The Aftermath

My wife and I woke up this morning and both stared in disbelief at the amount of emails I was receiving full of love and support for my current situation, to say we were both amazed and grateful doesn't do it justice.

I don't know what I've done to inspire such love in people but I plan on keeping doing it. Those of you that are helping me with the costs of my surgery, which stands at around $45,000 right now, have taken so much pressure of off me that I'm actually hopeful it can happen. Donations are around $6,000 as of today and you have no idea how grateful I am, there is no way I could pay for this procedure by myself, we literally have been wiped out by the doctor bills.

Today is the first day I'm feeling somewhat human after the initial operation. It's the first morning where I have woken up without a mouth full of caked blood, the first morning where I haven't begged my wife for painkillers, and that's a big deal.

They removed all my teeth, I honestly don't remember a thing, they drilled down into my jaw, under my gums, to relieve the abscesses and drain the infection that's been killing me, and hopefully that coupled with the course of antibiotics that I am on will solve that problem.

This was the last step I could possibly take to cure this shit, and I was more than a little hesitant as you can imagine. I really pushed it to the limit, exhausting all other options before undertaking this one.

I can't really talk, I sound remedial at best, they said I'd learn how to talk again but I can tell it's going to take some time. I highly doubt I'll sing on the next Twilight Singers album like normal, there's no way at this point that I can.

There are rumors of a benefit concert in September in Los Angeles starring some heavy hitters to help me towards the goal of getting implants so I can talk again, and to those people organizing that I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will post the details here as soon as I know them, I am not involved in putting it together.

So once again, I love you guys, thanks for restoring my faith in people, I truly appreciate all your support.

And now this...