To wash my hair, I have to take my hearing aids out. Whenever I have to take them out, I am reminded of just how deaf I am. Yes, as an hearing impaired person even you can have moment where you forget that you are in fact deaf. That the aids only add a Little bit of sound to your life, it's just that an Aid!
I took them out, wash my hair and then proceeded to go get a shower cap to deep condition my hair. Walked around the house, played with the kids, came back to the sink and OH, the water was still running! This would have been not a panic moment if the water bill hadn't gone up a few cents! Well it has and now I have a nice size bill to look forward to! We talking a least an hour of water running that did nothing but just run. Oh boy and oh well, when water doesn't make a sound..... well you kinda forget it running!!!
Monday, July 30, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
The hurt and pain of being Hearing Impaired
This weekend was an awaken for me and my family due to the new discovers that was made last week My 5 month old will indeed need hearing aids and will be fitted by next months. My 1 1/2 year old will be tested for a hearing loss as well as given a speech test to see if he is developing as he should. Until he takes the tests, we do not know if his hearing has changed since birth. He has shown some signs of loss but he could be just misbehaving as well.
This has rocked my family to the core. Some are not saying anything about it and moving forward as if its unreal, some are breaking down and crying while others are just pissed off! The question in most mind is why us? Why an entire family? Well, I've long came to peace with my hearing loss. It no longer causes pain for me nor does it upset me. I've come to appreciate the silent and look at it as a gift from God. I will go into details about that in another post, but for now, I must deal with the hurt and pain.
My mom, who I love dearly was very upset yesterday. She is the first generation hearing impaired and in her mind, she is the 16 year old girl who they told was hearing impaired and that it would not affect her children. She says clearly someone was lying!! I consoled her and I let her know that we are such strong individuals! She views our impairment as a problem and I told her to view it as a gift. Remind yourself of all the things you like about not being able to hear. There are many pluses if you only stop to look at them. It took some talking but I am not 100% sure she is totally comfortable. There will be a new reality once my baby boy is fitted with hearing aids and then it will be determined if my 1 year old is OK.
As a parent and a daughter, I know that I will lead everyone through the muck and we will be just fine. I know that I have been equipped to go through this time period in our lives. I know that I have new battle to fight on another front, but for now, I will focus on the hurt and pain that is in my family for now, because it will be replace with Joy very soon!!!
This has rocked my family to the core. Some are not saying anything about it and moving forward as if its unreal, some are breaking down and crying while others are just pissed off! The question in most mind is why us? Why an entire family? Well, I've long came to peace with my hearing loss. It no longer causes pain for me nor does it upset me. I've come to appreciate the silent and look at it as a gift from God. I will go into details about that in another post, but for now, I must deal with the hurt and pain.
My mom, who I love dearly was very upset yesterday. She is the first generation hearing impaired and in her mind, she is the 16 year old girl who they told was hearing impaired and that it would not affect her children. She says clearly someone was lying!! I consoled her and I let her know that we are such strong individuals! She views our impairment as a problem and I told her to view it as a gift. Remind yourself of all the things you like about not being able to hear. There are many pluses if you only stop to look at them. It took some talking but I am not 100% sure she is totally comfortable. There will be a new reality once my baby boy is fitted with hearing aids and then it will be determined if my 1 year old is OK.
As a parent and a daughter, I know that I will lead everyone through the muck and we will be just fine. I know that I have been equipped to go through this time period in our lives. I know that I have new battle to fight on another front, but for now, I will focus on the hurt and pain that is in my family for now, because it will be replace with Joy very soon!!!
Friday, July 20, 2012
Introduction
Finally! A spot on the worldwide web, I can place my thoughts and not have to be slowed down by the computer trying to load them on my website. I was attempting to do this on my actual web store but for some reason the template would load a few words, preview, load a few more words, preview again. Talk about aggravating!! I was about to pull my hair out! Then I tried to post my blog on facebook and the name facebook to me means brief. I hate to see that little link, see more..... Not! If I am scrolling through my news feed, the first couple of lines better catch me or I am going to keep going. I got things to do, things to post, places to go and people to see!
So here I am! In blogger ville!! The place for people who like to read inexpensive books, meaning no cost! I bet there are people right now thinking who needs realty TV when I can just go read a random story and use my imagination, riiiiiight? Has anyone taking a count of the population to see who or how many people still read?!? After all, we have direct TV, time warner cable and AT & T Uverse! We can see all the degrading shows for a niiice price who needs to read a blog?!?!? Sheesh!
I do, and you reading this, do! There is a lot to be said about a person that can sit at a computer, have a thought and clearly, with little to no grammar error, type them for you to read!!
Just how do I plan to use this site, well, I want to write about the grandoise life I have lived so far and the crap that comes with it! I want to make mistakes here and learn about them, then move forward!! I want to read what others think and maybe get a free education out of it. I am sure there are things I do not know about my hearing impaired life and I pray there are things I just have not discovered that can help my family as well as others!! Soooo, the blogging is about to begin!! I think you can subscribe to me and I hope that you do because it is going to get very interesting......
So here I am! In blogger ville!! The place for people who like to read inexpensive books, meaning no cost! I bet there are people right now thinking who needs realty TV when I can just go read a random story and use my imagination, riiiiiight? Has anyone taking a count of the population to see who or how many people still read?!? After all, we have direct TV, time warner cable and AT & T Uverse! We can see all the degrading shows for a niiice price who needs to read a blog?!?!? Sheesh!
I do, and you reading this, do! There is a lot to be said about a person that can sit at a computer, have a thought and clearly, with little to no grammar error, type them for you to read!!
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