Quick report
Sorry once again for the lack of updates during the last two months. This website is not managed very well right now, so I need to write a short status report to give you an idea of why…
I have been feeling bad for a longer time, usually very tired and lacking all motivation and inspiration. Returning readers of this blog should know that by know, mostly from the lack of updates and broken promises for new releases. Last Thursday I went to the doctor to see if I needed any medicine for an annoying 3-week long cold that made me even more tired, but the standard blood test discovered something else. I suffer from Anemia, and have probably done so for a long time. The test values were not good so I was immediately sent to a hospital where I have stayed a few days while doctors have tried to find the reason for the disease. It will probably take a few more days before they know for sure, and before any kind of treatment can be applied.
I am OK, still walking and in a good mood. But there is no energy, I get tired whatever I try to do. I have accepted that it has been laziness, that I have simply been an extremely lazy and slow person who has had problems with finishing whatever I take on. But it may be a ghost in the machine, something that may be possible to treat to give me my energy and inspiration back. I'm hoping for the best now, and I will do my best to make a nice comeback once I know more about what has been wrong. Thanks for your patience, and for still finding the templates useful. That means a lot, and it is a great reason to get well and start doing good things again…
Comments
Comment from ted
Time: October 9, 2007, 6:19 am
Good luck Andreas!
I guess it is good to find a reason behind the lack of energy. I think it is becuase humans are not meant to live in such a harsh environment.
It looks like you are going to be on one big diet for a while. No milk, coffee or red wine. To make matters worse, you get to eat liver and beans. As long as you get your energy back, it will be worth it. Having no energy is such a lousy feeling.
Comment from Alberto
Time: October 9, 2007, 8:47 am
I wish you all the best, Andreas. Usually anemia is not a gravious disease. I hope to read you soon saying you're ok again and ready to keep your work on.
Comment from Jörg
Time: October 9, 2007, 9:24 am
Good luck Andreas and my best wishes from Germany.
Comment from Tino
Time: October 9, 2007, 10:06 am
I hope that you get better soon mate! All you need is resting and don't worry too much about work at the moment. Look after yourself. All the best. ;-)
Comment from Donal
Time: October 9, 2007, 10:10 am
Get well soon! Hope you get over this and get your energy back. I've been looking forward to your post on image headers for quite some time!
Comment from tom
Time: October 9, 2007, 12:07 pm
Get well soon! I hope everything goes well and fast for you, so you can get back on track! I am working on 3 projects with three of your templates! Once I'm done I will send you the link.
Comment from emil
Time: October 9, 2007, 1:21 pm
hello andreas, all the best, i hope you get well soon.
Comment from Warpfuz
Time: October 9, 2007, 5:53 pm
Låter inte bra… hoppas du tillfrisknar fort och snart! Sköt om dig och ta det lugnt… :)
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Comment from Sadish
Time: October 9, 2007, 8:19 pm
Dont worry my friend.
You will just have to take some rest and keep up this positive approach. you will definitely be able to fight this off.
Comment from Jack
Time: October 9, 2007, 9:18 pm
I wish you the best Andreas, take some rest and I hope you'll get back well soon.
Comment from Galati
Time: October 9, 2007, 9:36 pm
I recomend you to start doing some kind of sport. You will see the difference. Good luck!
Comment from Carl Galloway
Time: October 9, 2007, 10:13 pm
Good luck with your recovery, you are missed when your site doesn't get updated,but at least we know why now… Take it easy, and don't let it get you down.
Comment from Khushal
Time: October 9, 2007, 11:37 pm
Get well soon Andreas, I know how one feels when sick but hope you get well soon and come back again with a bang~~~ Hope to see you around sooner~
Comment from Tomek
Time: October 10, 2007, 12:23 am
I also wish You all the best, Andreas. I was on Your blog everyday waiting for some news and now I know why I have to wait so long for new post. I belive You will get well and start doing good things again! Regards
Comment from Sebastian
Time: October 10, 2007, 1:16 am
Andreas,
I wish you all the best and hope, that you are getting well asap!
Comment from Trula
Time: October 10, 2007, 7:20 am
Hi Andreas, I have used your templates before and just thought to check out the rest of your site. You are a talented, wonderful person and I appreciate that you chose to share your gifts with the world. I hope you feel better soon! I am sending vibes and a virtual hug your way.
