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I am sorry it has been a while since I was on.... been a heck of a couple months for me too. Been diagnosed with bilat Menieres and near daily vertigo attacks. Developed something with my heart a month and a half ago.... Just nastiness. Trying to hang on to some semblence of life. I had the saem experience with the local HLAA. I am goign to be undergoing treatments end of this month into the new year that most likely will cost me the rest of my hearing and kill my vestibular function if my ENT is right. So I was looking into getting prepared and they were like "grow up and look online". My response was... umm where? If I am new to HOH and not deaf yet..... where do I look.. I know nothing about it yet.... I don't know what groups there are yet. My case manager has no clue either. I was severely angered by it. Fortunately I made some friends who were a bit more sensitive and understood and gave me a first steps direction so I had a clue where to start. I am really impressed with my mom who is carrying around ASL books and asking a lot of questions of friends who have deaf children and terps and trying to learn. My daughter is picking it up too and loving it! Me... I am scared to death to be honest. My doc said, even if they don't do the treatments to kill the hearing fast, at the pace I am going with my attacks, it will likely be gone in a couple years on it's own. I already can't hear 90% of the phone. (and could 6 months ago) I have to teach my folks to text!!!
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