A few Q's answered ;)

Ok had about a few messages asking how i became deaf in the first place. So have decided to do a follow up my 1st blog post to explain and i can always link it if i get asked again rather than go into auto type my history mode

I contracted bacterial meningitis when is was almost 4 years old. I can't remember much about it, other than everything seemed to speed up and i couldn't control my breathing and I remember flicking through pages of my comics and annuals but not really reading or looking at the pictures and feeling scared. It felt like a fever but its very hard to explain or put into words

After being taken to doctors in evening and being initially misdiagnosed things got worse through the night and by early hours of the morning my parents decided to take me straight to the hospital

Long story short I almost died haha but survived with some minor facial palsy and eventually hearing loss that became worse from the infection and because i was misdiagnosed, only thing i can describe it to is when u put your head down in a bath and eventually there's a pop and u can hear sounds but not clearly.

Spent next 2 years in and out of hospital having different types of coclear implants and electrodes fused, with various degree's of success and could still hear sound

then in my teens or maybe just before i had an infection that pretty much destroyed what was left of my nerves in the ear and became profoundly deaf and my speech started to deteriorate pretty quickly from then on

Now the world is a very quiet place (probably sounds good to some of you? haha) but sometimes when i dream i can hear and talk like i used to, which apparently isn't as weird as it sounds after speaking to my speech ther****t

So there you go this is as much for me as it is for anyone reading it but feel free to comment I know potentially i could be shot down for being so open but I've spent most of my life being bullied and its only made me more determined and stronger as a person

Dj x