Tales from the Cryptkeeper

I've had covid multiple times, and most times I loose taste. Meat and chocolate tastes awful. Only Whisky and Marmite taste OK.

Had this over here in Oregon and it knocked me out for a week. Glad to see you are back in the saddle, and I hope you get back to normal soon.

You're not the only person who's gone through this flu. Cheers. Cuddle with the cat.

You look beautiful with 90 kg. But it is only for looks. Below the surface, there is something going on. Based on your symptoms that I can see in the video, you have a shortness of breath and a maybe slight bit of a cognitive entanglement. By the way you gained some weight during the illness, I know for sure that you have pre-diabetes or diabetes going on, which signifies a certain degree of metabolic impairment. This all makes me think of a thing called post-viral malaise. Which, in turn, is pretty much the same thing as long-c.v.d.19. Good news is that people found ways to overcome it, while previously it might lead to serious handicapping conditions like CFS/ME. Flu is well known to be able to cause a long post-viral malaise but with a way lower coincidence than the recently "popular" c.v.d. While everybody's situation is different, people found successes in ketogenic diets, vitamins, minerals, mild physical and cognitive activities. I am giving you possible hints, so you can have a chance to find the rest if you will. Works of Elliot Overton, Derrick Longsdale, Chandler Marrs and numerous contributors may be enlightening to say the least. The not so good news is that you are in a minority bunch, so the mainline medical system may mistreat you. For example, by trying to treat a metabolic panic attack as a form of "psychosis", which it's not. Beware of that, and keep researching and improving as you were doing with all the equipment you showed us. Our bodies are not so different than that, just in biological chemically-electrical form.

i hope youre doing better been awhile since weve heard. i feel theres some kind of global thing going on thats being ignored..my freinds back on the other side of the usa are experiencing similar things and im pulling into week three of barely being able to breath throught he gunk and bouncing in and out of low grade fevers

Get well soon

I used to joke that I was on the "anxiety diet" when I was losing weight from unmanaged anxiety - looks like you're on the "flu diet"... You seem to be doing much better than the last video! I wouldn't worry too much about looking like a skeleton, you remind me of the nice hometown hardware store owner I knew growing up.

Hope you're on the mend!

Hope you feel better soon.

Good to hear you’re feeling a bit better. Please take all the time you need to recover! The flu can be really tough. I hope you continue to improve 💙

Get well soon, but please take all the time to recover that is needed

Been in t'wars as we say in Yorkshire! Get well soon. We have all missed your videos. Looks like the flu or covid has hit you quite hard. You still have your dry sense of humour! Keep as positive as you can. This is the time where Amazon prime , netflix and and iplayer comes in useful

Had a couple of bouts of the lurgy myself. It was tough, but nothing like as bad as you've had it. Get well soon, Matt.

So sorry to hear you've been through and I hope you recover soon. I just watched your to update videos in succession and while I can obviously see you've lost weight, you sound so much better than your last video. So for me it was reassuring to see the difference in those two vids. Take care of yourself!

Now that I’ve seen the video, I feel much, much, MUCH more relieved! Even my wife was worried. Stay strong and get well soon! The new studio looks very promising!

Get well soon!! 🌺🌼🌸

Get well soon! Really hope the trail works out for you. The office looks great, and it's going to be a lovely sitting yard for you and the missus to enjoy. Take your time!

Thank you for posting Matt. Take care, speedy recovery, all the best!

feel better Mat! sending positive energy your way! We'll wait until you're better. no worries.

Good luck Mat - take your time. Re your appearance - honestly, I thought you looked good, weight wise. Although it did make me think that for your comeback video you should grow a goatee, put on a pork pie hat and say "Hello, today I'm going to show you the technological marvels that help create crystal meth..."

Get well soon! My brother and I love watching your content. Take your time, we’re all rooting for you!

The Influenza type A this year is really terrible this year. Take the time you need to recover and I hope you keep feeling better day over day

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It's nice to see you at least a bit better. Take care and all the time you need to recover.

Get well soon - but take your time

Best wishes for a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

I feel your pain having been down in the past. I hope things get better sooner rather than later so you can feel like your normal self again. As for content, it will come when you feel up to it.

Prayers and best wishes Mat!

All the best to you, glad to hear you've turned a bit of a corner and hope things keep improving!

Glad to hear you've turned the corner and starting to improve. Thanks for the update, and as others have stated, don't rush back. As the old saying goes... Health is wealth. Take care Matt

Holy moly, you do look completely different, what a terrible infection. Really hope the recovery journey is quicker than you think and, no rush from this quarter to start the videos again, I'm very happy to keep supporting while you get yourself healthy again.

Glad you seem to be over the worst of ir. Hopefully better weather will help as well Been damp and cold for too long

Hang in there mate, please take all the r & r you need to fully heal. Praying for you.

