Welcome

Thanks for joining me.

I am not sure where this journey is going to take me, but I've a sense from others that it isn't going to be an easy ride. There will be setbacks, periods of slow progress, maybe even lapses into depression, and moments (I hope) of reward and elation. I can't tell what, when, how quite yet.

I'm going to be writing quickly and when I can, so don't expect great prose!

Friday 28 March 2008

Grommet without the Wallace...

Not quite Wallace and Gromit [sic]. I have had a grommet insertion to see if the pressure problem in the ear is solved or at least reduced by means of it, thereby making the hearing loss manageable with ONLY a hearing aid. A long shot but worth trying. So far, so good - or at least, so far so unusual. The result has been that the vascular movement in the ear has become much more bothersome, while behind it (I think) I can hear a bit more. The problem is that the vascular movement (a rushing, pulsing sound) is so strong that it is difficult to hear past it with the hearing I have left even with the hearing aid at full blast.

Fortunately (I mention this since aficionados of Wallace and Gromit will be wondering) there is no Wensleydale involved....