Someone who read my blog contacted me and said they think I might have a certain condition, and encouraged me to get a series of professional hearing test that showed my hearing dropping and take it to the ENT. (Not just my home made tests which an ENT is not allowed to talk notice of). This is did. (separate story with a twist – I’ll post about that later!)
New diagnosis
My new ENT says I probably have Ménière’s disease. So now I’m awaiting some tests in Orange which are on 15 May – that’s almost 3 months away. Huey Lewis (from Huey Lewis and the News) has Ménière’s. I listened to some interviews with him. He’s the only person I’ve heard that actually gets what it’s like. Everyone else just talks about hearing loss ,but this is not hearing loss, it’s distortion and sensitivity, similar to what he describes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_Ggdt00Rk
It makes a lot more sense that what me previous ENT said, but sadly it means things may get worse. I’m not quite ready for that news yet. For now I’ll just make do with what I have and be thankful to God in all circumstances.
New role
Church have been very supportive. They have put me off ‘pastoral duties’ for 3-6 months. This means no preaching, no attending church. Thankfully our church is big enough that there is plenty of behind the scenes ministry and work to do. I can still catch up with people at a quiet location. I can still attend some meetings. This term I’ll be writing some Bible Studies for our growth groups for term 2, writing some daily bible reading notes, helping launch our growth groups for the year, organising some things with Western Plain Convention and Easter meetings, as well as the usual Sundays co-ordinating and some long term planning. I always found preaching hard word, but I’m actually missing it!
New Car
I have been unable to drive. Even with earplugs in the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi Outlander are too noisy. Not the engine, the road noise. But I can’t bear being stuck at home!
I did some research and the quietest ever car was meant to be the 2007 Lexus LS600 and LS460. So here is our new car. A 2008 Lexus LS460.
We’ve gone from a 2019 plug in hybrid to a 2008 V8 and it’s QUIETER!!!!!
It’s a shame they can’t make modern cars as quiet as the old ones!
CIST and SSHL 