlease get well soon Matt. Wishing you the best from the PNW.
Steve LoGiudice
2025-03-07 08:03:23 +0000 UTCMan Flu is the most pain ever 😏
Richard N
2025-03-06 12:54:17 +0000 UTCThanks for the update but you've got me worried man. Forget videos for a while and just take care of yourself. I hope you have a good support network at home. Be well!
housevil
2025-03-05 23:20:30 +0000 UTCActually, now I'm really worried. Good luck, and do everything you can to recover!
MVVblog
2025-03-05 22:10:43 +0000 UTCHope your body heals up and you recover
Alucard Taylor
2025-03-05 17:27:06 +0000 UTCGet better Mat! Forget the channel and focus on your health! I'll keep you in my prayers
Connor Brumm
2025-03-05 17:07:10 +0000 UTCI wish you all the best! In my area in Germany, all flu illnesses are way harder and longer this year. I was sick 3 times this winter and way longer than usual. But will get better eventually!
Tim Hasak
2025-03-05 11:34:05 +0000 UTCHope your feeling better, take it easy
Antonio Monfermoso
2025-03-04 18:44:16 +0000 UTCThe background makes it look like you are digging something.. not your grave, I hope?!? Ok, bad joke. Some flu will make you feel so shitty that you think you’re dying. Take it easy, just rest.
Pascal Bruyere
2025-03-04 17:43:08 +0000 UTCI am really very sorry to see you like this Matt. I send you my best wishes and hope that you get better very soon. Rodney from sunny Eastbourne.
Rodney Arnoldi
2025-03-04 14:25:27 +0000 UTCBe well.
Richard Scalzo
2025-03-04 13:34:06 +0000 UTCWishing you all the best. Hope you get over this soon. Have you checked, maybe your belts need replacing?
Dave Curran
2025-03-04 12:55:13 +0000 UTCI heard that there is a measles outbreak in Texas...
CURTISSCOTT
2025-03-04 09:55:58 +0000 UTCPlease take care of yourself, you have said previously you have medical conditions. I would be concerned over your oxygen levels, I don’t know if you have a Pulse Oximeter? some watches can tell you or you can get one online or at pharmacy. Just concentrate on yourself and call 111 or 999.. I know you want to do the trail but concentrate on yourself. Take Care and take all the time you need. star ⭐️
CrankyLockPicker
2025-03-04 09:33:32 +0000 UTCJeez you take of no.1. Sending positive vibes from Warrington , which is still spiritually Lancashire for me...Get well soon
Martin Dooley
2025-03-04 07:30:12 +0000 UTCGlad to see you my old pal!
Aria
2025-03-04 06:05:08 +0000 UTCI’m so sorry you’re going through this. Please take care of yourself and advocate as best you can for the care you need. Rest up, and we’ll be here when you get back.
Christina Reardon
2025-03-04 04:02:19 +0000 UTCWow, you sound awful. Get well soon!
nick99nack
2025-03-04 03:53:19 +0000 UTCOhhh you Sound terrible if I may say. Wish you all the best and hopefully you get better soon from Germany.
Lexo
2025-03-03 22:03:22 +0000 UTCI had this flu a couple of months back, I can confirm its a real bastard but I'm better now, as you will be pretty soon sir. Hang in there!
Kevin Baker
2025-03-03 21:57:22 +0000 UTCTrue - this seems to be another level. If he's immunocompromised then it can take longer to recover. Assuming it's not Covid? Who knows these days
Alex James
2025-03-03 21:30:31 +0000 UTC10 days I can maybe understand. He said on the 14th that he's been sick "all week" so assuming he's had it since the 10th or 11th? That's about 20 days ago now. Get well soon mate, that's like no flu I've ever heard of sounds horrible!
Bobby DIG8L
2025-03-03 21:26:15 +0000 UTCSounds like you are having a really tough time. Hope you get better soon ❤️
Lars Jacobsen
2025-03-03 20:23:32 +0000 UTCPlease focus on getting well and resting, we'll be here when you get back.
George Creekhill
2025-03-03 18:09:00 +0000 UTCsounds horrible. Hope you start to see some recovery soon.
Jonathan Parry
2025-03-03 15:17:26 +0000 UTCI had similar flu about 10 years ago. Solid 10 days of horrid awfulness with some respite on day 5. Eventually it let me go and I got better quickly.
Alex James
2025-03-03 13:39:48 +0000 UTCTake care Mat!
Michael Nicholson
2025-03-03 13:29:26 +0000 UTCWe miss you and we will wait as long as needed, before you're fully recovered and able to do what you do best and we enjoy you for. Please take care!
Serge Bellinose
2025-03-03 13:03:28 +0000 UTCTake asich time as you need, we will all still be here and I am sure I speak for everyone in saying we will watch your old videos to keep the algorithm going
GraphicsMonkey
2025-03-03 12:38:10 +0000 UTCFeel better soon, and take all the time you need.
Chris Horry
2025-03-03 11:53:12 +0000 UTCI'm sad to see you like this Mat, but take care of yourself and prioritize getting better instead of thinking about us. Get well soon.
Per 'Zapro' Jensen
2025-03-03 10:35:36 +0000 UTCMatt I do hope you get better soon. I had the similar hard flu 10 years ago, I could barely walk to the bathroom without getting tired. The main reason was that my lungs were overfilled with, basically snot, and I could not get enough oxygen. The thing that got me back to the world of living was an antibiotic, the standard astma inhaler and then some inhaler with corticosteroids. I was a bit sceptical to use them but the doctor said that the most important thing is to get my lungs back to full working order and in about a week I was as good as new. For this purpose corticosteroids saved my life! I really do hope you will get better really soon. You have to rest because of lack of oxygen :/ Please get well soon!
Cold Zer0
2025-03-03 09:00:11 +0000 UTCKeep on resting Mat, take care of yourself, we’ll be here for you!
Richard R.
2025-03-03 08:30:43 +0000 UTCMy wife and I wish you well Mat. I found your channel during Covid and that helped keep me sane during our lockdown. I also experienced something similar a few years back when my respiratory system failed me. I just got a Fitaos health watch. I thought it might be something fun you could review. It is monitoring my blood glucose and a whole lot of other items (non-invasive). But it might also be a useful item for you to monitor your oxygen intake while you are on the mend. Best wishes Mat.
James Edwards
2025-03-03 03:11:10 +0000 UTCSo sorry to hear about your tribulations Matt. Hoping you find a swift pathway to full recovery very soon so that we can see you bright and chirpy again. So excited for your renovations!
Benjamin Yap
2025-03-03 02:06:44 +0000 UTCGeez Matt, I was hoping you were having a bit of a laugh and you would jump up any minute saying you were just joking. :-( . But of course you weren't. Fingers crossed you wake up tomorrow feeling 100% better than you did yesterday. Best wishes from Oz!
Michael Newsome
2025-03-03 01:27:38 +0000 UTCThis is beautiful 😁
Grace Robbins
2025-03-03 00:28:12 +0000 UTCGet well sir. Unfortunately, this flu is a rough one.
Dan D
2025-03-02 21:28:45 +0000 UTCPS: The new studio building looks great
Robin Capper
2025-03-02 21:27:59 +0000 UTCJeez, that's tough. I know you will be getting proper medical advice, take care and look after yourself before worrying about anything YouTube
Robin Capper
2025-03-02 21:27:10 +0000 UTCGet well soon. Lets make Techmoan great again!
Ian Stokes
2025-03-02 20:24:42 +0000 UTCStay Strong Mat!
