Okay. So. I was diagnosed with early stage uterine cancer.
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If anything… I’ll just take a hug. If you can’t donate right now, a simple hug and maybe a link to your favorite album so I can listen to it (bonus if it’s Apple, tidal or bandcamp music)… that’s really all I need. Music and a hug and your support.
Thank you guys.
Ima go cry in a dark room for a while and then go figure this out.
@ErickaSimone HUGS. 🫂 I’m so sorry and I hope you will find support with us. I would not want you to go through that alone. I will boost any need for finances. Don’t feel bad about that. It’s not you, it’s a fucked up system. Sending love and good music.
One of my most favorite albums
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If anything… I’ll just take a hug. If you can’t donate right now, a simple hug and maybe a link to your favorite album so I can listen to it (bonus if it’s Apple, tidal or bandcamp music)… that’s really all I need. Music and a hug and your support.
Thank you guys.
Ima go cry in a dark room for a while and then go figure this out.
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Okay. So. I was diagnosed with early stage uterine cancer. It requires an immediate hysterectomy. However. I had to postpone because finances will not allow me to rest, and layoffs are happening at my music label.
As usual, I refuse to ask for help. It feels horrible. But so many of you have offered.
So. If you’d like to donate to “Project Hysterectomy: Yeet that Uterus and Heal 2026,” I’d be grateful.
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/ErickaSimone
Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ErickaSimone
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Okay. So. I was diagnosed with early stage uterine cancer. It requires an immediate hysterectomy. However. I had to postpone because finances will not allow me to rest, and layoffs are happening at my music label.
As usual, I refuse to ask for help. It feels horrible. But so many of you have offered.
So. If you’d like to donate to “Project Hysterectomy: Yeet that Uterus and Heal 2026,” I’d be grateful.
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/ErickaSimone
Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ErickaSimone
CA: https://cash.app/$ErickaSimone@ErickaSimone 🫂🫂🫂 thankful it is early stage, sorry for the diagnosis though.
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Okay. So. I was diagnosed with early stage uterine cancer. It requires an immediate hysterectomy. However. I had to postpone because finances will not allow me to rest, and layoffs are happening at my music label.
As usual, I refuse to ask for help. It feels horrible. But so many of you have offered.
So. If you’d like to donate to “Project Hysterectomy: Yeet that Uterus and Heal 2026,” I’d be grateful.
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/ErickaSimone
Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ErickaSimone
CA: https://cash.app/$ErickaSimoneFor my international friends or for people who hate PayPal/Venmo, I do have Revolut and Wise:
Revolut: https://revolut.me/erickasimone
Wise: https://wise.com/pay/me/erickasimonewThanks for asking, sorry I didn’t provide that initially.
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@PhilWill yessss awesome albums. Thanks Phil.
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@lulawitzescher bandcamp. Bonus points for you.
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@ErickaSimone 🫂🫂🫂 thankful it is early stage, sorry for the diagnosis though.
@apriloq super early, hopefully super beatable. We’ll see after they yeet the Ute. lmao.
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For my international friends or for people who hate PayPal/Venmo, I do have Revolut and Wise:
Revolut: https://revolut.me/erickasimone
Wise: https://wise.com/pay/me/erickasimonewThanks for asking, sorry I didn’t provide that initially.
@ErickaSimone 🫂
I first saw Joe Alterman play when he opened for Ramsey Lewis in NYC (Blue Note, maybe?). It was so long ago he was still a student and his mom was at the show
Years later, I got to see Houston Person at the Jazz Loft in Stony Brook 
Haven't seen them perform together, but maybe someday!
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Okay. So. I was diagnosed with early stage uterine cancer. It requires an immediate hysterectomy. However. I had to postpone because finances will not allow me to rest, and layoffs are happening at my music label.
As usual, I refuse to ask for help. It feels horrible. But so many of you have offered.
So. If you’d like to donate to “Project Hysterectomy: Yeet that Uterus and Heal 2026,” I’d be grateful.
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/ErickaSimone
Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ErickaSimone
CA: https://cash.app/$ErickaSimone@ErickaSimone done. Wish I could do more. 🫂🫂🫂
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If anything… I’ll just take a hug. If you can’t donate right now, a simple hug and maybe a link to your favorite album so I can listen to it (bonus if it’s Apple, tidal or bandcamp music)… that’s really all I need. Music and a hug and your support.
Thank you guys.
Ima go cry in a dark room for a while and then go figure this out.
@ErickaSimone HUG.
I have a lot of favorite albums, and I don't know what kind of music you like. But this one popped into my head immediately because it got me through a really dark time. Most of the songs tell some kind of fantastic story. (Head's up: There's an artistically long loud sound at the end of track 12 if you want to skip that. Just the sound. The track is great.)
