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ellyssianGave blood this morning, although purely for testing purposes! The doc needs a sample to see where we go from here on some of my meds, particularly the cholesterol stuff. As soon as he gets the results, I'll schedule a physical and we'll go from there. The nurse who did the drawing of blood was the first out of the last three or four to manage to get a full supply and the first to only have to use one needle. I was suitably impressed - although once upon a time, I would have expected them all to have a clue what they were doing, and to not have to poke around trying to find a spot that connects to something that bleeds.
Once the testing was done, I had to grab a bagel so I could start in on the prednesone to reduce inflammation in the ear - I'm on a diminishing dosage schedule, which means I have no chance of programming it into my head to make sure I don't forget. Should be fun, especially because one of the warnings with the med is to not skip doses or mess around with the prescribed sequence. I tend to do better with things I can repeat over and over and then switch over to an automatic cycle.
Still have absolutely no signal reception on the left ear, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt that it will return to normal, and I will follow up when I get to that soon-to-be-scheduled physical. If it's going to stay as is forever, I'll probably have to learn more than the ASL alphabet - and I'll have to pick up the speed of my reading comprehension of said alphabet beyond it's current glacial (pre-global warming, of course) pace. On the plus side, if it does get that bad or worse, Deb is somewhat good at ASL, and one of my sister-in-laws used to teach ASL for Access, so it won't be starting completely from an entry-level position. Of course, I'm just stating that because it was mentioned in an earlier comment - I expect everything to come back to 100% once them durned bugs is vanquishified.
Biggest problem with lopsided hearing so far (other than the obvious lack itself and increase in difficulty overall): When the nurse called my name for the blood test I had absolutely no idea where in the very large, corridor like room - with various departments off doors on the two long sides - she was. I suppose it would have helped if I was more familiar with the place, but I had only been there for x-rays before, and that's an entirely different door. I have a similar problem in the cubes at work - I have to pay attention whenever I hear someone start talking, at least for a second, to figure out whether or not they expect me to be listening. Can't tell where they around me at all.
Rachel and Justin are both doing great with their injuries - no complications in their cases.
Once the testing was done, I had to grab a bagel so I could start in on the prednesone to reduce inflammation in the ear - I'm on a diminishing dosage schedule, which means I have no chance of programming it into my head to make sure I don't forget. Should be fun, especially because one of the warnings with the med is to not skip doses or mess around with the prescribed sequence. I tend to do better with things I can repeat over and over and then switch over to an automatic cycle.
Still have absolutely no signal reception on the left ear, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt that it will return to normal, and I will follow up when I get to that soon-to-be-scheduled physical. If it's going to stay as is forever, I'll probably have to learn more than the ASL alphabet - and I'll have to pick up the speed of my reading comprehension of said alphabet beyond it's current glacial (pre-global warming, of course) pace. On the plus side, if it does get that bad or worse, Deb is somewhat good at ASL, and one of my sister-in-laws used to teach ASL for Access, so it won't be starting completely from an entry-level position. Of course, I'm just stating that because it was mentioned in an earlier comment - I expect everything to come back to 100% once them durned bugs is vanquishified.
Biggest problem with lopsided hearing so far (other than the obvious lack itself and increase in difficulty overall): When the nurse called my name for the blood test I had absolutely no idea where in the very large, corridor like room - with various departments off doors on the two long sides - she was. I suppose it would have helped if I was more familiar with the place, but I had only been there for x-rays before, and that's an entirely different door. I have a similar problem in the cubes at work - I have to pay attention whenever I hear someone start talking, at least for a second, to figure out whether or not they expect me to be listening. Can't tell where they around me at all.
Rachel and Justin are both doing great with their injuries - no complications in their cases.
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Date: 2006-02-08 02:02 pm (UTC)Still, I did it (am doing it) and no one noticed unless I told. Even raised a couple of kids and worked several years as a switchboard/receptionist. The worst is not being able to tell sound direction or maybe it's responding inappropriately and getting strange looks. Good luck.
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Date: 2006-02-08 04:11 pm (UTC)I figure it takes a bit to get used to, and I'm hoping it doesn't hang around long enough for that to happen!
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Date: 2006-02-08 04:16 pm (UTC)