he was doing, and his views on how the medical community deals with the condition and the lack of funding to research it. By 2015, Ren's body was crashing and he felt he wouldn't live to see 30. February 3, 2015, he released a video on his me vs me Facebook page (later renamed Lyme 101) and later on his me vs me YouTube channel talking about how bad things had gotten and asking for help. The video showed his depression and distress. Love Music Ren was working on his first official album. It was taking awhile to finish due to his health issues. His fans kept asking him for downloadable music. He put together a collection of 20 tracks of his older music that he wrote and recorded either solo, or in various band projects. Some tracks were written when he was just 16. He made them available for download on Band Camp Mar 29, 2015. This was not considered an official release. He called the collection Love Music and said that the proceeds would be used to pay for his upcoming medical treatment. Ren had tried the treatments available in the UK without success. He decided to try and see one more specialist who was outside of the UK. He managed to raise enough money to do so and in December 2015 a doctor in Brussels finally diagnosed him with Lyme's disease. Because he had been infected for so many years it had become chronic. Freckled Angels Ren decided to call his debut album, Freckled Angels. The album and the title track are dedicated to one of Ren's best friends, Joe Hughes, who Ren feels committed suicide. The album took a while to finish due to Ren's illness. On December 28, 2015 Ren announced he had completed the album, five years to the day after his friend passed away. It was officially released on January 2, 2016. It contained 16 tracks and was self released. Joe Hughes went missing December 28, 2010 after he "...phoned a friend to tell them he was going to jump off the 100ft high Menai Suspension Bridge. Cries for help were heard from the water by a resident in Menai Bridge." Joe "had struggled with his mental health and had made threats to jump from the bridge in the past" It was said he "had been 'depressed' in the weeks before his disappearance.