Mike in Texas
2025-03-02 20:01:53 +0000 UTCAppreciate you making the effort to make this update in your condition. So sorry to see the toll this illness is taking on you, and hoping you get all the care you need to recover from it soon!
Nicholas Carr
2025-03-02 19:55:57 +0000 UTCGet the rest you need. I may not always watch you. But, you're one of my favorites! Stay strong and put your health first! We love you!
Jeff Tiberend
2025-03-02 19:21:23 +0000 UTCGet well soon mate that’s horrible. ❤️
Dalek Supreme
2025-03-02 19:13:57 +0000 UTCThat sounds miserable. Don't fret about sleeping so much - clearly you need it. Hope it starts to feel more bearable soon.
Greg Neilson
2025-03-02 19:06:28 +0000 UTCAll the best to you, Mat. Get well soon.
Killerhund
2025-03-02 18:50:59 +0000 UTCGet well soon my friend, miss the videos!! Take care of yourself.
James Clark
2025-03-02 17:53:07 +0000 UTCMat, your content keeps me sane, but your health is so much more important. I hope you get well soon. Try and immerse yourself in some 80's hip hop 🎶
Stuart Hilpert
2025-03-02 17:17:40 +0000 UTCSeinfeld ❤️
Stuart Hilpert
2025-03-02 17:15:53 +0000 UTCRest assured that the support is still there and will be when you've got through this.. Take your time and don't rush. Hoping that you recover soon. Take care.
Paul Watkins
2025-03-02 16:18:49 +0000 UTCTake care and look after yourself, that is the most important thing.
Scott White
2025-03-02 16:13:38 +0000 UTC🎵Get well, get well soon. We want you to get well.🎵
marcel malfregeot
2025-03-02 15:49:31 +0000 UTCThinking of you matey, wishing you well.
Chas Large
2025-03-02 15:41:33 +0000 UTCNever a good time to be sick, but right at the completion chapter of the studio! Just take care of yourself and feel better soon! May God (or your choice of deity) bless you.
Billy Kaye
2025-03-02 14:59:42 +0000 UTCPlease Just get better 🥺 we love you
Erik
2025-03-02 14:57:59 +0000 UTCMat, I've followed you for a long time now, and I will continue to do so, you and your video content bring me (and I'm sure, all your other patrons) so much enjoyment, you're a fellow northerner, and so down to earth and honest in your reviews and videos. I feel honestly at the moment, like I've a friend who is poorly and I wish there was something I could do to help. As everyone is saying here on Patreon, take your time, get well, and we will all be here to cheer your return, but don't rush, your loyal fans/followers/friends will wait for you. All the best Mat, Dave.
Dave Ahern
2025-03-02 12:56:22 +0000 UTCBeen missing you and your videos, and its good to see you even if you're in the state you're in. Wishing all the best and hope you've reached the depth of it and will be on the way up soon.
Thijs van Exel
2025-03-02 11:53:41 +0000 UTCIf it's the superflu, I had it four weeks ago. It properly beat me up for two weeks. Far worse than the 3 rounds of COVID I've encountered. Felt super weak for a week in the middle of it. Could barely move. I can verify you can recover fully from this superflu. Rest, and keep going big guy. Sending you best wishes.
Simon
2025-03-02 11:25:10 +0000 UTCAs everyone's saying, let yourself sleep and let the channel wait! You'll be back on your feet in no time.
StevesTechShed
2025-03-02 11:18:41 +0000 UTCThis really sounds like CoViD all the way. Hope you get well soon, Matt! All the best!!! 🤗
Bernhard
2025-03-02 10:51:48 +0000 UTCHoly crap, Mat!! You don't look or sound well at all. Keep resting up (sometimes all you can do is sleep through an especially nasty bug) and keep the fluids up. Just adding to the growing chorus of patrons who will still be here no matter how long it takes for your recovery. Don't even think about making any more videos until you're well and truly on the mend (or ideally not until you're fully recovered).
OzRetrocomp
2025-03-02 10:10:22 +0000 UTCTake care of yourself and get well soon! Take as much time as you need. Health is most important. ❤️🤞
Chris Miller
2025-03-02 09:44:22 +0000 UTCHey Mat, take care of yourself and get well. We can wait and won’t go anywhere!❤️ Thanks so much for the update!🙏
Jens Hecke
2025-03-02 09:34:39 +0000 UTCRest up and get well, takes as long as it takes old bean.
David O'Connor
2025-03-02 09:20:04 +0000 UTCTake care and focus on your health, we can watch old videos until you get back again (especially the karaoke ones :) )
Michel van Deventer
2025-03-02 08:12:23 +0000 UTCGet well soon Mat. Hopefully you can start enjoying that lovely garden cave/office/studio/thing soon. Channel can wait. We’re going nowhere 🙏
Arjan Kooij
2025-03-02 07:40:41 +0000 UTCTake care Matt. Sleeping it off is what your body is telling you to do.
Tom Rolfe
2025-03-02 06:33:58 +0000 UTCI can imagine it's tiring to get upstairs every time you have to use the toilet, especially due to drinking a lot of liquids. 😞 When I was ill and consuming 2 gallons (or more) per day, I pretty much camped out near my bathroom. 😞
Grace Robbins
2025-03-02 05:41:33 +0000 UTCSounds like a miserable flu. Take care of yourself, get all that sleep to feel better.
Matthew Galvin
2025-03-02 04:48:05 +0000 UTCMy mother had similar symptoms, including the food tasting awful, and it turned out she had a urinary track infection. I hope you feel better real soon!
David Fountain
2025-03-02 04:35:40 +0000 UTCRest up! Heath comes first, everything else later! All the best
Brian Stearns
2025-03-02 04:27:11 +0000 UTCTake care of you first of all Mat... Don't feel any pressure to make a vid; Just take time for yourself and recover from that... We're sending you a ton of positive vibes and all best wishes to get well soon. ❤️ PS: Thanks tho for that little update of you and studio!
Bernard Couture
2025-03-02 04:18:30 +0000 UTCDamn you sound ill and that is rare! Have a Lemslip and I'm sure you will be just fine... Get well soon. Just being nosey but what is the medical trial for?
Jonathan Spencer
2025-03-02 03:07:56 +0000 UTCThat sounds awful, Mat. Hoping you're properly on the mend soon. Sending our best.
Justin T Lee
2025-03-02 03:07:21 +0000 UTCPlease take care and just focus on getting well. We all love you and your work. We'll all be here for you when you get through this, so don't worry.
Rob Holt
2025-03-02 01:41:15 +0000 UTCGet well soon. Even in the depths of illness you still show flashes of your sense of humor. 😁
Brent Bossom
2025-03-02 01:35:08 +0000 UTCSo great to hear from you, Mat, but you sound dreadful. Please take care of yourself; I'm very concerned for you. Virtual hazmat suit hugs.
toasterking
2025-03-02 00:51:42 +0000 UTCThoughts are with you Mat. Hope you get better soon, we’re going nowhere so rest up.
Marc B
2025-03-02 00:48:51 +0000 UTCGet well soon... We'll be here waiting, no matter how long it takes.
Deadlazlo
2025-03-02 00:46:35 +0000 UTCFeel better. Health before videos. 🙏
Si Wright
2025-03-02 00:34:54 +0000 UTCWe're all here for you Mat. Hope you're feeling better soon.
J.R. Locke
2025-03-02 00:31:51 +0000 UTCDear Mat - please know that we're all rooting for you here. Really shocked to see how poorly you are. Sending v best wishes to get well soon xxx
Jo Blobs
2025-03-02 00:25:21 +0000 UTCTake 15,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day. Cheap and effective.
