I just noticed your in Texas and have seen a few of your posts. Are you in San Antonio? I want a deaf friend. I am deaf now but, due to a drug called Deberox. I wear only one HA because my other side doesn't hear sound. I talk like the rest of the hearing population but, rely on verbal cues along with my HA in my right ear.
I learned to cherish every moment in life and be thank for the good and not to dwell on the bad.