Folks:

With sadness, we report Terri has had to cancel due to illness. We send her our best wishes during these challenging times. I personally want to thank her for being willing to visit us in Poway and hope she will be able to return in the future.

Jeff.


A note from Terri

I am sorry that I come to you by way of email with bad news. I have Epilepsy. My mother has this as well. In the beginning of the year I had to cancel and move shows due to complications with her health ... her seizures being the root of the problem. She had surgery to repair a vessel at the base of her skull. She then had a stroke and almost passed.

Perhaps it was due to the stress of dealing with her, but my own Epilepsy has been out of control these past few months. Since May 8th, and my last visit to the doctor, I have not been leveled out on my current medication and in fact, may not even be on the right medication. These last several weeks, each time I performed, I felt lucky to have "pulled it off." I now feel like I'm held together by duct tape. The anxiety I feel before a show is excruciating. I have reached the end of my rope. I'm having further complications that are causing tremors on stage as well. I have tried 200% to do my job, and to keep this to myself. I thought I could ride it out and all would be good. This is how it's been my whole life. I've been able to "hide it." But in Mansfield Texas, at a festival on Friday, I realized that I can't. I almost went down. I knew what was happening, I readied myself, and luckily it all turned out okay. No one knew but me. I had a show I had to do. I pulled it off. But I fear my luck with doing so has run out. It was compounded after I spoke with my doctor over the weekend. Now, unfortunately due to my own complications with Epilepsy, I am going to have to cancel all fly dates this month and next until further notice. This is doctor's orders, and I'm going to comply.

I have always put career first. But, I am not in the shape to do this anymore. I'm not getting better, I'm getting worse. I had a bad seizure earlier this year, and have had several since then that I have been able to manage. Lloyd and his wife, Tina, witnessed them. One of them caused damage to my left eye and left shoulder. I finally admitted this to those close to me. My loved one's fears about my well being are grounded in reality. I love to play so much, perhaps too much, that I would not accept the limitations of my body. But after Friday in Mansfield, I have decided that I have to get a handle on this. It's too dangerous not to. I have to get my medicine working for me and not against me and I have to get leveled out as even Holistic medicine no longer works for me.

So, it's with great regret that I send you this email. I'm hoping I can maintain my reputation within the community I worked so hard to build. I'm hoping that by having what was told to me in writing by my doctor, this will speak volumes in regard to the gravity of this situation to the promoters that booked me in good faith of me being able to perform.

Trust that my heart is broken. I'm absolutely devastated and embarrassed. There's no way I could express to you how sad I am and terribly disappointed. I have sunk nineteen years of my life into making music and it's my passion. And I am truly sorry for the way this has effected your music series ... twice.

With Respect,
Terri Hendrix