Tom D
2025-03-02 00:24:51 +0000 UTCSending best wishes. Gideon
Gideon Jones-Davies
2025-03-02 00:02:02 +0000 UTCIf you are on a Statin Drug, add CO-enzyme Q-10 immediately. Ask your doctor to prescribe Ondansetron to treat nausea.
CURTISSCOTT
2025-03-02 00:01:57 +0000 UTCBest to you
Nels Cleath
2025-03-01 23:29:30 +0000 UTCHope you start feeling better soon. Take care and all the best.
Craig Watson
2025-03-01 23:27:00 +0000 UTCIt sounds like COVID. Get well soon Mat.
Gadgetman
2025-03-01 23:26:49 +0000 UTCEchoing others well wishes here. All the best.
Brad Jones
2025-03-01 23:22:07 +0000 UTCAll the best, Mat! Don't worry about the channel! The entire point of Patreon is that you don't have to depend on a constant stream of videos in order to keep a roof over your head. I am happy to support you so you can recover!
Colin Bartlett
2025-03-01 23:02:21 +0000 UTCHey Mat, I've been wiped out for two weeks with the same bug. My 15 year old daughter got it too and she's still suffering. This bug is horrible. You have my sympathy.
stuart taylor
2025-03-01 22:57:30 +0000 UTCHang in there and get well soon, Mr Moan.
Stuart Feltham
2025-03-01 22:46:08 +0000 UTCGet well soon Mat ❤️
Mark Gibbons
2025-03-01 22:45:45 +0000 UTCMy heart goes out to you Mat. I hope you can recover sooner rather than later. I wish I had a magical cure to offer, since what your feeling sounds truly awful.
Dan Weiss
2025-03-01 22:45:40 +0000 UTCSorry to hear you are feeling so rough. Hope you start to feel better soon
Neil Iosson
2025-03-01 22:40:02 +0000 UTCThis really sounds like a miserable illness, and just an awful experience. 😟 I really do hope you get to feeling significantly better soon.
Dane Peterson
2025-03-01 22:34:01 +0000 UTCHad something similar a few years ago and your statement of "I just want it to stop" is exactly the thought I had. It's horrible. When I wasn't feeling like s***e, I was sleeping too. It will pass. Hang in there.
Paul Hughes
2025-03-01 22:33:50 +0000 UTCGet well soon Mat and recover completely ✊
Simon Arnold
2025-03-01 22:30:58 +0000 UTCGenuinely shocked to see how poorly you are, Mat. I wish you a speedier recovery than you are currently experiencing. The ‘shed of sheds’ appears to be progressing well; looking forward to the grand ribbon-cutting in due course. Best wishes!
Roland Bogush
2025-03-01 22:28:25 +0000 UTCYet another well wisher really hoping you start to turn the corner before long Mat. Some of these winter flu type bugs really have clogs on 'em !
David G Finch
2025-03-01 22:25:09 +0000 UTCI’m worried about you Matt, are you sure it’s just flu?
Peter Buck
2025-03-01 22:24:52 +0000 UTCWe are happy to wait, Mat. Get better.
Kevin
2025-03-01 22:15:48 +0000 UTCWe had something similar leading up to Christmas. It lasted a month and it was awful - worse than when we had Covid. Mat, when you get around to reading this, Don't even try to get back to video production for a month! Like everyone else on here, we look upon you as a good friend and it saddens us greatly to see you like this. I wish we could do more than send positive thoughts and wishes. Get well, but take it SLOWLY. Don't rush it or even try to. Take your time, looking after yourself is the most important thing you can do. Don't even try to reply to messages - well done for putting the video together - we can see that was a real effort Loads of love and positive wishes from us both, Stephen and Sheila.
Stephen Bell
2025-03-01 22:10:50 +0000 UTCAt the risk of winning the worst taste of the year award, I'll throw in a (very) shallow joke to give you something to laugh/frown at while you go through all the recovery wishes: A potentiometer, a rubber belt, and a capacitor walk into a bar. The potentiometer grumbles, "No matter how much they twist me, I just can’t seem to hit the right spot anymore!" The belt groans, "Man, I used to be tight and full of energy... now I just slip under pressure." The capacitor sighs, "And I can’t hold my charge like I used to - one little surge and I start leaking everywhere." An old vacuum tube at the end of the bar flickers and mutters, "Heh... at least people still try to turn you on." Ba-dum-tss! Get well soon, Mat!
Tunix
2025-03-01 22:10:15 +0000 UTCI’ve heard others with this flu describe the taste thing as everything tasting of metal. Weird stuff. Wishing you a quick recovery and enjoy the rest if you can. ❤️ 💪
Jonathan Kienzler
2025-03-01 22:06:27 +0000 UTCBest wishes to you Mat, hope you get better soon!
Toni Harju
2025-03-01 22:01:03 +0000 UTCHeartbreaking to see our dear friend suffering like this. Thinking of you Mat, and sending best wishes for a full recovery - and for the sake of your sanity, as quickly as possible. Look after yourself and get plenty of rest. Take care.
Mark Gough
2025-03-01 21:50:41 +0000 UTCSo sorry to hear of your struggles. I sincerely hope you’ll be feeling better soon.
Trevor Bailey
2025-03-01 21:50:23 +0000 UTCLet me add to the legions of well wishers - please take care of yourself & all my positive thoughts & energy are headed your way ❤️. And the shed looks great 😊
David Yammouni
2025-03-01 21:49:11 +0000 UTCYou will be in my thoughts, I hope you recover soon.
Jeff Whitney
2025-03-01 21:38:10 +0000 UTCProof of shed!!!!!! Are you sure that wasn't the actual taste of some of those pot meals that we love to see on here? N.B. For sufficient proof of life, we need to see today's paper or a page of a 1977 hifi catalogue. Get well soon!!
Alistair Boyer
2025-03-01 21:35:36 +0000 UTCI wish you well and I really hope you don't feel forced to publish videos. Let it take the time it needs for you to get well again.
Lari Kovanen
2025-03-01 21:20:55 +0000 UTCI think a second opinion would be a good idea, as others have suggested. My mum has had a form of this nasty flu going around and got pneumonia from it. They gave her antibiotics for it after confirming with a chest X-ray.
Elliot Reid
2025-03-01 21:15:35 +0000 UTCMat, I had something similar just before Xmas and it made me feel utterly fed up and always tired. Just rest and don’t worry about us, we will be there to support no matter what. No new videos? So what. Get better physically and mentally and we all look forward to the studio tour! Take care and positive vibes - Mark.
Mark Walsham
2025-03-01 21:13:23 +0000 UTCSleep works. This will pass. All of us are on your side, so don't worry, don't rush, we will be here whenever you are back to normal. In the meantime, your library of past videos will keep us going.
