The First Time… Part 1
My life became a collection of firsts. I was doing normal everyday things, yet for the first time with unilateral
My experience of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and how it affects my life.
My life became a collection of firsts. I was doing normal everyday things, yet for the first time with unilateral
There is more to my story, but I am taking a pause to explain a little about dealing with the
My first night in the room was an upsetting one and I felt like I was also imposing my distress
It was Monday, three weeks after I’d experienced the sudden hearing loss in my left ear, and there was still
In hospital, I was fed 4 times a day. The food was brought to each patient in a big grey
Later that morning I was told that the medication they had been giving me was causing me to have low
There was no natural light in the ward, and the few windows that they did have in the room were
Having seen my GP again, after a week of taking the anti-inflammatory tablets with no improvement, I was then referred
The next 4 days were hard. I tried to carry on as usual. The new school year was about to
It happened 108 days ago. Whilst sitting in a school auditorium, listening to a guest speaker giving a presentation, I