Wow, has it really been that long since I last posted? I’ve been so busy. I keep meaning to write, but then it gets pushed to the back of my mind.
Where to begin? Yvonne, she had surgery in Los Angeles on the 19th I believe. I haven’t really found out how she is doing. I did see that one of her friends said she was recovering fine. I can’t wait till I can talk to her again and find out how she is myself. I pray the surgery was a success though.
My parents are coming up for Thanksgiving. I can’t wait! I miss living near them and seeing them all of the time. I think I drive my dad crazy though. lol I call like every day, sometimes more than once a day. I know they will be happy to see Isaiah. Only 4 more days!
In December I’ll be going to an intro to massage class one day and getting a feel for it, and I’ll be starting in March. Hopefully in August I’ll graduate and become nationally certified.
I had another hearing test in my left ear, and a hearing aid will help me, I’ve just got to figure out if there are any organizations out there to help me get a hearing aid for the left ear. So I’ve been working on that. Anything to help make my life easier in the present, is worth it to me and hearing better would definitely be easier.
I’ve been reading a new series by Catherine Anderson. They are amazing books. I’ll have to write some reviews when I get a chance. I’m on the fourth in the series and I believe there are eight. It’s the colter/Kendric series. If you get a chance, go read them.
That’s about all I know to write as of now. Just pray for the speedy recovery of Yvonne and Oh yeah, my friend Sarah had surgery a week about and she is recovering nicely it looks like. So pray for her as well. Going out with my family now, it’s cooooooooooold here in the mountains!
Everyone take care and stay warm.
Holly
The best thing you can give to someone is prayers. It’s free, only takes a second out of your day, and it truly helps.
Yesterday was a discouraging day for me. Everything that I have piled up on my plate was overwhelming me. I didn’t know what to do, where to start, or how.
But, last night I was sitting here at my computer desk thinking. All of a sudden a feeling of peace and calm came over me. I felt God’s presents with me. I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers. It means so much to me.
Because of all of your thoughts and prayers, I know that I’ll be ok. Challenges aren’t something we want to deal with but some of us can do it. Who would have thought that going blind would really turn out to be a blessing? I adjust, I live so who’s to say that I can’t do the same thing with deafness?
It might be harder, but it will be possible. I just can’t let thoughts, NF2, people, anyone get me down. I have a husband and a fabulous son, a good attitude, what more could I ask for? Sure I hate NF2 but then I look at others and they have it worse than me. So I need to stop feeling sorry for myself and forge ahead.
Holly
I went to Raleigh Wednesday. I talked to the audiologist about the ABI. It was almost as if she was trying to discourage me, or maybe warn me for the worse case sinario.
She talked about how long batteries last, how to take it apart, the differetn parts of it and of course I have to touch everything. She said it is nothing like normal hearing. There is a cochlear implant simulator online, but she doesn’t know if there is a simulation for the ABI. But she said instead of hearing “knock knock knock” I’ll hear “beep beep beep” she also said when I get it turned on it might sound sort of like static or white noise until the brain gets used to it or something like that. She told me that when it gets turned on I probably will have some tingling, twitching, different things on my face and in my arm. She said the majority of ABI users have this some is worse when they get it turned on but they bring the levels down to make it tollarable but it’ll still be there.
She gave me another hearing test, and sound has to be at 36DB before my ear even detects it. My speech recognition was 70% at 70DB so we are looking into getting a hearing aid.
I was supposed to see Dr. McElveen after her, but he was still in surgery so I left some questions with his nurse. Maybe I’ll hear back from him next week.
That is all for now. It was a super long day and I was tired when we finally got home. Everyone take care.
Holly
