Back Story

The back story behind the creation of all these designs are actually quite crazy..

It all started in 2021, when I was working in a hospital (fortunately) as a porter and a week leading up to the event, my legs started to not work! I could barely keep my own body weight up right. I was just fixing a door when a manager came over saw me walking like a penguin and straight away sent me to Epsom hospital. I Was told "oh you're fine just walk it off" Pardon the pun..

I then proceeded to be unable to walk for another couple of days, my left eye went blind, a burning sensation of the legs that feels like hot wet towels, my head and hands shook more than a jello in an earthquake and a plethora of other things.

I went to the doctors and straight away, I was sent to St Georges Hospital as soon as I arrived. Spent 5 night in hospital where I was pumped FULL of steroids, at this point I was very confused at what was happening. A lovely doctor came through one night and said the words "it may be multiple sclerosis" and I just started laughing! I was so confused. Never did I ever think that something this drastic would happen to me.

Roll on a couple of weeks I Was put on one of the strongest drugs they have, as my body has so many lesions on it. It is called ocrelizumab and it is designed to stop anymore damage from happening, well that's what its meant to do. fortunately for me, it didn't.

Fast forward a bit more, I was scared and didn't want anything to do with what I was going through but I am here, going through this, so I said to myself that I would do anything to get as far away from how I felt as I could. The opportunity to have a new treatment for multiple sclerosis arose.

A stem-cell transplant.. I just couldn't believe what I was about to go through but here I am, in the THICK of it. There was only one answer that I had for my neurologist and that was YES.

How the creation of monocle sloth came about was due to the fact that I couldn't articulate how I felt through words, so as any normal human would, I started doing art again. I introduce to you the feelings and trepidations of going through something so insane that you feel as if it is a dream.

Imagine living a normal life, able to do everything and then one day have it all taken away from you. This is what happened to me and now I am able to do whatever I want and so are you. Remember to cherish life every day as you don't know when it can all be TAKEN away..

Peace,

Charlie J

Live the process and get the feeling of what I went through down below!

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnZfC6BOnDQ&list=PLh0DG5sIzwOXTaB46BcYqG2Yb5DSOCyEt