Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 when i was 19 yrs old i had knee surgery the incision became infected .... staph infection i had to have several more surgeries and after on i was given several antibiotics to try and save my leg or save my life things were not going well for a time then and spending an entire summer in the hospital so young wasn't what i had looked forward too it was during this time that overnight i lost all hearing when friends came to see me they were great ... would act out what they were trying to say or write it acting it out was far funnier but i had a boyfriend who said he couldn't handle a deaf person lol i thought this was funny like how does anyone " handle " another person i had planned to go to college i had a part time job i loved music but i had a wise father who told me " it's only hearing " (little did i know at the time my dad would walk out of the hospital with tears in his eyes) but these words have stayed with me hearing was only one small part of who i am yep it took guts to get back out there but look at how much i would have missed if it didn't but it takes gut to get a CI too lots of faith and trust with fingers crossed i did it no one ever told me i would understand speech with a CI no one ever said i would be able to use a phone but i did know a CI would allow more and i did know i wanted this and no one or no way would i not go for it susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 , You say " Even if I'm able to hear and understand speech with a CI, it doesn't mean that sign language won't continue to be an important part of my life. " And I say bully for you. Sign is a skill that one should treasure and nourish. And did you ever get my email? Or are you just ignoring me? Hehehe. *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* One thing you can learn by watching the clock is that it passes. & Gimlet (Guide Dawggie) Portland, Oregon N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup rlclark77@... http://home.comcast.net/~rlclark77/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 , Pardon my ignorance, but what " bully for you " mean? I've never heard that expression before. <smile> To answer your question, yes, I have been ignoring you. Are you *that* surprised? Just kidding!! <smile> Actually, I'm still working on the e-mail I wrote in response to your questions. I want to make sure I address them as thoroughly as I can. Maybe I should stop typing now and finish the first e-mail I wrote. <grin> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 , Bully for you - you were lucky, good for you. Not sure where it came from, jsut another catchy phrase I use now and then. LOL Am I surprised that I am ignored? Nooooooo. Maybe I should try it sometime,s ee what happens, hehehe. OK, go ahead and finish the email, you dont ened to write a book. I could take it by chapters tho. Ahem. *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* 1st rule of intelligent tinkering - save all the parts. & Gimlet (Guide Dawggie) Portland, Oregon N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup rlclark77@... http://home.comcast.net/~rlclark77/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Hey , I think it might have come from the song " Wooly Bully, " by Sam The Sham and the Pharoahs. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Larry, Really? I didn't know that. LOL! One of these days I'll have to look up the lyrics for that song on the Internet. I remember how that song sounds and the chorus used to crack me up every single time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 , As long as its you who is using labels on you, its perfectly acceptable. LOL Its when others apply labels without really understanding what they are doing, is when trouble starts. Or when they insist on what they believe is correct labeling. I go round with this with a guy in the UK who is totally blind, and think I cannot call myself blind because I am not total. LOL I give him lots of grief over this. *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* " Time's fun when you're having flies. " --Kermit the Frog & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- rclark0276@... Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 , If it makes you feel any better, I disagree with the person you mentioned in your last post. Blindness can mean anything from reading regular print with magnification to total blindness. Why some totally blind people refuse to acknowledge that, I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 , I should think that splitting hairs would require a sharp eye and a steady hand. Quite a feat for a blind person <g>. Virg > I knew you were on my side. Some people, like this guy, split hairs > and > get nowhere with their thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Virg, Come on over here to Newport and watch me split some hairs...on your head. LOL It could be an errr, eye opener! *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* For those who think they know it all, should ask those who do Know it all, when you do, let me know and I will show that They Don't Know It all! --Hobo's Probverb & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- rclark0276@... Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Exactly, . What we experience as individuals is the bottom line. Its like say, hearing the same music but you and I will have a vastly different perspective on it. Or 2 sighted people enjoying the same sunset, yet they will have differing views of the experience. And that is a good thing. This guy from the UK, he gets upset when I tell him he is way off the mark. I understand why he feels that way but its wrong. *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* For those who think they know it all, should ask those who do Know it all, when you do, let me know and I will show that They Don't Know It all! --Hobo's Probverb & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- rclark0276@... Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 , I agree. No offense to the person you mentioned, but some totally blind people think the world revolves around them. They also think that people who are legally blind aren't really disabled because they can still see. Some people in the Deaf community feel the same way about those of us who are hard of hearing or have CIs. I've seen posts on one deaf/hoh forum which said that people who choose to be implanted are only doing so because they don't accept who they are. I strongly disagree. Why can't someone who doesn't benefit from hearing aids have the chance to improve their lives? Why does that automatically mean they don't accept themselves or the way God made them? The way I see it, if I don't criticize a Deaf person for using ASL (which I would never do), they shouldn't criticize me for my desire to have a CI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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