An Update Before I Post Some Art

I hope you've been doing well and I apologize for how silent I have been the last 2~ months!

TLDR: I had some brain problems but I think I'm okay. Gonna pause next months billing cycle to catch up and I'll be holding last month and this month's polls still as everyone was billed for them! Melony is done and the finished piece + WIPs will go up after this update. I will also be taking character submissions for the polls. Thank you!

On the 23rd of July I woke up feeling really dizzy and disoriented, no pain, nausea nor fever, but the inability to sit up-right and look at a screen or even read without it getting unbearable. I tried to ignore it until the 27th when I finally called a nurseline to see if I should go to the ER to which they said yes. So I go and they take blood and urine samples, they do 2 types of CT scans on my neck and head and after waiting while hooked up to an IV drip the tests come back all negative for anything unusual. The doctor says he has to discharge me despite my persisting symptoms and says I need to be referred to a specialist through my primary care provider specifically a neurologist and an optometrist. I called my PCP the next day to schedule an appointment and I am STILL waiting to see my doctor and to get a referral to said specialists, my appointment isn't until the 28th. As frustrating as this is I have been getting WAY better since then despite the occasional headache and the "regular" ocular migraine. If my symptoms somehow get worse I can go to a different, better equipped ER, but thankfully they have not.

Needless to say, this happened when I wanted to pause patreon to catch up with how behind I had fallen however at the request of the doctor I saw he said to "stay away from screens and sleep as much as possible" which I would do anyway given how much it sucked to stay awake. Maybe it was a silent migraine, or possibly something eye related, but I won't know for sure until I can see a specialist.  

My game plan now is to pause next month's billing cycle, hold June and July's polls and get caught up. I apologize again to those of you who were waiting patiently last month and never got to participate in the poll. I considered issuing refunds but I figured doing the art that everyone is expecting is a better path to take. Thank you!