W2KDM
2025-03-01 21:13:16 +0000 UTCOh Matt! Please do all you need in order to get better and I hope you do soon. It's rubbish being ill. I've upped my support for now. Hopefully others do too so you don't have to rely on ad revenue so much. Sending my best
Andrew Kirkby
2025-03-01 21:09:47 +0000 UTCGet well soon Matt. Can't wait for the tour when it's all done 👍
Paul Czaban
2025-03-01 21:08:37 +0000 UTCAs many others have said, please take the time to allow your body time to recover. If it needs to sleep 16 hours a day to do that, let it. The last 5 years of people getting Long Covid have shown that trying to “rush back to normal” just makes it more likely to get problems for an extended period of time. At minimum I’d say take March off trying to do any work too. I expect almost all your Patreons will carry on as normal, and I understand that’s most of your income anyway. I for one would rather pay for a month of “rest and recovery, no videos” and have you back to regular strength later in the year, than see you try to push through and get a video or two out, only to still be feeling “20% strength at best” in a couple of months. (Also I did laugh that the “proof of life” is dated a year ago, but includes the new garden work studio which only just got built :-) I suspect that wasn’t intended, but it was a nice moment of levity in an otherwise somber video!) Ewen
Ewen McNeill
2025-03-01 21:04:52 +0000 UTCI’m genuinely scared. I realise that you aren’t reading this (in real time at least) but please take care and with all fingers crossed, please get well soon. XXX
Tony Bordino
2025-03-01 21:01:47 +0000 UTCHoping you start to feel better very soon. 🙏 Bees Knees is waiting for you to give him a tour of the new office. ☺️
Craig Lemon
2025-03-01 21:00:06 +0000 UTC***** Matt, If I might suggest (I am not a physician, but I'm around three in my family that are) that you seek expertise from an infectious disease specialist for a second opinion. Hopefully in the UK, you have options for at home care. Here in the U.S., there are services for remote care where you can get your blood tests taken in your home and then a video consult with a specialist when the results come back from the lab. The second opinion might be a great option if you're too tired to travel in the car. Wishing you a steady recovery.
Dave Thompson
2025-03-01 20:59:12 +0000 UTCI couldn't agree more. It's terrifying.
Grace Robbins
2025-03-01 20:56:50 +0000 UTCMat, All the best for a quick and complete recovery. You're in our prayers.
Allen Boogaard
2025-03-01 20:52:18 +0000 UTCTake care Matt! Hope you feel better soon
Dt91c
2025-03-01 20:52:02 +0000 UTCI’m amazed that you were able to put this video up. I wish I could help you, I hope you get better really soon.
Michael Cunningham
2025-03-01 20:51:32 +0000 UTCTake care and take all the rest you need!
Sandro Huber
2025-03-01 20:50:47 +0000 UTCThis. We were there for you too when you needed it, Gravis 💜
Asaf Sagi
2025-03-01 20:50:28 +0000 UTCI suspect his naps aren't "nice", though :(
Asaf Sagi
2025-03-01 20:49:07 +0000 UTCGood Sir, please get well. May you feel much better soon. DO NOT push yourself, sleep your heart out.
Stephen Hamme
2025-03-01 20:44:01 +0000 UTCI wish you well.
Paul Speakman
2025-03-01 20:38:44 +0000 UTCGet well soon.
Simon Campion
2025-03-01 20:37:51 +0000 UTCThat putrid / sour taste was exactly what I experienced when I caught Covid the first time. Coffee tasted like sour cherries. Rest up.
Explosive Action
2025-03-01 20:35:08 +0000 UTCI'm honestly scarred. Not to be negative but this illness seems very serious. My wife wishes you the best. She loves your updates. Videos can wait, we need you around and healthy.
David Michael
2025-03-01 20:33:57 +0000 UTCGiven the current state of U.S. and world politics, I think consciousness is overrated. I'd rather take a nice long nap and hope things get better when I wake up.
VWestlife
2025-03-01 20:31:59 +0000 UTCMatt, here to wish you the best recovery possible. Being sick sucks, even more so when it is as intense as it has been for you. I understand your frustration, but I hipe you find some solace knowing that we support you and will be here for you during this and whenever you return to work. Don't burden yourself with work at this time, focus on yourself and know we will be here when you return Best wishes from Brazil!
Maene Erinys
2025-03-01 20:28:01 +0000 UTCWishing you a speedy recovery, please take care of yourself,!
Eric Fillius
2025-03-01 20:23:59 +0000 UTCMatt get yourself sorted pal we need ya
Goldie Bates
2025-03-01 20:07:11 +0000 UTCWelling up a bit myself too 🥹
Randall Jennings
2025-03-01 19:57:36 +0000 UTCCRD, love your videos as well. Glad to see your encouraging words to Mat.
Randall Jennings
2025-03-01 19:55:46 +0000 UTCI remember a similar flu over Christmas 20 years ago - took an age to shift, so I know what you’re going through. The studio looks good, hope your able to visit it soon :)
Stephen Cooper
2025-03-01 19:55:11 +0000 UTCGet to hospital for an IV. ❤️
Randall Jennings
2025-03-01 19:54:26 +0000 UTCDear Matt, I'm truly sorry to hear all this and see you this way, but I am very grateful that you don't keep it for yourself, but you involve us in it. I pray that you will be well soon. Please keep us posted... literally.
Jean Loyens
2025-03-01 19:51:28 +0000 UTCSo sorry, I hope you start to improve soon. I've been there. Being Type-1 just makes it all worse as we get older. Lately I've been struggling with inflammation in my hands anytime I try to do anything remotely strenuous.
Adrian's Digital Basement
2025-03-01 19:47:08 +0000 UTCSo sorry to see you in such rough shape. Don't feel bad about sleeping, you need to take the time to recover! Work will always be there, but it can wait. It's unfortunate and not fun in the slightest, but these things just take time. Idk if you appreciate prayers, but I'll send a few up for you :)
benrr101
2025-03-01 19:34:39 +0000 UTCWishing you nothing but the best Matt. Looks like this is a bad case of influenza. Stay strong, we will wait here for your recovery. Your health comes first. !
Chris
2025-03-01 19:33:16 +0000 UTCDon't have anything else to add that hasn't been said by everyone on this comment page: I hope you get well soon and we will wait whatever time it takes! Your health is what matters now. This video left me teary eyed, you and your videos have been incredibly important to me for the last ten years or so, you're gonna beat that flu!
Nuno Silva
2025-03-01 19:30:00 +0000 UTCHope you feel better soon Matt
Ian Langfield
2025-03-01 19:27:55 +0000 UTCYou know that you are ill when you put the last year to the date... Get well soon.
TomokiG
2025-03-01 19:25:31 +0000 UTCThis is proper Influenza! People don’t know what flu is until they actually get it - all those people with a cold calling it flu have always been wrong! Don’t resist sleep - Sleep is good as you really need to rest - make sure you drink enough fluids, and try to eat properly even if you don’t feel like it. Your GP is correct in that you’ll only need antibiotics if you get a secondary bacterial infection (productive cough with thick yellow/green sputum) - Influenza is caused by a virus and antibiotics kill bacteria! Keep warm, and take regular paracetamol or lemsip etc for symptomatic relief. Good luck 🤞🏻
drnickyp
2025-03-01 19:20:16 +0000 UTCWishing you the best, Mat.
Drew Fields
2025-03-01 19:20:00 +0000 UTCTake care, Matt. Don’t overstretch yourself too soon. Recovery can be a long but necessary road.
Philip Holland
2025-03-01 19:18:18 +0000 UTC😢 It's good to see you and BK 🐈⬛; it seems like everything is in shambles right now. I've been sleeping a lot due depression. Please... please... hold on and take care 🤍🫂
Grace Robbins
2025-03-01 19:16:16 +0000 UTCTake your time, get all the rest/sleep you need, and get well soon. We'll be here when you get back. ❤️
Gary McConnell
2025-03-01 19:16:00 +0000 UTCI'm so sorry you're going through this. You're the reason i became a YouTuber, and I'll tell you one thing I've learned from this job: When your audience says they'll still be here when you're healthy again, no matter how long it takes, they mean it. You don't need to worry about not being able to produce on top of everything else you're dealing with. It's frustrating not being able to work, but try to put that stress out of your head, it'll only slow things down further. Good luck!
Cathode Ray Dude
2025-03-01 19:14:49 +0000 UTCTake all the time you need to get well again! Don't waste your energy and your strength bothering about us but concentrate on yourself and on what you need and what's good for you. We all here wish you the very best and we will be waiting patiently for as long as it takes for you to come back.
