It's been a heckuva past few months! After a clash with the roommate, a conflict with eBay and just before the holidays, I tested positive for HIV. After follow-up visits and reports over the last few weeks, the results revealed that I have progressed into the AIDs category, with a CD4 count of 118 and a Viral Load of 240,000. While this is a devastating diagnosis, I am trying my best to stay positive and pursue methods of treatment, which I have been told has come a long way to prolonging life - but I need your help.

Back in October, eBay created a policy that ultimately led to me being unable to continue to function in the same seller capacity that I had for 8 years, from placing restrictions on how much I could make, a freeze on all items until up to 30 days and also penalizing sellers for charging shipping costs. With funds frozen, I had a hard time getting supplies as well as paying eBay fees, so they suspended my account.

During this time, in order to still work, get supplies and ship what I could, I sacrificed eating much, taking the starving artist route, thinking I could get things sorted out by the end of the year. After a few plans backfired  - such as selling the weekly prints through the online store - I became very stressed, which took a toll on my body and I began getting serious symptoms. By not having nutrients, it accelerated the weakness of the immune system, and after research of the symptoms, I got tested. 

I am currently seeking the medical attention, and after another visit I should be starting treatment - but right now I don't know how I'll afford it. As a freelance artist, I've been able to survive, if meagerly, by doing art full-time for over 8 years now - rending sexy pinups to pay the bills while continuing to improve my technique and style for other projects. But I've never made enough to afford insurance or even regular doctor visits. It is my desire to keep working and creating artwork, and I am grateful to have inspired other artists throughout the years.

Right now, until I can recover with the medications, my available time to work is substantially reduced. With the symptoms and ailments affecting me, such as anxiety, sweats, itching and feeling very weak and tired, I have been advised to rest a lot more, change my diet - which also means more time preparing food. My lease also ends at the end of this month, giving me roughly 2 weeks to find a new place, which is also consuming a lot of time.

I really need some help raising funds to help pay for the treatments especially, since I'm going to have to take it for the rest of my life and from what I gather it's expensive medication. I've placed a Donate button (through Paypal) below, and please don't hesitate if you want to donate a few dollars, because every little bit helps. For those who want to help but are hesitant to donate, I'm also currently working on a number of ways to raise funds right now, including sketch cover collaborations with my brother Scott Blair, new website features, and prints. I've also changed the selling format @ eBay to Buy-It-Now on prints, to help speed the transactions and raise the feedback numbers, in hopes of removing their Fund-Freezing policy - plus I know that everyone's funds are tight, and I'd like to have them affordable and available. Thank you for reading this I am very grateful for the support I've gotten from my fans.

Please stay tuned to my Facebook, FB Fan page, DeviantArt, and Twitter for more information and ways to help! Thank you for your support over the years!