Posted in Emotions & Attitude, Observations, tagged deafness, hearing loss on June 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
A thunderstorm woke me up this morning. It felt like someone picked the bed slightly up off the floor and then let it down with a thunk, followed by vigorous shaking. One of our cats, Beanie (aka Sabrina) was sleeping with me at the time and it freaked her right out - she sprung up [...]
Posted in Emotions & Attitude, Observations, tagged hearing aids, hearing loss on June 12, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Ever since I went completely deaf, I wake up in the morning and put my hearing aids in. Every morning, without fail. This is as helpful as putting in my contacts after I’ve lost all my vision, but still I persist.
The first week or so after I lost all of my hearing, I actually was [...]
Posted in Emotions & Attitude, Family, Observations, tagged cochlear implant, deafness, hearing loss on June 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Waiting is hard. It feels archaic, compared to the instant gratification I’ve gotten used to in the internet age. Although I can access my medical claims online, I can’t access anything that shows how the preapproval process is going for my cochlear implant(s). All I can do is wait for a letter to arrive in [...]
Posted in Emotions & Attitude, Observations, tagged deafness, hearing loss on May 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
…so, I’m 28 and I’ve just lost the hearing in my right ear. Up until this point, my only accommodation had been amplified handsets for the telephone. With lip reading and my hearing aid in my right ear, I felt like I heard really well. I still missed a lot on the [...]
Posted in Emotions & Attitude, Observations, tagged cochlear implant, deafness, hearing loss on May 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been making my way through all the books about CI’s that I can get my hands on. Between all of this reading, my visits to message boards and daily messages that come from email lists I belong to, it makes me feel like I’m surrounded by CI users. I told Dave that I keep [...]
Posted in Emotions & Attitude on May 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“Is this it?”, I wonder, “Have I just accepted it now? I’m not going to freak out, break down, be incapacitated with grief?”
I go through each day and do what I normally did. Nothing has changed, except I can’t hear. I still make dinner, do dishes, watch TV, joke with my family.
Am [...]
