Danielle London Shop and Life Update

Danielle London Etsy and Website Update  

I've vanished for a while due to health but the shop will be reopening soon with a new look and new merchandise!

When I say a while, if anyone looks at the dates of these posts, that while has been years. It's a really long story that I won't go into lengthy details ("nobody got time for that"), but the short version is: I was happily living my life in Honolulu, when it suddenly crashed to a halt. Adulting is hard, there's no understatement there. I was busy in a professional office job, working on my Etsy shop and art on every spare minute, trying to enjoy the beauty of Hawaii around me, and trying to pay the astronomical rent in Honolulu. That is no joke. Anyone from Hawaii or who has even visited the islands understands the pain of a $10-12 gallon of milk. I started having Pancreatic attacks, hence the focus on felt food for those years. There was a while where I lived off of green tea, rice, and chicken. In the pic above I was living on pineapple and butternut squash. It got to the point I had to stop working; one day my doctor told me that was it, my career was over the stress what going to kill me. I never had great health but I never thought of myself as not having good health either, I just never thought about it. Some things you can't change, so I don't dwell on those items or I wouldn't sleep at night. Well, that day at my doctor’s office started a cascade that I didn't see coming. I had to move back to the mainland, because unless you have a trust fund (#envious) then you can't live in Hawaii without a decent income. As soon as I got back to North America, I was diagnosed with cancer. Boom. Jobless, just moved 3000 miles, and then cancer, not to mention living in pain and not able to eat. Needless to say, it was a low point. I tried to keep my shop up and it was too much, so I shut everything down. My whole life. Etsy, work, friends, social media, everything.  I just went off the radar. By the time I had finished radiation I had hope of getting my life back, but then I got hit with a rare side effect from the cancer surgery. Then when I thought it couldn't get worse my Cobra (health insurance from my previous employer) ran out and I had to go on Obama care. I then had to move states because in the state I was in it was $18,000 a year for insurance!!!! So, I moved another 1200 miles for the purpose of health insurance. Meanwhile, that took a toll and I kept rolling along downhill. Then there was a magical medication for my rare illness, so I thought I can do this! I jumped up and started piecing my life together. Then the FDA and the pharmaceutical company pulled the drug. So, I crashed again. And I sat unwell trying to get back to "normal" for a few more years. It has been a long journey and it isn't over. Along the way I have discovered a love of gardening, landscaping, home repairs, business/entrepreneurship, and gaming. I'm not there yet, but I'm on the way back out of the forest. So, bear with me, and I will get this back together in time.