Trials & Tribulations of Hearing Loss

I've been with Wealthy Affiliate now for a little over a year. I have not started making any money yet with my website, but I continue to move forward and know that it will happen. I have patience and it does take time. I know. I am a single mom with a pretty strained budget, and month to month, it is a challenge to say the least.

I have an inner ear disease called Meniere's Disease. I am sure most have heard of it. For some the symptoms are mild, they go away completely, or like me, they stick around and constantly let you know that you have the disease. I have pretty much lost all hearing in my right ear. I can live with that, and have for many years now. But, since I recently moved to Florida, I have lost my hearing in my left ear. My ears are like a weather vane. With any changes in weather or pressure, they close up solid and hearing just goes away. Usually, it is treatable, and I get my hearing back. This time around I have not been so lucky. Since July I have been to a variety of doctors over 25 times. Still no luck. I go in for surgery this Friday, but my ENT says it is a crap shoot. My hearing could get worse, imagine that, stay the same, or get minimally better. Well I will take minimal.

My son asks me why I am doing it if it could make it worse. Well at this point, I have to try. I can't hear now, so I have to try. That is what my ENT says too. He told me that what I will need, do need is hearing aids. Hey, I am still young, I look young, I act young, I shouldn't need hearing aids! I knew the day would come, as I have been stumbling and making excuses about my hearing for years now. Well, the thing with my ears is that I have one ear that I cannot hear out of and the other that at the time is so closed tight and not responding to treatment, that I can't just get your everyday run of the mill hearing aids. Of course not, that would be too simple and easy for me, which nothing is. So, I am looking at a set of hearing aids that will cost me $6,500!

I left the ENT office yesterday in tears, totally distraught, and just thinking, well I guess I will go thru life without hearing because I definitely cannot do &6,500. Shoot I am still working on catching up from last months bills! So, I have decided to start a GoFundMe account for my hearing aids. I figure it is worth a shot, maybe, just maybe I can raise enough to get them and get my hearing back. I don't even know how to market this. I am embarrassed and will not go to family. I am starting here with this community, just asking if anyone would be willing to put my link out there, maybe on their WA sites. If not, I understand. Or if anyone has any ideas on how to even get the information out there, I would greatly appreciate it. Here is my link:

https://www.gofundme.com/leahr...

Thank you, Leahrae