Relieved to see you looking better. ..we're all rooting for you. Take care!

Glad to hear and see you're feeling a bit better. One day at a time. Take care

Get well soon. We miss you!

Oh it’s great to see you on the mend. I think I had the same thing back in January. Knocked me sideways in a very similar way. Take it easy and don’t rush the recovery.

Good to see you are on the improve, even if slowly. Take it easy, don't stress about videos.

Hoping your recovery goes well & your sinuses end up better off!!

On the plus side it can double as the Techmoan Mausoleum & Technology Archive. Think of the tourist trade.

You could also put some weight back on through muscle growth - next up: Buffmoan! Jokes aside, it’s really good to see your health picking up again. You seemed much more energetic than in your last video, which is reassuring. Hope you keep feeling better!

It's good to see you, don't worry about gaining the weight back, you may think you look unwell but that's because you are. Once you are better you will look fine. I feel that by this time next week you'll be on a walk by the canal.

Happy to see you feeling even incrementally better. A great many of us join you in the tenacious misery of this particular virus. You're not imagining anything; it really is that bad. We all wish you well, and will celebrate the return of health and Techmoan!

You look and sound so much better than last time. I know you still have a way to go but it is great to see the improvement. Best wishes.

Mat, it's good to hear from you. 😊 (not being cute, I realized I'm smiling as I write this, and you can't see it) I know you've been in a rough spot lately, but the fact that you're wanting to be active again is a good sign. Yes, these respiratory infections can really knock the wind out of you; I can even tell in the video. Trust the doctors, your body needs time and rest to heal the tissues that were ravaged by the virus. The office in the garden looks great, and looks like you're going to have a nice patio to go with it. Take your time and get better. We've got plenty of back videos of yours to catch up on. Best wishes!

Hang in there, Mat. This ‘flu is very nasty, but it does pass eventually. My daughter had it over Christmas, and she now is both recovered, AND has a full head of hair, so there is hope for you yet. Best wishes.

Again, sending best wishes, but definitely not a rare Elcaset Walkman to an accountant (no, there's no such thing! Probably.) Those needles remind me of fragmin, an anticoagulant. Had them in hospital, and boy do they bruise you!

Best wishes Matt and good luck with the medical trial too. My wife has a similar condition but not as severe as you and hopes that volunteers like yourself will pave the way for a general treatment for all. Hope your recovery is speedy.

Love to you Matt

"There's going to be no entertaining going on." There's the misanthropy we all know and love running again 😛 At least there's progress; please sink in your couch for the next few weeks. We'll wait.

Man, I'm so glad you're on that medical trial! You've been hoping for that for years! Thanks so much for going though the trouble of making an update.

I was thinking about you after 3 weeks without posting a video, 3 boring Saturdays! What a horrible illness, really hope you feel better soon, all the best!

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Heads up dude hope the trial works out for you

Great video, the effort taken is really appreciated. Hope things continue to improve.

I’m so glad to hear that you’re improving! I pray that your healing continues. Please don’t rush to make a new video; we care more about you and your health than about the videos.

All the best, sir. I was going to send a spare cook and valet, but seeing as you don’t want anything … 😉 So glad you’re on the mend. The flu has been viscous this year. I always leave the house it’s full N95 mask - I really don’t want to get it. 🙏

Mat, good news that your on the road to a recovery. Please keep well & safe

Take it easy - my parents are both still trying to recover after 3 months. You're not on your own. It's widespread across thew UK.

Thanks for the update. Hope you get better soon.

Nice to see you again Mat, and happy that you start to feeling Better. The Garden Office looks very cool and nice. Take all the tine to rest and recover, don’t worry about us. All my Wishes going for you.

Hey Matt, I truly hope you get well soon. Not for more content, but because I'm really concerned about you. I'm happy you're feeling a bit better, I pray it continues. I know you don't know who the hell I am and likely even really care to know who I am, but my prayers go out for you. Take care my digital friend.

Pleased you are starting to turn a corner. You certainly look and sound better than you did last week. Fingers crossed things keep improving for you. All the best

It's a relief to see you doing better, and the loss of weight actually looks good (IMO). I use to be a clinical data manager, and it appears you are doing a cross-blind study. This "doubles" the amount of subjects in the trial. I like these studies best because it's more ethical in that you will be receiving the drug eventually, if not already. And BTW, a hand rail for those steps behind you will go a long way with safety.

Thanks for the years and years of some of my favorite YouTube videos, and for now please focus on continuing getting things right for you. But good to see the progress so far!

Hi Mat, Nice to see you. Hope that from now on the only way is up!

all the best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Nice to see you Mat. You look much, much less ill. I wish your recovery speed up. Garden office already looks awesome. All the best.