Harald Dehner
2025-03-01 19:04:17 +0000 UTCIt's really painful just to see you like that, i could only imagine how it must be to feel it. Get well soon, that's... sadly... the only thing to say and that i can do.
Simone Camanini
2025-03-01 19:03:37 +0000 UTCVery recognizable. May take a few weeks is my experience. But it's not as if we're giving up on you
Frank Goossens
2025-03-01 19:03:10 +0000 UTCWishing you the best. Seriously. Kick this thing's butt. You will conquer this bug.
JockeTF
2025-03-01 18:57:29 +0000 UTCTake care of yourself Matt, so it goes away as soon as possible!
Michael Bullock
2025-03-01 18:57:21 +0000 UTCTake all the time you need.
Howard Salmon
2025-03-01 18:56:23 +0000 UTCGet well soon. We’ll be ready for the next video when you are ready to do so. Please take all the time you need.
Andrew L. Budny
2025-03-01 18:55:47 +0000 UTCWishing you a fast(er) recovery. Rest and hopefully take care!
Wolf
2025-03-01 18:48:10 +0000 UTCI'm truly sorry to see you like this, and I'm pulling for you to get to the point you can laugh about it and say "remember when..."
Michael Jordan
2025-03-01 18:46:01 +0000 UTCHey Mat, it’s 2025, get well soon!
James Van Duin
2025-03-01 18:43:31 +0000 UTCTake all the time you need to get yourself better. Your audience will be here when you are well.
Bradley Garwood
2025-03-01 18:43:01 +0000 UTCPlease please please take your time in getting better. We miss you, but please don't stress about producing content until then. Best wishes and get well soon!
Chris P
2025-03-01 18:41:32 +0000 UTCThere is some nasty shit going round that's destroying even the fittest of people. You're best off staying hydrated, take all of the vitamins and nonsense like that and just sleep through it to recoup your energy.
evilution
2025-03-01 18:39:05 +0000 UTCMatt I wanted to reach out and let you know how much your content means to me. Seeing your videos has been a source of joy and inspiration, and I can't thank you enough for the effort and passion you put into your work. I admire you greatly and am grateful for the positivity you bring to so many lives, including mine. I got a little teary-eyed watching your latest update, knowing there isn't much I can do to help. But please know that you are always in my thoughts. I absolutely adore your Tuxedo cat—it's a joy to see them in your videos! I have two of my own, and they drive me nuts in the best way possible. The exterior of your office looks so inviting. As you mentioned, sleep is essential, and it's okay to rest as much as your body needs. It's frustrating at times, but remember, your body is doing its best to heal. I'm looking forward to the day you're back to your energetic self, creating the content we all love. Until then, take all the time you need to recover. Your well-being is the most important thing. Wishing you strength and sending all my positive thoughts your way. With heartfelt gratitude and concern, Robert PS I agree with @Andrew Stanley Please just don't die!
Robert Mendez
2025-03-01 18:38:38 +0000 UTCYou're right, this is not funny! My wife and I will pray for you. Please take care of yourself and get well soon.
Rudy Rodriguez
2025-03-01 18:36:12 +0000 UTCI'm wondering if Mat has done a Covid test in the last week. His taste comments triggered that although I realised he lost his sense of taste and smell a long time ago. However, loss of smell and taste was a common first sign of Covid (which happened to my wife) and when it came back it was often different. Get well soon Mat but don't overdo things too early.
Duncan
2025-03-01 18:34:30 +0000 UTCWishing you a speedy recovery Matt
Grant Griffiths
2025-03-01 18:34:29 +0000 UTCSo sorry to see you like this. You WILL get better.Hang in there. (We can wait!)
Steve Day
2025-03-01 18:33:29 +0000 UTCGet well soon!
Kevin Tangney
2025-03-01 18:30:13 +0000 UTCGet well soon, mate.
Terry J. MacKenzie
2025-03-01 18:23:17 +0000 UTCMatt, hope the improving weather will help you mend. Have a proper rest, new videos can wait. Take care!
Mark Korp
2025-03-01 18:19:37 +0000 UTCAll things in due time, sir. Focus on listening to your body. Give it rest when it demands, food when it asks, and empty the recycle bin at the slightest hint of possible need. You're a positive force for a lot of people, and we're all pulling for you. Just don't rush it. We'll be here when you're ready. Thank you for checking in on us.
Dan Cooley
2025-03-01 18:15:44 +0000 UTCDon’t die Matt! Just rest up, take a year if you have to. Get well.
Andrew Stanley
2025-03-01 18:15:06 +0000 UTCGood to have the update and see you (and the outside of the new office!) Hope you're feeling better soon - it sounds like a very rough time.
matsimpsk
2025-03-01 18:12:26 +0000 UTCEverything crosser that this passes soon and your back on your feet again asap chap. Can tell how tired you are, but your resilient as hell so can get through this.
GraphicsMonkey
2025-03-01 18:11:23 +0000 UTCI’m not sure you do or not but I believe in prayer and within the first 10 seconds of this video I offered one on your behalf. It’s my prayer that you find comfort healing, and improved health with every passing moment.. …….
chris cunningham
2025-03-01 18:10:20 +0000 UTCYou just focus on getting better! We'll manage without a video for a week or two (or longer)
Kylo Salvesen
2025-03-01 18:08:11 +0000 UTCHang in there. The Sun will shine soon.
Jason Palmer
2025-03-01 18:08:08 +0000 UTCGet well soon, best wishes! Take all the time you need.
jua
2025-03-01 18:07:47 +0000 UTCCheers Mat. Take some comfort that the sleep is allowing your body's systems to do all the heavy lifting. It will turn around soon and then you can carry on wiser.
Rory Barr
2025-03-01 18:07:19 +0000 UTCMy friend, take all the time you need to get better. Grow strong again 💪 we're always here for you, always have an open ear ❤️
ElPlagiato
2025-03-01 18:05:31 +0000 UTCWishing you a swift recovery. Sounds terrible. The garden room looks good.
Gareth R
2025-03-01 18:05:00 +0000 UTCYeesh! That sounds rough. Here’s hoping you’re on the other side of it and it’s all uphill (at a reasonable pace) from here!
Shawn
2025-03-01 18:04:10 +0000 UTCMat, you didn't have to do that for us. I'm confident I speak for everyone here in saying that we want you to get better, more than we want more videos. Get well soon, my friend.
Asaf Sagi
2025-03-01 18:03:40 +0000 UTCMatt, you have nothing to feel bad about. You get all the rest you need. We would all rather have you healthy.
Dean Hepler
2025-03-01 18:02:40 +0000 UTCHang in there, Mat. I had flu about ten years ago when I woke up in the night and the bed was dripping wet. I nearly fainted going ten feet to the toilet. Then my partner got it and the pair of us were stuck in bed for ten coughing, feverish, sweaty days. It was horrendous. It was like having glandular fever. You will recover though, and sleep is your body's way of charging the batteries to fight the virus so let it. We will all be here waiting when you are feeling better :)
Robsa
2025-03-01 18:02:02 +0000 UTCI stayed at my Mum's during that period, she fed and watered me while i mostly watched old and Techmoan videos and slept. In fact I've only recently been rewatching the new ones released during that time and it's been odd as I've essentially been watching some of them for the first time. I needed gentle background noise, i was to awake too sleep, too lacking in energy to do anything else. Even LGR was too much stimulation, i needed Techmoan, informative, gentle, relaxing. My mum must've been sick of him. I would've been bored without him though, even if i knew of another Techmoan line channel at the time i wasn't on a position to look for one. Maybe Mat could watch old episodes of his but that's all i can offer, mum did all the work.
