That's quite a life-changing story there, hehe! Really, it's worth sharing!
I'm not afraid he'll catch me in an embarrassing act or sitting at my computer naked or any such thing. I'm well aware of how weird I am with the things that I do on my own time (nothing sexual either), and everybody knows about them. I have a great big pink plush pony (Pinkie Pie), and my dad's already walked in on me while I was hugging her and I had a bunch of my pony dolls all over my desk, and he didn't seem to have a problem with it.
Also, yes, I know how to tell what's going on around me without my hearing. Usually. I mean, a few days ago, some lady almost ran me over with a floor buffing machine at Walmart, but other than that, I'm usually pretty hard to surprise when I'm with other people or out in public. You're right though. I should abandon the purely cultural notion of privacy. That shouldn't be so hard since my dad's family has no such notion. I get it all from my mother's side of the family. When I'm at home and relaxing at the end of the day, I tend to drop my guard on all fronts without thinking about it, and I think I'm alone, and I don't expect to find anybody in my house.
I haven't been totally deaf for very long, so I still have at least four more doctor visits, one of them tomorrow, one on the 18th, one on the 2nd Oct, one a few months later. On the 18th, I get a referral, so that's gonna be at least one more with a new doctor or specialist of some kind. In all this, I'll probably learn more about it, and I won't sound so green.
