February 9, 2012

  • My Night....

    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    I fell asleep in my recliner and the Beast just let me sleep.  When I woke up, I was surprised at the time.  I got online because I felt awake and read the news, went through all my email and got rid of the spam first.  I hate that stuff.  I AM getting less and less of it but I get a lot of stuff from sites I visit a lot.  WebMD, Travelocity,FTD, Greyhound, etc., etc.  Then there is the email from some of the programs I have that you must register for....**sigh**.  Most of the stuff they send is crap so I just delete it unread.

    I found out I am really wondering about the hyperbaric therapy.  When I was 13, I had to have my eardrums replaced because my chronic ear infections had scarred them so badly that I lost all airwave hearing and had gone deaf.  It had happened slowly so I had learned to read lips and body language.  When my mother discovered this, she was horrified and dragged me to the Eye and Ear Clinic in Chicago.  There a Dr. Freeman took a vein graft from my arm and gave me back my hearing.

    The problem I worry about is this....I was told way back then that I couldn't scuba dive.  Then it didn't matter, but it was a different story when we lived in Florida and the Beast took it up.  I would have loved to be able to scuba dive but the warning stuck in my mind.  I believe the doctor said I couldn't dive more than 10 ft. down.

    Now, if the hyperbaric chamber is fixed to create the pressure at 35 ft., what the hell could happen?  The doctor checked out my ears and said I should be okay but he wasn't an ear doctor.  Hmm.  If it becomes too much, they said they would stop.  I have hearing loss as it is.  I sure don't want it to get so bad that I HAVE to have hearing aids.

    Well, time to rest again because I have to be at the Wound Center in a few hours.  Love you all.