Dang near the dend again
I don't know what else to do anymore, you know? Life is just overwhelming sometimes, and there's so muuch that feels impossible to handle when you're dealing with stuff like hearing loss at such a young age. It's been really tough, and it makes me want to throw up my hands and say "screw this" because living with something like this shouldn't have to be so hard. And then there's the autism part of things-it feels like every day is another chance for people to look down on you or dismiss your chances in job hunting and everything else. It's frustrating, and honestly,I'm just ready to tell everyone off and forget about trying anymore.
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Last August at The Opticion, I got some scary news-cataracts in both eyes, pls cysts that were causing black shadows on the edges. They had to let the cataracts get worse before they could do anything about them because doing it too early wouldn't help. When they finally did my first eye, everything went perfectly-my vision was almost perfect right away, which was amazing! But then for my second eye, a student messed up and didn't place the implant correctly. It took months of drops to get things back on track, but now both eyes are better than ever-I'm practically 20/20!
I hope whoever's dealing with hearing issues gets the help they need if possible. Losing senses is tough, but worrying isn't helpful. I've got my own battles-like a congenital short-term memory disorder that's getting worse as I age. I retired in 1988 because of a rare form of arthrtiis and now at seventy-two, I see my disabilities more as challenges to overcome than roadblocks. I've traveled the world despite everything, even if it did slow me down a bit.
Life is all about playing with the cards we're dealt and finding the positives in tough situations.