Relations,
Yesterday, I was on the telephone with the Folks who do the repairing, replacing and "do" sell the BAHA. We had a longer than anticipated exchange and preparation for the repair and delivery of my BAHA. Documents that require signatures from my Audiologist, mine and He-Who-Touched-My-Brain, my Doctor's signature are needed prior to authorization for repair of my BAHA are being mailed to me...
...the BAHA, is a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid. I have had talks of this BAHA in previous postings. He-Who-Touched-My-Brain, "IMPLANTED" an abutment device into my SKULL for the use of my BAHA, for me maybe three years ago now. Maybe? My Doctor and I have traveled a long difficult and challenging journey with MY BAHA and I. He and I have made an awesome Team and his Team and I make a fantastic team as well. Yet, since the very beginning, my BAHA, has made many travels and has been required to be returned to manufacturer on multiple occasions. There have been times like my current status, when I've needed my BAHA, could have used my BAHA even though the recent surgery. I can not wear it because it is on the property of the manufacturer. Totally, OUT-OF-MY-HANDS and the HANDS of my Doctor! There have been too many times I have had to go without my BAHA because of the amount of air mile's it was accumulating...
...if this BAHA of mine was an automobile it would have been replaced as a Lemon - THIS IS HOW MANY TIMES IT HAS BEEN SHIPPED OFF AND AWAY. By the way, I do treat my BAHA with much care - always returning it to proper storage post use. This is in fact my THIRD EAR!
During this long CONVERSATION with TWO Folks who have my BAHA. I was discriminated against on multiple occasions. OF WHICH, and at this moment I will not disclose any conversation but will share this one particular oddity, "OOS". Something I have never "heard" of in this brief history of me being SSD, Single Side Deaf or my entire life even. It really has an offensive cognition about it. This "OOS", "Out Of Sound"! I thought to myself, what the holy fuck was that? NEVER once have I heard this, so yes, I ASKED and was provided the definition of this NEW label. SHIT!
There was some damned NOT RIGHTNESS going on in the CONVERSATIONS yesterday.
Please, Relations, UNDERSTAND I am with-holding certain bits and pieces of this conversation and scenario. I consider what happened yesterday a hurtful thing. An emotional hurt that has followed me. I suspect from my DNA, that there was some not so ethical conversations going on in my right ear that listens. I am somewhat taken aback. Please try and find understanding in what it is I have shared here. I mean really, OOS? It just hits too close to the Left Side of My Heart. What? I should now be known as He-Who-Is-Out-Of-Sound?
A harsh and personal verbal kick in the package.
No more to say about this. Not for now anyways...
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