Martipar
2025-03-01 18:01:38 +0000 UTCBloody hell, mate. You've really been hit hard. So sorry to see you like this. Hoping this wretched flu buggers off asap. On a positive note, the new office/ studio behind you looks sweet.
norliss
2025-03-01 18:01:13 +0000 UTCHaving just gotten over a terrible flu I wish you all the best and a swift recovery. Take your time and rest up. I sincerely hoping you feel better as soon as possible!
Mac84
2025-03-01 18:01:09 +0000 UTCSo sorry you’re having to go thru this. Forget about making videos and rest.
Bill Smartt
2025-03-01 17:59:31 +0000 UTCMatt you don' t sound well. Take your time a Month a Year or Whatever it takes to recover. I wish you a quick recovery.
D-Snake91
2025-03-01 17:54:23 +0000 UTCSo sorry you've had to deal with such nastiness for this long 😞 Truly wishing the very best, Mat. We're rooting for you. However long you need!
LGR
2025-03-01 17:50:56 +0000 UTCStay strong Mat. Slowly but surely you recover.
Jędrzej Krupiński
2025-03-01 17:50:55 +0000 UTCTake care of yourself Matt. Here's hoping you make a speedy recovery.
Simon Kendall
2025-03-01 17:50:25 +0000 UTCWishing you the best, man. Rest up and get better soon! 🙏🏼
Kevin Steele
2025-03-01 17:50:06 +0000 UTCStay strong Mat, we love & believe in you!
Brady
2025-03-01 17:49:25 +0000 UTCWishing you a speedy recovery.
Graham Kendrick
2025-03-01 17:48:50 +0000 UTCI don't know if you'll be up to reading these comments Mat, but seeing you so unwell and still battling to make a video for us broke my heart. Don't worry about us, take care of yourself, and let us know if there's anything we can do for you. I think I'm going to bump my patreon level up since you'll be down in ad revenue from YouTube until you can regularly post again.
C Glover
2025-03-01 17:48:31 +0000 UTCMat, I'm sorry you are feeling sick. I caught the flu, Influenza-A, from someone hacking and coughing two rows behind me on a flight back from vacation. I ended up with a 107-degree fever and was extremely ill. That was the first week of January, and it took a couple of months to feel like myself again. I'd suggest Snickers protein bars (the best ones are from the UK) and as much hydration as you can stomach.
Mark Ettrich
2025-03-01 17:47:39 +0000 UTCTake care of yourself Matt, get well soon!
Chris Harding
2025-03-01 17:46:40 +0000 UTCYes he sounds much like my dad when he was going through his cancer treatments as well. Hopefully you can share some tips to get by day by day until he gets better.
Funkmon
2025-03-01 17:45:44 +0000 UTCWishing you all the best, Mat! Hope you feel better soon. Garden studio looks great! Can't wait to hear more about it.
Todd Swan
2025-03-01 17:44:09 +0000 UTCAll the best Mat!
Thomas Kahabka
2025-03-01 17:43:45 +0000 UTCHopefully you can get enough energy to read this. Luckily you have your kitty and wife to run the joint while you're sick. Make sure you listen to Mrs. Techmoan. She's got as much invested in you as you do, and if you're sick you aren't thinking correctly. Let her take charge if she has to if she's that kind of lady. That's funny about the sense of taste coming back but it's bad. Hopefully we can laugh about that later. As my dad was going through cancer treatments he actually did about the same as you. Protein drinks were all he could get down but he ate easy fruits.
Funkmon
2025-03-01 17:43:41 +0000 UTCWe are all with you! Stay strong and you will get over it!
Nikolay Ivanov
2025-03-01 17:42:08 +0000 UTCSorry for you having to go through this incredibly awful condition. It must be rough on The Missus as well. Take it one day at a time and with any luck you'll beat it. Cheers Mat.
Mark Hesse
2025-03-01 17:41:51 +0000 UTCUgh! Mat that truly sucks! Not that anyone wants to hear it but I did in fact have something that knocked me out for days on end. All I wanted to do was sleep. In my case it was actually a bacteria infection, cellulitis in my legs brought on by a vascular disease. Took two years an three different specialists to get it sorted. Had the necessary procedure in December but was told it could take up to 8 months for things to improve. Meanwhile, had another bout of "the Sickness". But by this point I know the symptoms early and I quickly got onto antibiotics. Thank you Alexander Fleming! Not the worst part but the part that is an extra bummer is that after I started getting well my sleep patterns were all screwed up and I couldn't sleep normally for a few days! All the creators I support on Patreon have gotten sick! First Physicsgirl and now Techmoan! It's the lie Justice League are falling apart! Best of health for your recovery!
David Fulton
2025-03-01 17:41:26 +0000 UTCIt took my friend a whole month to get over it. About 2 weeks in he started taking large quantities of vitamin c and garlic which he thinks helped, but who knows. I'm guessing your body is sleeping to conserve energy for fighting the bug, Mat I wish you all the best for a speedy recovery :-)
LANDLINEMAN.com
2025-03-01 17:40:12 +0000 UTCHope you feeling better soon
andreas wheeler
2025-03-01 17:39:52 +0000 UTCAll the best hope you feel better very soon
Barry Pearsall
2025-03-01 17:37:40 +0000 UTCGet well soon, Mat! All the best!
Tim Doering
2025-03-01 17:37:24 +0000 UTCThank you for the update, so sorry you're going through this. Take care of yourself and hoping you get well soon.
zjd
2025-03-01 17:37:19 +0000 UTCDamn, hope you will see progress soon Mat, best of luck and thanks for the update. Please don't feel forced to make a video while you are ill 😅
pepijn
2025-03-01 17:36:58 +0000 UTCGet well soon Mat- take all the time you need and take care.
Jon B
2025-03-01 17:35:22 +0000 UTCWishing you all the best.
Phil Sheldon
2025-03-01 17:35:13 +0000 UTCMat, As annoying as it might seem, please let your body rest as much as it needs. We will be here when you are ready. You are in our thoughts! Take care, Matt
TCE
2025-03-01 17:33:04 +0000 UTCI am hoping and praying you will get well soon Mat. Doesn't matter how long it takes we will be here. Get well soon.
MJFJ
2025-03-01 17:31:51 +0000 UTCTake your time, get well!
Joon Choi
2025-03-01 17:31:03 +0000 UTCThanks for the update, Mat. The new office looks neat. I'm sorry you're going through this, but glad you're still amongst the living. Illness like this can hit hard, and when you're in the middle of it, it can be daunting, but I hope to see the day when you look back on it. No apologies needed, Mat. Your desire to get through this and back at it is a good sign in itself. Rest is important to healing, and if your body wants to sleep, let it. Sleep is good medicine. Until we hear from you again, be well.
Kevin Mitchell
2025-03-01 17:27:20 +0000 UTCKnow that there are a great many people wishing you well and commiserating. It is a ghastly, frustrating, draining flu this year, on both sides of the Atlantic. Hold on. It won't win, you will.
Joseph Dougherty
2025-03-01 17:27:18 +0000 UTCYou do not look well, i hope things improve. I know it's clichéd to say "I've been there" but last year i was going through chemotherapy which made me feel the way you are. In fact one of the things that got me through was your videos because of their gentle nature. However further back i was ill at a music festival and it took ages to put my small tent away. I couldn't breathe for very long, i took my inhaler very regularly and getting the bus home was difficult. I got home and spent a week in bed, i got back to work and found out a with colleague was of with something and they were on bed for 2 weeks (which I'd have been had i not been forced to get up to see bands). I really hope you get well, take your time, I'll still be a Patreon while you are away.
