[NFB-DB] New Member from VA

[kg 6sxy (kg6sxy)]

Hello Rox!

Sorry to hear that the noise still bothers you after all this time.  I went from wheelchair for a while to walker and now I use a trekking pole with a wide rounded tip to help keep me more or less vertical when the world starts spinning in unexpected directions.  I also try to keep close to walls, etc, when I can and I wear a biking helmet to keep my head more or less dent free when I do fall.  Royal pain to have to take blood thinners because it always feels like I'm picking up bruises every time I dare to walk anywhere.  The only work around I have for the door bell or people knocking at my door is for friends to text me instead when they are at the door so my Apple Watch vibrates and I can read the message on my Braille display.  Unexpected visitors often don't get an answer at all.  Everything takes a lot longer than it used to but I still really appreciate my independence and peace and quiet from time to time.

Take care,  
Tony May


> On May 12, 2021, at 9:21 PM, Rox Homstad via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi again, Tony,
> I still do have the ringing, usually the left is a high beeping and the right is like low chanting, to greater or lesser degrees. I struggle still with vertigo but it's much better than it was. I was using a walker at my worst but now I walk around by myself at home and have a service dog in public who guides and provides mobility support via counterbalance and momentum work. She also alerts to sounds in my environment like fire alarms, knocking on the door, etc. So even though it still happens I feel like I've found work around so I can still be independent and get out there.
> By the way I'm in Louisiana.
> 
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