tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580898742645753422.post4956011882513015028..comments2023-10-01T10:27:21.384-04:00Comments on the art of grief: Fall on the Neckabandonedsoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06020499806998154330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580898742645753422.post-350715534212173822009-10-05T11:11:49.420-04:002009-10-05T11:11:49.420-04:00Boo has put it really well when she says that it i...Boo has put it really well when she says that it is so unreasonable/unfair to expect us to deal with other challenges besides our grief. The grief in itself is more than enough. It doesn't seem possible to have to overcome other tragedies. And then to have to do so when we are alone and already beaten down because of our sorrow...<br /> <br />You have lost your safety net and protector. To be adrift in a raging sea without that anchor must be unbearable. I am terribly sorry you are facing the hearing complications on your own. I would be frightened out of my mind and to have to have those fears and face them on one's own must be intolerable.<br /><br />I will pray for your physical relief and for continued strength and courage to be restored to you.<br /><br />I think that the other aspect of your post that strikes me is your recollection of the Neck. And how you visualize it now as it was last year in its fall beauty. It is crazy to realize how certain aspects of life go on and are the same when our worlds have collapsed!Widow in the Middlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598249263166943162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580898742645753422.post-89796505195081443552009-10-04T20:42:12.232-04:002009-10-04T20:42:12.232-04:00I'm so sorry that you aren't enjoying fall...I'm so sorry that you aren't enjoying fall on The Neck with your Dragon. Your description really describes what a beautiful and peaceful place it is and I can imagine how wonderful life was with your Dragon there. My heart aches for you... Please keep us posted on your hearing and if there is anything we can do. You're always in my thoughts and prayers.<br />DebbieDebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743446066024389563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580898742645753422.post-87166085274553761732009-10-03T23:35:45.696-04:002009-10-03T23:35:45.696-04:00I'm sorry my friend ... whenever we are feelin...I'm sorry my friend ... whenever we are feeling sick, or health issues worsen, the world becomes even more frightening to us. I learned sign language for: sit, stay, ball, treat, dinner, lay down, good boy, come here - to use with my deaf dog. Strangely enough, he understands all the food related signs and good boy, but struggles with the rest of it .... so I flick the patio light on and off twice so he knows to come back in from the bottom of the garden!<br /><br />Are you taking any treatment? Can you treat tinnitus? Is it operable, or meds? I know nothing about the condition - but have had recurring severe ear infections, so know that you will be unsteady with your balance, feel nauseous, you will feel isolated from people because you get embarrassed and tired of saying, "Pardon?" and in the end you just communicate less and less. The pain is dreadful, comparable to toothache - really acute and piercing.<br /><br />LOL, Cliff would have prioritized the dirty words too :-)<br /><br />I wish we didn't have to overcome other stuff as well as living with our grief. It's unreasonable to be expected to do so, in my opinion.<br /><br />I hope that you can get help? Keep us posted xxxxBoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695496303699631884noreply@blogger.com