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Most days lately I feel like venting, so I get what you are saying! I am not ready either, but I guess it doesn't matter does it? You can stand on your own, it may be scary but we will overcome... How cliche! I even make myself sick ;-) I am trying not to fall into the pity party trap...

My two cents - likely worth less Hi username! I think it shows a great deal of maturity to solicit feedback knowing that some may be, as you say, extremist in nature. I have considered CI several times and have chosen not (yet) to pursue. This has nothing to do with my views related to...

Hi Rowena, can I ask why you lurked? And what you learned? I am just curious. I just joined and feel like there is so much to read, I don't know where to begin! I also have noticed there are some specific hot topics (e.g., deaf, Deaf, hoh, oralism, etc...) and am afraid my ignorance will...

I completely understand! I totally get that useless feeling - in fact I am not sure how to re-join the working world. I recently "negotiated" a contract and actually negotiated $15 an hour LESS than what they were offering. Talk about feeling like an idiot. It was only later, upon...

Thank you amylynne!!! Oh my goodness - thank you for such a detailed response, amylynne! Awesome ideas that I will follow up on! :ty: Sounds like you have had super success - good luck as you continue in your journey. tlk

Glad to "hear" I'm not alone ;-) Hi Steve, you and I have a similar story. I am wondering if it may be 150 years before I can communicate using ASL. I am a pretty good lip reader, but you are right - trying to understand and interact is tiresome and often more trouble than it is worth (for...

Hi, my name is Tracy, I am from Normal, Illinois. I was diagnosed with a degenerative hearing disorder in middle school. In those days, they said I would not be able to hear a thing by the time I was forty. Great news I beat those odds. But only by a few years. My left ear has no hearing...