Pain in the Neck (Mine, not the bear’s) (Vol. 2, Page 87)
I haven’t talked much about this, but the bulging disc in my neck is really making it hard to draw. I get to the end of a day of drawing and I am in so much pain I have to rest for most of the day. The pain is travelling all down my arm and is also really bad in my elbow. This is from my 37 years of drawing with my head sticking out too much. Even though I am trying to correct my posture, my neck just suffers if it’s not regularly resting on a pillow or something.
So I may need to take a break to let my neck heal. I have an appointment coming up in a month (it’s gonna be a loooong month) to get an epidural shot that will hopefully help. I’m also doing physical therapy.
If this happens, I’ll be working on writing. One of my main sources of income right now is another comic I am drawing, so I am a little worried. Luckily my Kickstarter money is on its way, but I can’t safely spend much of that.
That’s my update. I may take some time off. If I do, I’ll let you know. Thanks for reading!
Ethan
I’m a chiropractor who treats that sort of nerve pain all the time. In addition to exercises to improve your posture, you should be doing specific neck exercises called “McKenzie cervical extensions” to relieve the pressure on your nerve. If your PT isn’t doing that, find a chiro who can.
Thanks, I’ll look into it.
Feel better
Hope your neck gets better soon, I usually stick my head out like that when working and that’s painful after a while, so I can’t imagine the suffering from that many years of doing it.
On a film note, if this ever got made into an animated movie, I’d reckon that a grizzled voice by Nick Offerman would be the ideal candidate for Dickinson
Wooo, Gogs just might make it after all! Which actually makes this almost painful, because this comic is perfectly willing to kill major characters, so Gogs might not make it after all. Curses, you well written comic!
I can’t help it. I’m a selfish, self-involved bastidge. I want you to feel better, but I kinda want you to feel better after the rescue quest gets somewhat resolved. Like, leave the survivors – and me, by extension – in a calm, self-reflective zone as you begin your personal healing. Cliffhangers give me hangnails, man.
Yeah, I understand. I am hopefully only going to miss a week. I hate to skip a week for anything, but this is getting bad.
I’m truly sorry for this, but sounds like the pain is unbearable…
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