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I only subscribed a few months back but it's good to see you well, man. You do good work.

Has any doctor considered that the migraines are connected to your uniquely high intelligence and creativity?

I hope you feel better soon, or at the very least less bad.

Death may be just around the corner, but love is also just around a...different corner.

I didn't know that "death is just around the corner" wasn't some podcast gimmick, but your actual life. Jokes aside, though, something that's been knawing at me since the last episode you posted... all these people have made the decision to give $5 a month in return for content. They can leave whenever they want. They're not, so the pressure to produce content seems significantly less than what you percieve it to be. Additionally, not sure if this is part of the argument the pro-death caucus in your head is making... but in the public at large, there's a largely unproven opinion that things will be better after death. Which is literally impossible to know. Maybe there is 72 virgins waiting for all of us, which, probably awkward for most women. Anyways, viewed through this lens, the pro-death caucus feels more like a chorus of chuds, bleating their ignorant assumptions in the face of all evidence. Idk man, feels like the only thing that's certain about your death is the void you are going to create in approximately 2.5k people's lives

Whatever you're going through, you've got my support. You've honestly given me far more than I could ever quantify, even just with the Bowie episodes. You are such a light in your ability to uncover and express the (nearly) unspeakable darkness that *used to* live rent free in my repressed consciousness, slowly eating away any sense of ease and balance luck might bring me. Now I can at least charge it rent and pass the profit on to you, in hope that you find the support you need for your recovery

I admire your tenacity. You deserve so much better in this life. Wishing you peace, as always.

Best of luck Michael. There's always medical tourism if you hit a dead-end. At least here in Belgrade your life savings wont be flushed away for medical treatments.

Hang in there, man.

I know that someone somewhere out there can help you and I hope you find them soon. I can’t imagine how difficult this must be for you and I just wish you peace, comfort and rest.

❤️

Thinking of you man. We'll be here when you're back. I hope you're finding kindness in others, and giving yourself enough.

Michael deepest and most sincere wishes for your wellness, always. I wish our healthcare system was not an absolute nightmare. If ever we can help in any way, pls type at us.

Michael as someone with chronic and complex illness and pain I want to say how deeply I empathise with you, and relate to your fight to keep working. I appreciate that you feel you have to be semi open about it to explain absences or delays, though I know you are a private person. Your work is important to me, but your comfort and quality of life and wellbeing are just as important. I'm praying for you. Sending love and solidarity.

Sending all the best from Seattle! We love you lots

sending all my best <3

You really don't deserve this, any of it. I feel like a chump saying this, but it's not fair. Like exceptionally unfair. Sure, all pharmacies in the area are going to be out of a medication i take and don't look forward to with withdrawing from, seemingly indefinitely ("She say she doan know," to quote a classic Vollmannism). And sure, my wife has started to go blind, and the entire medical system seems to focus on wasting as much of patients' time as possible. BUT- every time I hear one of your updates, I look around and decide "ehhhhhh it's not THAT bad, not really" Your shows blow me away so consistently, they're so brilliant and insightful, but even if that weren't the case, you deserve to catch a break. You deserve some good news, a chance to catch your breath, a day that doesn't hurt. I never learned how to pray, so the best I can do is hope, ideally for some kind of divine intervention on your behalf. Let me know to which deity, spirit or intangible force you'd like me to direct the sacrifices

Hang in there man. We love you

I’m sorry you’ve been suffering for so long. Your work and presence has been luminous for me as it has many other.

I got something you can penetralia right here pal

Best of luck man, take all the time you need. We’ll be here!

Rest up champ

I love you.

Fuck the weirdos trying to play online doctor, you got my support as long as I got money in my bank, so take care of yourself and be well. Content can come later.

Take your time, heal as best you can. No rush on our part.

Take care of yourself we’ll be here

Solidarity, g.

Love you dude!! Whatever you give us is already so much!!!!

I'll hang by my wireless waiting for more threads to be gathered from the abyss. Please take care mate

Take care MSJ

It could be a fun game we play, Guess the ailment. You simply now and then post an untitled picture of what may or may not be a clotted lump of excreta, an arcane surgical tool or a brace of some kind, perhaps an array of out of focus pills or a blurry list of side effects/symptoms and like the intrepid little clue solvers we are we hunt down the morbid solution that is plaguing our mentor. I imagine the final scene being a number of us standing around your mechanically retrieved corpus smilingly delivering the verdict and the look of pride and joy on your face as the affliction is named

haven't been with the pod long but i plan to keep supporting, come what may. you do good work. hope things ease up on you.

The system is evil by design. Solidarity forever and good luck fighting the ghouls running the healthcare industry. Ill stick around.

With you forever man. I got a whole back catalog of your work to run through so i’m in no rush. Do what you need to do and take care of yourself to the best of your ability. See you around.

my heart aches for you MJ. I'm sure I speak for most if not all of the rest of us when I say we won't be going anywhere. take care out there.

Much love my guy, hope you get through this shit alright

Here’s to some kind of recovery, good luck with whatever the process is, MJ ❤️

Surprisingly, it seems no one else shares my interest in “Michael S. Judge + feet”

Love you man

I’m so sorry brother.