Wishing you financial stability and a speedy recovery.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/sol-deluxe-edition/1254645553
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If anything… I’ll just take a hug. If you can’t donate right now, a simple hug and maybe a link to your favorite album so I can listen to it (bonus if it’s Apple, tidal or bandcamp music)… that’s really all I need. Music and a hug and your support.
Thank you guys.
Ima go cry in a dark room for a while and then go figure this out.
@ErickaSimone Here's a {{{hug}}}, and a really good album: https://vanishagouldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/she-s-not-shiny-she-s-not-smooth (among other reasons to love it, a person who can make a love song out of a real estate listing has my rapt attention)
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@ErickaSimone HUG.
I have a lot of favorite albums, and I don't know what kind of music you like. But this one popped into my head immediately because it got me through a really dark time. Most of the songs tell some kind of fantastic story. (Head's up: There's an artistically long loud sound at the end of track 12 if you want to skip that. Just the sound. The track is great.)
Wishing you financial stability and a speedy recovery.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/sol-deluxe-edition/1254645553
@ErickaSimone And if that's not your thing, there's this classic, Without You I'm Nothing by Placebo. Always a mood. (I just love sharing music.)
https://music.apple.com/us/album/without-you-im-nothing/961067195
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If anything… I’ll just take a hug. If you can’t donate right now, a simple hug and maybe a link to your favorite album so I can listen to it (bonus if it’s Apple, tidal or bandcamp music)… that’s really all I need. Music and a hug and your support.
Thank you guys.
Ima go cry in a dark room for a while and then go figure this out.
@ErickaSimone
Something to scratch the brain:
https://agonyost.bandcamp.com/album/the-final-nail-in-the-coffinSomething to soothe the brain:
https://future80s.bandcamp.com/album/blue-sky-girlSomething to rock out to:
https://gotmilkblood.bandcamp.com/album/void-epI wish you the strength to heal.
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If anything… I’ll just take a hug. If you can’t donate right now, a simple hug and maybe a link to your favorite album so I can listen to it (bonus if it’s Apple, tidal or bandcamp music)… that’s really all I need. Music and a hug and your support.
Thank you guys.
Ima go cry in a dark room for a while and then go figure this out.
Here's some Bandcamp music to listen to:
https://meganlynch.bandcamp.com/
https://seafury.bandcamp.com/
https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/They're all on the Fediverse people are are good folks.
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@ErickaSimone done. Wish I could do more. 🫂🫂🫂
@quadrivial you’ve done more than enough. Thank you.
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If anything… I’ll just take a hug. If you can’t donate right now, a simple hug and maybe a link to your favorite album so I can listen to it (bonus if it’s Apple, tidal or bandcamp music)… that’s really all I need. Music and a hug and your support.
Thank you guys.
Ima go cry in a dark room for a while and then go figure this out.
@ErickaSimone I gave you a like. 🫂
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Okay. So. I was diagnosed with early stage uterine cancer. It requires an immediate hysterectomy. However. I had to postpone because finances will not allow me to rest, and layoffs are happening at my music label.
As usual, I refuse to ask for help. It feels horrible. But so many of you have offered.
So. If you’d like to donate to “Project Hysterectomy: Yeet that Uterus and Heal 2026,” I’d be grateful.
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/ErickaSimone
Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ErickaSimone
CA: https://cash.app/$ErickaSimone@ErickaSimone Your PayPal account is limited?
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Okay. So. I was diagnosed with early stage uterine cancer. It requires an immediate hysterectomy. However. I had to postpone because finances will not allow me to rest, and layoffs are happening at my music label.
As usual, I refuse to ask for help. It feels horrible. But so many of you have offered.
So. If you’d like to donate to “Project Hysterectomy: Yeet that Uterus and Heal 2026,” I’d be grateful.
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/ErickaSimone
Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ErickaSimone
CA: https://cash.app/$ErickaSimone@ErickaSimone oh shit. I’m so sorry
Here are two (extremely different) albums I had on high rotation over the summer:
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If anything… I’ll just take a hug. If you can’t donate right now, a simple hug and maybe a link to your favorite album so I can listen to it (bonus if it’s Apple, tidal or bandcamp music)… that’s really all I need. Music and a hug and your support.
Thank you guys.
Ima go cry in a dark room for a while and then go figure this out.
@ErickaSimone Here is Elisapie.
I find her music and words deeply moving as well as beautiful. Hope they are healing for you.
Her albums are on bandcamp. Including this link to a short concert so you can see her fantastic outfit & hear the interview with her words behind the music choices.
