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Kazuya Minekura's blog.

As usual, things I'm not sure of are in gray; please correct me.

ETA: Thanks to torachan for corrections.

Belatedly, an update.

It's Minekura. I apologize for putting up that notice about the hiatus, and then not posting anything else for so long. (sweat) I've been doing a lot of scrambling around, trying to get things done.

To the many, many people who have sent encouraging words about my illness - thank you all. I hate that I'm worrying people... A lot of you have asked what's going to happen with my condition going forward, and I honestly don't feel that I can answer right now... I don't know myself. The doctor said that due to the surgery's affects on my appearance, in terms of being able to go out and about, it may be a year or more before I can fully reintegrate into society.

Before I made my announcement, I had Sugino go over it and revise it for me. Originally, I put in some specifics about my convalescence period, but Sugino pointed out that they might be a little alarming, so I cut them. Unfortunately, that just seems to have worried everyone even more, so I'll let you know if the surgery is successful. Please hang on a little longer.

Somehow, incredibly quickly, people have already sent me two sets of 1000 cranes... The major operation will be on December 2nd (though there'll be a check-up operation before then...), and all of my lucky charms will be coming with me to the hospital!

I'm only talking about being sick, and I feel like this has already turned into one of those awful blogs that's nothing but excuses... I think that, and feel painfully reluctant to make this post. But I can't exactly post anything else without lying, so I've decided I'm just going to tell things how they are. I'll try to keep the stuff about work separate, so people who aren't interested in the disease parts can just skip over them.

Since I made the announcement, my mood has been a little lighter... but I still feel horribly guilty and impatient with myself. I've been sending out emails apologizing and explaining the situation, telling people what they'll need to do while I'm not working. When the webmaster of MinekuraKazuya.net emailed me saying, "Well, I'll just work even harder from now on," I teared up. I don't know...

I've got to go forward trying as hard as I can. I've still got 18 paintings to finish up; I won't be able to check in to the hospital with a clear conscience if I don't. (sweat)