Comment from Richie Murray
Time: October 10, 2007, 6:05 pm
Andreas,
I was saddened to learn of your illness. I hope that you will be restored to full health soon.
With best wishes,
Richie.
Comment from Mazury
Time: October 10, 2007, 7:06 pm
best wishes in hope you get over this soon
Comment from Anne
Time: October 10, 2007, 8:21 pm
Hey Andreas, see, we're all still here ;-) Take your time to recover, don't feel as if you *have* to do things, because that only brings you down. Best wishes!
Comment from kurt
Time: October 10, 2007, 9:31 pm
if you're anemic you need iron in your multivitamin. I'd also tris taking a B-100 complex and a Ester C-1000 for your imune system. Iron is also plentiful in greens, like broccoli, etc, fresh never frozen. Take the C1000 every hour when sick (with orange juice) take the B100 with breakfast and diner. http://www.vitaminshoppe.com is a good source for these things. I hope you feel better. I appreciate your work.
Comment from Luka
Time: October 10, 2007, 10:47 pm
Get well my friend and return with an explosion of talent :)
Comment from Timmothy
Time: October 11, 2007, 12:19 pm
i wish you all the best and hope that you will soon be able again to release free templates. i love yours!
Comment from Magnus Branzén
Time: October 11, 2007, 2:00 pm
Best wishes for a even more specific diagnose and start of an effective treatment Andreas!
You'll soon be up and comparing your newfound strength with your strongman cousin!
Comment from sintra
Time: October 11, 2007, 2:52 pm
All the best, Andreas! Do not hurry to come back, take your vitamins, get rest and everything will be fine :)
Comment from Romania Web Design
Time: October 11, 2007, 4:35 pm
I wish you all the best do whatever it takes to get well…
Take care.
Comment from Dima Design
Time: October 11, 2007, 5:01 pm
Get well soon! I hope everything goes well and fast for you, so you can get back on track!
Comment from Mind
Time: October 11, 2007, 7:42 pm
To those of you that recommend more iron in the diet. There are different reasons why you get Anemia. Lack of iron is one thing. Remember that Anemia is also when red blood cells die or are lost some other way, for instance if you have bleeding lesions of the gastrointestinal tract no amount of iron in the world will help. So this can be more serious than some of you think, anemia is not always so simple as an iron deficiency anemia.
Having said that I do hope you get better soon Andreas. It was a long time since we really did something together and I understand why now.
Comment from Andreas
Time: October 11, 2007, 8:48 pm
Thanks everyone! I'll try to respond to each comment soon, but for now I just want to let you know that I've learned a lot about anemia during the last week. I know in detail what I suffer from - and how it can be treated once the reason for the anemia is found. Finding the reason is the main priority now since I only have 55% of the amount of red blood cells that I should have and it is not getting any better over time. I have been told to not add any iron through the food yet, but I will probably need to take iron shots at a later point when the reason for the anemia is found and the treatment starts.
Anyway, I'm not turning this site into a anemia blog. I wrote this post since it may explain why I have felt so incredibly lazy, tired and uninspired for such a long time - not to mention why I have missed the ability to finish projects that I have taken on. I am not in any way a perfect person, and I'm not blaming anemia for being lazy by nature. But if there is even a small chance that I can do much better than I have done during the last couple of years (and especially the last 6-12 months) then it is good news!
I'll do my best to move forward with small steps, just to make sure that I'm moving at all. Thanks again, to all of you! A short comment, no matter how simple it may be, can mean a lot sometimes…
Comment from dt
Time: October 12, 2007, 7:25 am
Andreas:
I wish you all the best.. and keep up the excellent work!
I recently came across your site and I'm very fond of your music — particularly the Lagoona stuff; that music really gets the rhythm flowing!
Because of this, "I am requesting permission to use your songs 'Lagoona - The Promised Land' and 'Lagoona - La forto de Porjus' in my entry to the StepMix Song Contest. I would like to create game dance steps for your song, allow it to be posted on the StepMania web site (http://www.stepmania.com), and allow it to be used on the non-profit StepMania Complete CD-ROM (http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/StepMania_Complete_CD-ROM) which raises prize money for the StepMix contest. Full details are available at http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/StepMix_3_Contest."
