Hi! My name is Carin and I decided to join this community after weeks of reading the threads.
I am turning 35 soon. As a child, I had multiple surgeries to both ears to insert tubes and, later, shunts of some kind. I was told I would be deaf by 20. Then 25. Then my surgeon retired. I'm still rockin' and rollin', but the world is getting quieter. I do not have health insurance and have been told before that the damage from all the infections and surgeries isn't reversible anyway. I have very mixed feelings about what's happening, and don't feel like I can share it with anyone in my life right now.
Other than that issue, I am a fun-loving girl with four cats and a dog. I primarily work as a ghostwriter/freelancer, and work part-time in retail mostly for the predictable (if small) pay. I love to read (Stephen King, John Irving, Wally Lamb, and Thomas Harris are my favorites). I also love to write fiction.
Hello to everyone!
I am turning 35 soon. As a child, I had multiple surgeries to both ears to insert tubes and, later, shunts of some kind. I was told I would be deaf by 20. Then 25. Then my surgeon retired. I'm still rockin' and rollin', but the world is getting quieter. I do not have health insurance and have been told before that the damage from all the infections and surgeries isn't reversible anyway. I have very mixed feelings about what's happening, and don't feel like I can share it with anyone in my life right now.
Other than that issue, I am a fun-loving girl with four cats and a dog. I primarily work as a ghostwriter/freelancer, and work part-time in retail mostly for the predictable (if small) pay. I love to read (Stephen King, John Irving, Wally Lamb, and Thomas Harris are my favorites). I also love to write fiction.
Hello to everyone!
...welcome aboard!
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