14/05/2024
Aloha dear 'Ohana, Friends & Followers. As many of you well know, we - Kolleen and I - have been very challenged in many ways since the wildfires of last August. It's now been exactly one year since I was diagnosed with throat cancer, and after a six-weeks-long series of radiation therapy treatments last October and November, the cancer was overcome, but the post-treatment ordeal has been the most horrible experience of my life. I can't eat solid food of any kind, my diet strictly one of liquid nourishment taken via a tube in my belly. My mouth is is often bone-dry, especially at night, and nothing I've tried yet has had any impact on that. My taste buds were fried, so anything I put in my mouth tastes terrible, even plane water. The default taste in my mouth that I can detect has a horrible "metallic" quality to it, and it can't be "washed away," it's omnipresent 24/7. My energy level stinks long-term I can do some things for a very short while, and then I just have to say "enough." I've lost 55 lbs since a year ago, and tend to often get dizzy upon standing. So, that's the medical side of my situation. The financial side is worse. We had four wedding bookings total during March and April, two each month, and none so far this month. There are a few coming up, but two of them are this week, with heavy rain expected until Tuesday, May 21. Good luck. We've been exploring every option available to try and stay on top of our money needs, and via direct emails and social media posts, a whole lot of truly wonderful and kind people have come to our aid, but the need for additional help continues on. I don't want to sound like a broken record, but if any of you can be of any new or further assistance, we would truly be ever grateful. If you can, please consider the following options. Thank You Very Much! With love and appreciation from us, may God bless us all.
