...tis the season to be... sorry, what did you say?
I haven’t been as active on JU this year as I would have liked because I’ve been sick. So has my wife. We’ve both been fighting off a terrible summer cold. My poor wife was sick on Christmas Day and the only reason we had a New Year's celebration is due to copious amounts of cold and flu medication. A lot of people I know and work with have also been sick with the same rotten bug. But I’ve also found out something else and have been trying to figure out the best way to share it with my new friends here at JU.
Before I say anything about this, I want to preface it with following statement: I don’t want anyone to feel sorry for me. I don’t want to be seen to be trying to gain sympathy from anyone. The information I have found out is just confirmation of a problem I knewI had anyway. Finding out exactly what is going on and taking steps to help the problem are positive actions.
So, here goes. On Christmas Eve, I had a hearing test. For those of you that don’t know, I have tinnitus or permanent ringing in my ears, which I’ve written about previously. There are a bunch of reasons why I have this condition, which I won’t bore you with now. The results of the testing were that I have moderately severe hearing loss and will require hearing aids for the rest of my life.
I’ve been hesitating writing anything about it until I got it sorted in my head first. I don’t feel bad or sorry for myself. I see this all as a good thing. If it means I can hear more and better than I could, then I can only view it as a good thing. With all the big things going on in the world at the moment, I just didn’t feel right about talking or writing about personal issues. But I want to discuss this with others who may have been in a similar position in the past. Please let me know any thoughts you might have as I would appreciate hearing them.
Cheers,
Maso