So in 2020 after TeddyCon was cancelled for that year and we were refunded our money, 2021 tickets went on sale. Without hesitation I bought a ticket and got a hotel room booked.

Throughout 2021 I was ever so hopeful for this event, it was my goal I had to look forward to when i was having procedures and surgery. Then onto rehab, to be able to have the stamina to walk around the event and not tire out.

Then it all went to crap on August 28, 2021 when they announced that all attendees must have 2 covid vaccines. This set the whole community aflame and changed many from friends to enemies. The hosts of TeddyCon made it clear that there would be no exceptions for those who medically could not get the covid shot, and they would not be refunded either.

At that time I had not yet decided on if I was going to get the shots or not, in my research I had found many cases of cardiac related side effects, clotting and neurological issues. Remember I just had a major heart surgery not even 3 months prior where I had 2 coronaries that were 80% blocked, I have to take blood thinners and a whole host of blood pressure medications.

In the end I did get the two shots, against my better judgement, and under duress. I felt that the planners of TeddyCon basically strong-armed people into having a medical procedure done, for which nobody is liable for it’s outcome.

So when i got the first covid shot, i noticed a major migraine that i had for a couple days, then after the second one andother migraine. which brought issues with my vision. Now I don’t have perfect 20/20 without my glasses, and i sit and stare at computer screens for work. When all my vision in my right eye is ‘zoomed out’ and the image is pulled in, lines are wavy, etc… that got my attention.

Then 2 weeks prior to the event they up and cancel the event with what has been very little factual explanation, in fact they have not since the end of October.

The day I was supposed to be leaving for TeddyCon, I was instead getting an injection into my eyeball, yes a needle straight into the front of my eye. I still have to go back about every 6 to 8 weeks. The issue is I have small blood clots in my right eye that is strangling my bloodflow in my eye. I think this is a direct result of the Covid Vaccine… I did not have this issue prior to this.

So what has the TeddyCon organizers said since they cancelled the event??

They have offered up no further explanation other than they did not have enough volunteers…. which they never once said “hey we need some help here”. No Refunds (even partial) were offered, NOTHING!!

Their silence is speaking volumes.

In my eyes they stole from the community, and will never re-earn my trust.

If they were to come out today and say they have a new date and all my ticket funds would transfer over, I would still be hesitant to drive the 6+ hours to attend, but probably would JUST to see friends I have met over the years.

To say that the cancellation of the event was insignificant is a major understatement. It hurt my little side in ways that I cannot begin to fathom. Most days since the whole pandemic, i have been hanging on by a thread, and I wanted so badly to have a chance to get out and be with people like me.

It was probably a month before I got somewhere out of the funk that this all created, and i am still not out of it yet.