Updates for current customers with orders

November 21st - I’m very sick…

Last Friday (Nov 15th) I came home from a week long inpatient stay at a mental health facility in Concord NH. I hadn’t been taking good care of myself and I was in a very dark place once again. After moving through the initial trauma of being hospitalized I made a ton of progress in the therapy, group work, and was lucky to find a great book "The Power of Now" that gave me a new perspective and even more coping skills to work with. I came home Friday feeling really good and optimistic that I was healing and going to get my life on track again. Mostly I felt I could put the spiraling negative self talk behind me.

On Tuesday Nov 19th I returned to grinding some knives. My hands felt shaky and I struggled to complete any work at all. I knew a tremor was a possible side effect of the meds but I assumed I would be fine. By later than night I was experiencing a very severe side effect or reaction to my med changes known as “Serotonin Syndrome”. The changes had caused this rare condition where the body dumps serotonin in the brain. I was shaking uncontrollably, confused, disoriented, and scared. My body had lost the ability to regulate emotions and senses because my neurotransmitters were completely out of balance. There is no treatment outside of suspending meds and letting the body naturally re-balance itself. It’s going to take anywhere from 5-20 days for the meds to completely metabolize in my system, and as a family we decided it’s best that I make my recovery away from my kids so they don’t have to witness anything too difficult for a 2 and 5 year old to understand. My five year old is already very scared and confused about why Dada is sick. I’m extremely fragile mentally as beyond those physical symptoms my body's ability to deal with emotional stress is extremely out of balance. Please be patience with me to get on top of this as it’s been extremely traumatic for me, my wife and family. I’m away from my home and shop until both my physical body and emotional state feel normalized enough to step back into my life with confidence that I won’t be trigger into panic.

I’m behind on hook orders, and a few strop orders have trickled in. I’m sorry for the delay, please bare with me.

What’s coming next

for new & Return Customers

November 18th

New Orders are on hold untill I’m more caught up. But I will announce on my mailing list and social media when I have products again an available “pre-order” for a hook or sloyd.