Bloody old age

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Old age, lying in bed, not sure if its raining or tinnitus? Enjoy being young, old sucks.

if the beds wet its either raining very hard and your roof has leaked, or way past your getting up time.

[KiwiCol]

Talk about not hearing, jez, I'm real bad, especially without my aids in.  Wee anecdote for ya,

I was just remarking the other week to the Mrs, I was at the kitchen bench buttering some fresh cooked toast, she was sitting at the table across the room.  I noticed something, with holding the toast in my left hand while I buttered it I could feel the knife scraping across the toast surface, but not hear it.  I could feel tiny vibrations in my left mit so I knew it was making a scraping sound but I hear nothing!  I said to Mrs, can you hear me buttering the toast?  She go yes of course, I say well I can't hear it & I'm doing it!!
 
I'm off to Christchurch next week for another audiogram & check, they told me last time there's not much they can do really and a cochlear implant is next.  Nope, just never getting one of them, just not.

[Mick_J]

Probably better than carrying a trumpet around with you Col.

[grog]

My Mate Dave been thru the cochlear story. Lots of problems, lots of money. Not sure he ended up better off.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

I suffer from industrial tinnitus as well.

Last hearing test showed not much decline since the previous test, so thats good.  They advised hearing aids won't do much at all, even the 10k top of the range ones.

During the test, one of the tests was with the bone conducting type headphones, the ones that make direct contact with the bone in your skull.  I found it very clear and comfortable, a slight mixing of sounds m, as your eardrums are still transmitting.

I assume a CI works the same, maybe the tech has changed or will change to improve bone conducting based hearing aids.

[KiwiCol]

No CI has a 'mechanical / digital' type sound, basically you have to learn how to hear all over again.   Not for this kid anyway.

[Hooli]

Pardon?

Can you sit on my good side when typing please?

My right ear is useless if there's background noise, when it's quiet I can hear everything though.

[grog]

CI has cost my Mate 10 yrs of frustration, maybe $40k, has even moved states to sort it. They replaced it , thats a hospital thing, not just changing your earpiece.He still cant hear, cant stand crowded places, he tried so hard, had to give up his bikes, his work, i followed all his drama thru his email. Not a good story, very sad really.

[Jeykey]

Glad everything came out alright in the end. In this forum, despite not knowing people or even their faces seems like we know each other; same names over the years, just like the bikes. Getting old. I still came from the old .org.

[GSXKING]

CI is certainty an advantage for the profoundly deaf and young children who will adapt to whatever works for them.
It's an Aussie invention also.

[Irish in Oz]

Fucking blacked out at 110kph

Pete you do realise that's 10k's above the limit.

[Snapey]

Pete you do realise that's 10k's above the limit.

The speed limit on the Hume Highway at Boxers Creek is 110 km/h Jeffrey.

[VladTepes]

Snapey they'll probably hgave you off the road for a while anyway until they can figure out what went wrong (or rather, why).

My dad just had a fall off a ladder the other week (yep usual stupid old 87 year old man behaviour) and while his cracked skull etc heals he has a 6 month 'no driving' break. He's not happy (usually he's an excellent driver especially for his age).
Silly bugger didn't even want to go to the hospital when it happened and he regained consciousness despite a lot of blood...

Years ago I had what turned out to be an epileptic fit and also had a 6 month break luckily they figured out what it was and its the type that can be controlled by medication so I can drive.

[Snapey]

Snapey they'll probably hgave you off the road for a while anyway until they can figure out what went wrong (or rather, why).

Every heart & brain scan I've had so far, and there's been plenty, haven't shown anything definite. I'm booked in for a sleep apnoea test then a cardio MRI & if there's nothing there then a probe will be surgically placed under the skin. Talk about over kill by the heart specialists. At least the GP is more realistic in his diagnosis in saying I had very little sleep with over 5 hours driving, one short stop and was dehydrated. You nodded off he said. In the meantime while all this is going on my driving is restricted to a 20km radius from home and no highways.

[VladTepes]

Yeah I have that sleep apnoea too and when I got the CPAP it made a big difference to how tired I (am no longer) feeling.