[Magdalen] anomanous

[Grace Cangialosi]

Fortunately, I don’t have very many medications.  A couple of years ago I landed in the donut hole—I don’t remember why.

> On Sep 8, 2018, at 6:19 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Same here, Grace.  And, I am in the donut hole with my medications.
> Ginga
> 
>> On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 6:16 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> They cost a lot. Medicare (which is all I have) doesn't cover them.
>> 
>> On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 3:52 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I think most now have the option of more than one setting. Mine have
>>> three: the regular one, a “comfort” setting that’s great for large
>>> gatherings, restaurants, loud movies, etc. there’s also one called
>> “music”
>>> that actually doesn’t work very well for music, IMO, but it’s great for
>>> hearing birds, frogs, etc.
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 8, 2018, at 3:47 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Mine are a metal grey, which was my choice, given the colour of my
>> hair.
>>>> 
>>>> My own life with aids started nearly 2 years ago when I went to the dr
>>> and asked him to clean out my ears because I wasn’t hearing clearly.  He
>>> pronounced them as clean as a whistle and said “Just age-related loss.
>>> Nothing serious.”  NOTHING SERIOUS?!?!?! I responded.  I rushed to my
>> local
>>> Sound place and took the tests and found  I was -40 in the left ear and
>> -20
>>> in the right.  Typical shooting damage in the left, but I digress.
>>>> 
>>>> I certainly have been able to turn down the radio and the TV – a lot!
>>> I’m still struggling to find what feels like a natural setting for
>>> singing.  How I sound to me in my own head, an elusive sweet spot.
>>> Recently I was given a second option, one that picks up the ambient
>> sound,
>>> rather than just conversational focus.  The jury is out.  I don’t know.
>>> Meanwhile I’m doing without the left one because it has a problem and I
>>> have to wait to see the tech.  Managing fine, but yesterday  in the noisy
>>> environment a soft-spoken pub mate drew a lot of blanks from me as I
>> tried
>>> to make sense of his  stroke-blurred words.
>>>> 
>>>> As an old friend used to say, “It could be worse.”  The main thing to
>>> take away is ‘Don’t delay!  Get checked now and do something about the
>>> problem.’  The longer you leave it, the harder it will be to adjust to
>> the
>>> hearing aid and the more detrimental to your quality of life it will be.’
>>>> 
>>>> Marion
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>>> 
>>>> From: Grace Cangialosi
>>>> Sent: September 8, 2018 3:11 PM
>>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] anomanous
>>>> 
>>>> Probably! One of my friends has some lovely mahogany colored ones. Mine
>>> are just a boring metal gray. But they’re small and hardly show.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 8, 2018, at 12:12 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Very helpful.
>>>>> and not just to me, I'm certain.
>>>>> Hope they make purple hearing aids.
>>>>> -M
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sorry—I didn’t think it sounded like I was panicking. I just thought
>> my
>>>>>> experience might be helpful...
>>>>>> Obviously, YMMV.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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