I hope you will update the license to these songs as well, as a Creative Commons license is permissible for this contest too. ;)
Thank you very much and I hope to hear from you soon!
D. Thayer
Comment from dt
Time: October 12, 2007, 7:26 am
I'm sorry, the URL above is incorrect; here is the correct URL: http://www.stepmaniadl.com/wiki/StepMix_3_Contest
Thanks again!
Comment from Sean
Time: October 12, 2007, 7:46 am
Hi Andreas.
Thank you for the information on what's been going on with you and your life.
Please take care of yourself and get well my friend. I'll still be around, even if you only post once every two months.
Comment from heleny
Time: October 12, 2007, 4:37 pm
I wish you all the best, Andreas. Take care, and you'll be back sooner than you expect!
Comment from Dan Eriksson
Time: October 13, 2007, 12:12 am
Hoppas du blir bättre snart!
Comment from Neville
Time: October 13, 2007, 1:17 am
Andreas please get well soon. And just for the record I will never associate laziness with someone who has been so prolific, productive, and generous as you have been. The 'Net' is a better place today because of all your hard work and generosity. Here's to your speedy recovery.
kindest regards
nev
Comment from Richard
Time: October 13, 2007, 7:09 am
Best wishes and hope you get well very soon!
Comment from tony.somervell
Time: October 13, 2007, 7:38 pm
Greetings from Paraguay, South America! I trust you recover your strength and vitality soon with the diet and treatment. I guess some excercise (brisk walking for maybe 20 minutes to start with) 2 or 3 times a week may be good, but check with doc!!!
I discovered your site while searching for help with my blog that seems to have been FROZEN! I can't publish new material and people's comments are not appearing. It's strange and I continue to try a few things to sort it out + ask for help from blogger.com.
Your templates are great and I hope maybe to use your 02 version which looks excellent with the tab feature.
I have visited Norway and Finland and spent a one night stop-over once in Stockholm! Will check you out if ever we return!!!
Enjoy my photos here http://picasaweb.google.com/tony.somervell when you feel bad!
If you read the Bible, turn to Isaiah 26:3-4 and Psalm 27 for encouragement…
Comment from stan
Time: October 14, 2007, 5:36 pm
hi andreas, sorry to hear about your illness- my wife is anemic and has been for quite some time so i feel your pain man. she studies natural nutrition and i know sometimes it can be hard to get answers about your diet from regular doctors so if there is anything we can do drop me a line.
take care and hope your feeling better soon :)
-stan
Comment from CoolGoose
Time: October 14, 2007, 5:51 pm
Hi andreas, it's too bad that you have anemia. I really hope you will get better. Don't worry we'll wait for you ;). Best of luck and health. Take care.
Comment from Jonathan
Time: October 15, 2007, 10:22 am
Hi Andreas,
As said by many others before, don't worry about losing/disappointing readers. Truth to be told, there are times when I don't visit weblogs, although I do like yours and some others very much. Follow your doctor's advice and always hold on to the thoughts about the better times that (ultimately) lie ahead of you. Take care…
Comment from Shawn Ann
Time: October 17, 2007, 9:34 pm
I'm sorry to hear about you bein anemic Andreas, I sure hope you'll be able to get it under control and get back to normal, if at all possible.
As for your site, don't worry about losing any readers or disappointing them as if they are true fans of yours they will always come back to see if there is an update :D Best of luck to you!
Comment from Mert
Time: October 19, 2007, 4:21 am
Don't worry Andreas. A close cousin of mine suffered the same way. It is a matter of will more than anything else. By the way, your Facebook group is great.
Comment from Richard
Time: October 19, 2007, 4:23 am
Andreas may you be blessed with complete health and be restored whole again.
Comment from Baptista
Time: October 20, 2007, 2:29 pm
I d'like to thanks to andreasviklund.com for the free templates.
I now finishing my new website using one fo his template and I think he did a good job.
Test in: http://faro.ttaxi.pt
Thanks
Baptista
Comment from Baptista
Time: October 20, 2007, 2:49 pm
I wish you all the best for your recuperation and continue your very good work.
Thank You again.
Baptista
Comment from zooloo
Time: October 22, 2007, 3:19 pm
i hope you will get good rest and come back revitalized and inspiried soon!
Comment from sloan
Time: October 9, 2007, 3:11 am
Wishing the best for you and your health Andreas