Martipar
2025-03-01 17:26:13 +0000 UTCGet well soon Matt!
Simon Williamson
2025-03-01 17:26:03 +0000 UTCThe worst time to feel bad, with so much going on. I hope you're over the worst of it.
Big Car
2025-03-01 17:24:53 +0000 UTCMy missus is a doctor and only by watching the video says you should be in a hospital. We know you have asthma but all the symptoms and that bad shortness of breath don't sound like a flu. More like Long Covid. Please Sir, get all the possible tests done.
Aki
2025-03-01 17:24:33 +0000 UTCSorry to hear you're struggling. Sending you much love, and wishing you a quick recovery. (I get a s sick as you - but I always have a flu-"jab" and wear a mask - sod what anyone else thinks).
Amro
2025-03-01 17:23:12 +0000 UTCGosh, I am so sorry. Get well, and we'll all be here when you are. Reading the comments, I don't think anyone expects anything of you and just wants you to be better! ❤️
Martin Porcheron
2025-03-01 17:21:58 +0000 UTCYou're in my thoughts, dear Mat.
Rick McCauley
2025-03-01 17:18:53 +0000 UTCNever mind about giving us updates mate, get well soon, take as long as it needs. As others have said, even if you want to talk, or anything, please do reach out. Take care, Andrew.
Andrew Franks
2025-03-01 17:18:23 +0000 UTCSo sorry this has been this awful. We're pulling for you! Hang in there.
Landon Pool
2025-03-01 17:17:55 +0000 UTCTake as much time as you need, Mat, we’ll all be here waiting. Get well as soon as you can.
Phil Collins
2025-03-01 17:12:48 +0000 UTCAlso, I'd say you're somewhat beyond "normal" flu levels, even normal for norfolk. Got asthma or similar by any chance? You look and sound like you need a doctor to take you seriously...
Michel
2025-03-01 17:09:13 +0000 UTCWell done for 7 minutes of talking. Hang in there!
Rolf Dekker
2025-03-01 17:08:11 +0000 UTCThanks for the update Matt. Get well, take all the time you need. We will be here. It is great to see you and hear your voice. Take care!
Ron Soeters
2025-03-01 17:07:44 +0000 UTCtake as long as you need Matt. I will be here waiting on anything you can share. I am just now recovering from having sepsis so I know all about the exhaustion and I could not make even a video like this due to how tired I have been over the course of two weeks.
John McCormick
2025-03-01 17:06:31 +0000 UTCI’m so sorry to hear you are struggling. I am praying for you to recover quickly and to regain your strength. We are here for you and support you! Blessings!
Randal Senter
2025-03-01 17:04:03 +0000 UTCPs, really appreciate the update.
CBits Tech
2025-03-01 17:02:57 +0000 UTCOh Mat, you poor bugger. Hang in there. x
Transdiffusion Broadcasting System
2025-03-01 17:02:31 +0000 UTCMan, I am so sorry Matt! I can see how sick you truly are! A bit of hope; my Mother and Father have both been stricken with this horrible flu, and it took them a month to get over it, but they are finally on the mend. They are still extremely weak and tired. They were much like you are, and I was very concerned about them as I am about you. We all understand and take all the time you need! Best wishes to your health.
Sam Watts
2025-03-01 17:01:40 +0000 UTCI had flu when I was 15. At that age, I was as healthy as I'd been in my life and it took me several weeks before I was right again. At my worst, all I could do was lie in bed and watch the clock go round. I'd hate to have flu now when I'm nearly 50. Thankfully, I'm eligible for the jabs now, so that gives me a bit more assurance. Take as much time as you need. We'll all still be here.
Matthew Lawrenson
2025-03-01 17:01:37 +0000 UTCI must say, I expected to see Matt behind a newspaper with the current date. Please take care. If your body needs sleeping, just do it. I have been through similar but probably not so bad. It is also scary as shit, so you need to take care of your mental health. If there is anything I can do, please let me know. I have a similar shirt. We can be shirt buddies. Office is looking fantastic. I know it might not be your thing, but you may get some. Strawberries around there, pluck a couple on your way to work. Please take care. Don't push yourself. You got this
Raul Ramos
2025-03-01 17:01:17 +0000 UTCI thought something was up as your usual regular videos were getting shorter or didn't happen. Really hope your get better soon mate. Forget you tube for now. All the best
Ant Banks
2025-03-01 17:00:48 +0000 UTCGeez, hang on in there. I hope Mrs Moan isn't ill too. If so, get help from family and/or neighbours. It's just a matter of time and your body will fight it off. Fruit is good for nutrition, but lacks calories (energy). If someone can get you some Huel drinks they might help. 500ml milk shakes in various flavours. 400 kCal each and nutritionally complete with many vitamins and minerals. Vanilla is quite light, the other flavours are a little thicker and sometimes sickly. Vanilla is 34g carbohydrates of which 4.3g sugars. Plant based, gluten free, may contain mustard. £3.50 a bottle though. Only needs refrigeration after opening.
CBits Tech
2025-03-01 17:00:33 +0000 UTCBeen there (other sickness) there is always some light at the end of the tunnel. But hard to believe when you just halfway through. Best wishes Mat.
Pin Swede
2025-03-01 17:00:12 +0000 UTCGet well, very soon!!
Benjamin Giguere
2025-03-01 16:59:19 +0000 UTCUgh, sorry to see what this illness has taken from you -- hopefully you'll soon get it all back, and more. I've heard from a few people how what's going around now is really knocking them out. Keep fighting it as best you can, and we'll be here for when you're up and running again.
MM
2025-03-01 16:59:01 +0000 UTCThinking of you Matt! It's hit our house here in Canada too. Absolutely awful. Get well soon!
Kevin Closs
2025-03-01 16:58:11 +0000 UTCTake all the time you need. Would gladly up my Patreon amount if you had higher tiers. I’ll always support your channel.
Christopher Grandlienard
2025-03-01 16:57:29 +0000 UTCI'm usually a bad judge on how people are doing, but you sound awful, Mat, you can tell that just putting that video together was knocking you for six. Take your time, be ready to make videos once you're in a place to do so, not before.
Adam Gurney
2025-03-01 16:56:39 +0000 UTCNever heard someone gasping like this because of flu. 😕 I wish all the best, get well and leave this awful sickness behind as soon as possible!
Zollai István
2025-03-01 16:56:12 +0000 UTCGet well soon Matt. New building looking good
Chris Cox
2025-03-01 16:55:57 +0000 UTCHoping the upswing starts soon, Matt. No fun at all being out of commission like that.
Ryan MacMichael
2025-03-01 16:55:29 +0000 UTCDude, giving you an order… get well soon, you hear me? Thinking of you matey, when mentioning it just to my mum, she said to say ‘get well soon Matty’… not sure about the ‘Matty’ bit, but she is rocking with it 😁 Lee
Lee Coles
2025-03-01 16:55:24 +0000 UTCPrayers up brother. I wish you well. Back when I had the C word of 2019 back in the dark ages of July 2020, I was similar. I can definitely relate. 💚
BlueChainsawMan
2025-03-01 16:54:46 +0000 UTCHope you get well soon. As you, I would love to see you new studio. First make sure you fully get rid of this awful flu.
DwightRides
2025-03-01 16:54:27 +0000 UTCGhods, you sound horrible. This flu is an absolute bastard, worst I've seen in decades. I think it was a month before I finally felt like I was somewhat back to normal. I can see it in you, that state of FFS I've got up and had breakfast and now I'm knackered and can I go to bed now? Sure sucks with your New Shiny right behind you and no energy to do anything with it, but hang in there, take all the rest you (clearly!) need, don't force it. The taste thing you mention, yeah my wife had that too. Everything tasting foul. The GP thought this flu might've been a new covid like thing, but nobody cares about that anymore so who knows. But it is a mean one. We'll still be here in a couple of weeks...