Mat, thanks for the update. You definitely look stronger than last time, and you sounded like your old self when you were describing the history of the area where you now have pavers. I LOLed at the entertaining versus sitting comment (I’m right there with you). Please get tons of rest and don’t worry about us. Take care.

Rather 2% better than nothing. Hopefully the fair weather might give you a bit of a boost. We're all wishing you well!

Bloody hell Mat, this one looks rough. Do whatever you need to do to get back into top tech-reviewing strength.

Big fat helping of love & support from across the pond; the whole family sends best wishes for a full recovery; take care and know that your whole fan base is pulling for you.

As the saying goes... "A LaserDisc player with an ungreased belt, does not play movies well at all." So, keep that in mind with regards to yourself, make sure your fully repaired before you give yourself test drive. Just like the EPMD song says, "You gots to chill" for now. "But that's it from this Patreon comment, as always, thanks for updating."

Best Wishes Matt You look better than you did in the last video Take it easy Rest properly 👍🏻

Oh dear, Mat. I said last time, do not even attempt to hurry to get better. If you keep falling asleep, it's probably what your body needs and it's doing you some good. Take your time, Pal, you will make yourself worse or at least further delay your recovery if you try to hurry things along. I'm glad you managed to get on your medical trial. That's a positive move, but that won't help you get over the Flu. People use the word Flu when they have a cold, but genuine Influenza is nasty! Sending you our best wishes, S&S

Take your time, Mat, we'll be here supporting you.

Oh thank goodness! there’s really some improvement you can see and hear; I was really worried from the last video. Ever so pleased to see you at least a little improved. Some times you need to sleep all day if that’s what the body needs. You don’t look awful at all… Ill yes, but not awful. Just to hear you chuckle during your update was worth its weight in gold. Have something for you that you might want, so once you’ve improved a bit, I’ll PM you. With best wishes. Regards

Glad you're feeling better, hope that continues and soon you can enjoy the new bureau/studio!

You can only love this man. Great to see you. My support will never stop.

Definitely looking better than last time. Rest up and take your time building your strength.

Happy to see improvement. Continue to rest, push fluids, and getting better

Keep on getting better. You do look and sound better than last week. Sending best wishes.

You are looking thinner, Mat. That virus has really taken a toll. So glad to see that you are on the mend.

I know you're not 100% but you certainly look better than last week. Garden and office are looking really good!

Great to hear from you, Mat. All the best, sir!

Thanks for the update. The office will be scherweet when you're ready to use it. Far be it from one middle-aged man to comment on another's appearance - my first thought was you looked a bit better. Fingers crossed for the trial.

"There's going to be no entertaining going on..." :-p

Glad you're on the mend Mat. You look just fine so don't worry about that!

So so glad you are feeling better Matt!!! National health care baby! I was sick and recovering 2 years but lost my job and had no health care and became 20k in debt. I am thankful you are in a country to have such medical help! Keep on keeping on with the updates when you feel like you can.

Ha - before you spoke I was exclaiming to the missus how much better you looked! Guess it's the (gorgeous) patio & sunlight. Anyways really appreciate the update and great to hear you're slowly on the mend. Onwards & upwards!

I just bought a Sony CD / MD micro system that’s, of course, harboring a dozen faults. Every five minutes while I’m working on it I think “Right. What would Mat do? Never buy a micro system is what he’d do.” So, you see, you’re always top of mind. :-) Thanks *so* much for the update and the fantastic news about the trial!

Mat, we appreciate the update, please take care and feel better soon, take all the time you need, we'll always be here waiting..

Hello Mat, thanks for making a big effort to do that video that was not easy. I am hoping and 🙏 you would get better and glad you are on the road to recovery. All the best Michael 👍

Thank you for keeping us updated and you seem better. Keep it up chap

Really glad to hear you’re slowly getting better.

Save your strength and do what the doctors say. Life is more important than a YouTube video.

Is there anything we can do, Mat?

Thank you for the update Mat! I’ve been so worried since the last update, every day thinking “I hope Mat’s doing better..”. So good to see you on the mend - visible progress! Best wishes.

I'm glad to hear that you feel better and that you were able to begin with the trial. All the best! Take your time, we're here patiently waiting.

I have been really worried about you. I am so glad you are on the mend.

You look and sound better than the previous update! You sound like you have a bit more energy, which is great. You are a far cry from being the crypt keeper. The weight loss is noticeable, but not worryingly so. Get rest, gain energy, and don't worry about us. We won't moan about waiting to see what tech you will show us next. (sorry, as a dad, I am contractually obligated to come up with terrible jokes).

The Techmoan Army is happy to see an improvement.

