UPDATE: I've Been in Hospital
Kindly forgive the lack of stories this past week
I have been in hospital since last Tuesday, 30th July, and will be in till at least Wednesday, 7th August, this week. I’ll keep this short.
The doctors and surgeons suspect I have Crohn’s Disease. No definitive cause (possibly genetic), no cure; symptoms (abdominal pain, inflammation of the bowel, nausea, loss of appetite, the list goes on) can be managed. Temporary liquid diet and lots of rest is helping so far and I aim to resume posting fiction on Tuesday 13th August.
In the mean time there is plenty to read in the Free Collection;
The Free Collection
Here you will find a collection of writings from across ReddOscarWrites that remain free to read. The collection is made up of One Shots, a novella, and novella first chapters.
A good choice from this would be:
If you have read all of that then there is also 40 odd short stories and a handful of novellas in the Paid Collection;
The Paid Collection
Welcome to the Paid Collection. Here you may peruse the directory of all the stories held within, sorted by genre.
A good choice from this would be:
Heir to the Dragon Helm
‘Did anyone see Herennius come through the gate?’ Gauis's voice ricocheted off the tower’s ancient walls. The young man tossed his half-helm to the floor and slammed his fists on the table. ‘Did anyone see my brother?’
Thank you all for your patience and be assured, the stories will continue!
Take care brother. There will be better days! Take the time you need - you only have one body that we know of.
I've been there myself. When I burned out, it was a combinaton of my Chron's disease and stress (2008 financial crisis). Chron's went into overdrive and nearly killed me. I lost 14 kg in a few weeks, and I knew there was no fix for this.
I was told in no uncertain terms by doctors that it's over - my life, job, everythign I had built thus far. Took their advice and left it all, and went into healing mode for the next two years.
The good news is, they're wrong. Chron's is an autoimmune disease and untreatable by medical science, but not by you. I've been symptom free and perfectly healthy for about 14 years now, after sufferin like mad for previous 15 years. It can be done, but you're going to have to look inward for the solution and give it time.
I wrote a bit about my journey to healing here - if nothing else, I hope it gives you hope that you don't have to be stuck with the disease forever, even thought the first thing I would suggest is that you accept that possibility and make peace with it.
https://zzmeditations.substack.com/p/how-i-healed-my-crohns-disease
Good luck and I hope you get better soon!
Oh dude, so sorry to hear that. I have a friend who has that. Pretty shitty (no pun intended) as it can make things inconvenient. Just take your time and don't worry about being here, no one is going to leave.