Michel
2025-03-01 16:53:38 +0000 UTCGet well soon 🙏🏻
Johnw1978
2025-03-01 16:53:21 +0000 UTCSo sorry you're feeling crap like that, Mat. All the best - hope you get feeling better soon! ❤️
Ken Klavonic
2025-03-01 16:53:07 +0000 UTCThanks for taking the time to update us. Very sorry to hear about the health. The trial itself couldn’t be contributing to the issues Could it in some way? Try and keep the fluids up… even meal replacement milk shakes are better than nothing. sun helps with vitamin d (I think). I’d still think about visiting the doctor too, please mate. Iron tablets possibly, but not going to list all the cliché treatments. Be thinking of you. Regards.
James(UK)
2025-03-01 16:53:05 +0000 UTCHad three weeks of hell in January myself - "just a flu"... Best wishes for your health.
Oscar Røhling
2025-03-01 16:52:58 +0000 UTCMatt, I was so glad and relieved when your message came up! It's good to see you alive and on video anyway. However, what you're going through, to me, looks like some sort of Long Covid, whether Covid was the origin or not. Please, don't rush things. Take your time. Be prepared that the process of recovery might take weeks or even months. And, if possible by any means, try to see a specialist for fatigue and the like. There are such doctors, but they're rare. And try to get a coach for the process of recovery. No kidding, the most important thing is to NEVER overexert yourself. To feel the limit before it's there. The limit will be different each day. But if you follow this rule, you will be able to push this limit eventually. My thoughts and best wishes are with you! Gerald from Oldenburg, Germany
Gerald Hunker
2025-03-01 16:52:21 +0000 UTCYour well-being come first above all else. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Take care!
Paul
2025-03-01 16:52:03 +0000 UTCGlad to see you're still hanging in there! Hope you feel better soon.
Rowan Kerseboom
2025-03-01 16:50:40 +0000 UTCall the best to you. that flu/RSV is also all over the place in the SF bay area.
hfidek
2025-03-01 16:50:14 +0000 UTCMy uncle seems to have had what you have. "It's been going round" as they say. Took him 3 weeks to shake it. Wiped him out. But it did clear eventually if that helps.
Alec
2025-03-01 16:50:00 +0000 UTCTake care of yourself. That is first and foremost.
Rocco Rizzo
2025-03-01 16:49:47 +0000 UTCOMG. This sounds so awful! Focus on your health. What you described reminded me of when I got bird flu back in the 2000s. The lethargy, the loss of taste and even had a bout of bell’s palsy. Hoping you get well soon!
GrafxGear
2025-03-01 16:47:39 +0000 UTCGet well soon. I wish you the best, hope you're on the way to there again.
Jan Höhl
2025-03-01 16:47:27 +0000 UTCGet well soon Mat, the flu stain going around atm is truly vicious
Nicholas Clarke
2025-03-01 16:46:37 +0000 UTCGet yourself properly right before doing any more videos, we can wait. There's been some awful things going around this year, hope that you're well soon (and that you stay well).
Steve Bailey
2025-03-01 16:46:20 +0000 UTCGet better Mat. Had some godawful viral thing earlier this month, left me with labyrithitis as well as knocking me for 6.
Michael Young
2025-03-01 16:44:57 +0000 UTCJesus. Looks like your going through it. Take care and look after yourself. You health is more important than YouTube.
Glyn Roberts
2025-03-01 16:44:21 +0000 UTCOh dearie me. Sad to see you in this state. It does look rather serious, I was thinking some Covid related thing, but I guess you’ve tested for that? Regardless, wishing you all the best and hope this is on the mend now. Best wishes from us here in Norway. 💗
Anders Enger Jensen
2025-03-01 16:44:07 +0000 UTCHope you feel better soon Mat ❤️
Alfie Brown
2025-03-01 16:43:59 +0000 UTCHang in there, Mat. We'll all be here. New studio looks great, and I know I speak for everyone when I say we very much look forward to you being healthy enough to get in there. Take care.
[redacted]
2025-03-01 16:43:54 +0000 UTCBrutal. Hoping this is over with soon. Take care.
Tony P
2025-03-01 16:43:19 +0000 UTCWish you all the best! There is some nasty virus going around, I've been ill for a couple of days now, but feeling not healthy since about 2 months already, like it goes away, and comes back again... I hear that from many people. Hope it gets better soon!
MrHammond
2025-03-01 16:43:11 +0000 UTCI rather see you "moaning" than fighting with this stuff... But it's good to know you have the strength to make us an update 💪 no worries, we'll wait for you to get back in shape, stay foot!! All the best!
ricardoftgomes
2025-03-01 16:42:45 +0000 UTCGet well soon, wish you all the best!
Andreas
2025-03-01 16:41:55 +0000 UTCBest wishes for the fastest possible recovery, Matt. I've been dealing with a nasty strain of the flu for the last two or three weeks and I know exactly what you mean about the weakness and the asleep every time you sit. I've not slept that much in a long while. Finally coming out of it, a bit more energy off and on. Take care, we're still here & supporting, both professionally and personally. (And been deep diving into your back catalog via YouTube.)
Ralph Fontcuberta
2025-03-01 16:41:20 +0000 UTCSo sorry--just went thru the flu myself. Back to bed and get some rest! Don't worry about the show--we're happy to wait.
Mark Schmidbauer
2025-03-01 16:41:13 +0000 UTCWishing you all the possible best. Sounds very, very rough.
Lari Palander
2025-03-01 16:41:03 +0000 UTCGlad to see you're not dead! 😄 Feel better soon!
Studio Errilhl
2025-03-01 16:40:11 +0000 UTCTake care of yourself, Mate. Health and family first, always. Wishing you the best in recovery.
Galactician
2025-03-01 16:39:58 +0000 UTCHang in there, Matt. You'll make it through.
Delta Creations
2025-03-01 16:39:29 +0000 UTCBig love Mat! Best of luck
Jim Thomlinson
2025-03-01 16:39:10 +0000 UTCWhat year is it? It's 2025 Matt, caption says 2024 :) Edit: Just seen the vid, I didn't realise you were so bad. Hope you turn a corner soon mate and hopefully once you start it will be a swift recovery.
Felix
2025-03-01 16:38:55 +0000 UTCGood to see you, Mat. The new office looks pretty great! But please, take care of yourself. Hope you get better soon.
Ruairi P Donaldson
2025-03-01 16:38:36 +0000 UTCI really hope you’re feeling better soon, Mat. All the best, Mark.
Mark Persad
2025-03-01 16:37:49 +0000 UTCJeez Matt, really hoping you get better soon.
Kramer
2025-03-01 16:37:21 +0000 UTCGreat to see an update, just FYI Wrong year in title
Richard Tyrer
2025-03-01 16:36:44 +0000 UTCDon’t worry about us, we’ll always be waiting here for you. Just focus on getting well.
Lachlan Lau
2025-03-01 16:36:05 +0000 UTC"sign in to confirm you're not a bot"
Will Wren
2025-03-01 16:35:56 +0000 UTCNice to hear from you! I wish you quicker recovery. Sleep, eat and drink.
Michiel Dost
2025-03-01 16:35:05 +0000 UTCGood to see ya Mat. Just hope you’re on the mend soon and you’re on the up. Be well mate.
windowsillett
2025-03-01 16:34:37 +0000 UTC