Very relieved too see you at least a little bit better! Please take your time, all fingers crossed. And personally I dont think the "lighter" look is that bad, just changed.

When my IPad chimed with an alert for this video and I saw "Tales From The Crypt-keeper" on the screen I knew you must be on the mend for real and it made my day. I'd say you look just fine and I'm glad to know you're on the way to recovery.🤒➡️🙂

Ive got to say it's very noticeable how much better you seem this week from the last video. The last video had me quite worried. Take it step by step though at your own pace, might be better to wait to do the video you've planned, or even just do a bit here and there, don't put any pressure on yourself to get anything out. Patio looks nice, hopefully as the weather improves you can get a lot of use out of it. Take care!

Get well. Worry about yourself and not us.

Hey Mat, take all the time you need to rest. You’ll get through this!

Glad you’re making progress Mat, and hope that Mrs Techmoan has not gone down with super flu too! The sense of humour is back - “ain’t no entertaining going on” made me laugh!!! Take your time, we your supporters will be here when you are firing on all four cylinders!!!! Positive thoughts to you, Mrs TM and as always, Bee’s Knees!!!!

Hang in there. You got a lot of people wishing you the best. I also hope the missus, (and the cat), are being spared with the flu. Get better…

I hope you feel better soon and get that 10 kilos back on! If you're a woman then there's a great euphemism - "Wow - you look well!" This translates as "wow, you've lost weight" and you have to make it sound like a good thing when it rarely is. The person generally looks drawn, haggard, not well. I hope society changes a little so that we can say 'you look well' when someone actually looks healthier rather than thinner!

Thanks for the update. Progress in the garden looks great, hopefully it's done soon so you can spend some more time out there recovering in the spring sun.

Hey Matt, thanks for the update. This flu is a really nasty one. It is great to see you. Take your time and take care Matt

Fair play to you for managing that much. Take care of yourself.

You look certainly look better than last time, not good yet, but definitely not as bad!

Good to see that you improve. All the best wishes to you. Hoping, spring is going to help you to speed up recovery.

Hey Mat, you are looking way better. And thank you for all you have done, last year when you had the prostate situation I was going through my own cancer scare. I had a tumor that had to be removed. Turned out it was benign. But your patreon updates during that time, you talking about your situation specifically, made me feel like I am not alone in this. So thank you again! Hope you are back to your old and better self soon, so you can enjoy your new studio and patio with the Misses.

the frustrating thing with getting work done is that it always ends up taking longer than you want and looks like nothing is happening until the last day when it suddenly feels like weeks of work has been done in a day! Had a flu like thing myself a few weeks back and completely floored me for a week - worst I've had in years so something very nasty is certainly going round and some people seem to be getting a couple of different things at the same time.. Hope your feel better soon!

It’s great to hear from you and it’s good news that you are starting to improve. All the best.

Much better than last time! Take it slow and all the best!!

You look and sound much better than last week Mat! I was just thinking about you this morning and hoping you were well. I'm again going to encourage anyone that can afford it to raise their patron level to supplement your lost ad revenue from not being able to make videos. You certainly deserve it!

Thank goodness you're there. You said you look bad, but my first thought was you look much better and lively. Maybe it's the color of your jacket and the sunshine. The back garden looks great with the paver stones. I hope you realize we care more about your well-being than you churning out channel content every week. It's been a worrying time, and I'm very happy to see your progress thus far. Thank you for keeping us in the loop. Take care my friend. 🤍🫂

You're getting better, keep going

Get well soon!

Glad to see you've maintained your sense of humor through all this -- that's the way to do it. Hope your improvements accelerate, but don't feel obliged to push it, the videos can wait.

Take your time Mat, everything will be okay, and thanks for keeping us posted ❤🫂

Great hear from

Please don’t feel obligated to put out a video in a couple of days! Rest! Take as much time off as it takes to recover. Take care.

Get well soon, nasty thing to have.

You look better than last time mate. God knows what you've had. Or what variant. Take care mate.

Usually I get these notifications on my phone, but this one came through on a Ouija board. Glad you’re on the other side of it!

glad your on the mend and that your still on the trial. You know your own limitations, take care and we will see you soon ⭐️

You're looking and sounding a lot better than last time, which is great to see. Take your time and keep doing little bits day by day, no rush to get back. All the best

Lost weight too, i lost over a stone with the virus...i know how you feel its taken me over a month to get back to almost normal. Just dont rush, i tried that and put me back weeks!

On the upside, you've lost a bit of weight! I know what you mean about the flu I had it a few years ago, real flu means you want someone to turn you off and turn you back on when it's all passed. Glad you're on the mend!

You seem a lot more with it this time, hope the improvements keep coming

Fantastic to hear from you. Made my day.

You doing better. Good to see you. And, you look great albeit a little more casual.