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Sometimes I just think seriously just when I thought my so called sister can not do any more that shocks me she does and I'm at a complete loss for words tbh.

She really is one selfish human being who only loves and thinks of herself.

I'm at a loss on how anyone could be so selfish, this is her best one yet.

My Dad has been given weeks to live last Friday and here is my so called sister going away this weekend giving the circumstances I think this is totally selfish imho.

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My sister went to Russia when my mother had days to live, my mum told her she had to go and held on till she got back but dopey sister didn't have to listen and if I told her how it was whilst she was gone she'd be horrified, her mums last days were horrific because her son didn't know what he was doing re the services available to give nursing support plus dopey never had those precious final days with her mum. That said people deal with this in different ways and it's not this you'll judge her on but all the other occasions when she has let you down and put herself above the rest of the family, good luck with it all mate, I hope it goes as well as something as horrible as this possibly can.

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weenie, I saw your post earlier but was on my way out and couldn't stop to write the post I wanted to. I guess you will know what that post would have said but I couldn't have put it better than Daddy. So sorry to hear what you had to cope with daddy. <<hugs>>

Your sister will never change sweetie, unlike her lovely sister she will never know the joy of selfless love, she will always count the cost to her for any thing that requires a moment of her time.

Hang in there sweetie, make good memories if you can ...... and remember you have people who care and want to support you.

Jo xxx

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So sorry to her about your dad, Weenie, You are the true faithfully daughter and you and your family can hold your head up high , Thinking of you high

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If you all remember on July 13th 2015 my mum went into a London hospital, where she stayed for 4 months, my sister felt bad about her 2 week holiday in Spain, but my maum told her to go recharge your batteries. (Also my sister would have lost the money for the holiday, some £2,000).

She did phone my mum every night, and when I was there she made video called.

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Now for my fun week.

On Thursday I had a call from my dad saying that in the morning my mum had had test at the Hospital, as they walked in the door from the hospital that called and said they found an abnormality and wanted to admit her. So I left work and raced home, grabbed some bits my mum had said she wanted, as she left in a rush.

Friday night the moved her to the cardiac ward, but she's not plugged into any monitors (so thats good).

But annoyingly the xray they want to do isn't done on the weekends, so she's still there and may not even be released on Monday.

Plus my sister is going on holiday next Tuesday, then in 5 weeks my mum, dad and I are due ourselves to go away.

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The difference here Hom3r is my Dad has been given just weeks to live and she leaves him when he needs us the most.

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I know.

One thing you should do, I know how you are getting on with your sister, but you should concider keeping her in the loop, everytime you she your dad. You are the better person.

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I agree and i know it'll be a sad time but you 2 will have to meet eventually regarding him.

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She is now POA and also next of kin as she requested this change and tbh this is the better option (for me anyway) but since this change it is I who has been kept in the dark but i always find out what is going on why because i care, I also phoned the relevant people and made sure she is now the main contact something she told Dad she did but obviously she did not as I needed to do this because they were still contacting myself as she never bothered to update them.

As for keeping her in the loop all I got told when I asked for help or her thoughts was and I quote "I can neither confirm nor commit when it comes to helping out" or "I'm too busy for this" :rolleyes:

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Cat owners. Nuff said.

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And cats in general, crapping in peoples gardens!

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Talking about gardens, I asked South Lanarkshire Council if they would cut my grass and hedge as my husband is now over 80 and not fit, I know Glasgow Council do this for free for all council and bought. houses, But NO luck, South Lanarshire council do not do it for free for people in bought houses, Then my husband went out to try and cut it himself and the law moor would not work, What a day, will have to buy a new one ,

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I am owned by a cat i have no complaints.

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People planting in the cat loo :mad:

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We've always had a problem with wood pigeons and a couple of ferals crapping all over the patio, garden furniture and trampling the planters.

When I park a couple of my RC tanks in in the garden and move them around from time to time they won't come anywhere near ;)

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A couple of moans.

What is it with primary school children and 'graduating' these days, worse still followed by a prom. They are at most 11 years old for goodness sake.

Also the Ford Eco sport voice over. Why does she shove an extra C into eco? It is not the shoe (ecco) sport.

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Tragic Morning , Water coming from the house above into our bathroom, Council arrived and could not find anything as her place was dry, I said we had this years ago and it was to do with the water coming from the back of her taps in their sink, He said wait to it gets worse and we will come back and bring an inspector, It will get worse when they run their tap, Council workers are hopeless,

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Must say I am impressed with Thames Water. Rang up as my meter/outside stop point was so full of water I couldn't read the meter. Came next day to fix.

Daftest bit, the next day someone came to fill the hole in, whilst today they did the concrete, but we are still left with all the barriers and signage cluttering up a parking space.

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I would guess that the crew that deploy, collect signs and barriers are not the crew that digs holes to fix leaks and fills them in.

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Yup, one man and his van.

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Back when I was younger I used to collect signs....... After a few pints! :D

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Got no water and right before bedtime, neighbour also hasn't, hopefully someone will phone up as I'd rather do a online problem page but they don't have one!!!

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Water eventually return after an hour or so.

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Just to fill you in the end of the story We had to phone back two hours later as the water was getting worse, Nice guy came and looked under my neighbour upstairs floorboards and there was the leaky from her toilet, , How could the first guy not do that to start with instead of saying wait till it gets worse,

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Consider putting in a complaint.

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That's what my son told me to do, ;)

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Could you tell me if anyone in your family is over 80 and a blue badge holder and has no one to cut their grass or hedge, Does the council cut their grass and hedge for free, South Lanarshire said they only do this for council tenants not for home owners, But Glasgow City Council as far as I know do it for free, for council and home owners.

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I don't have anyone in my family over 80, how much do local gardening services cost to do it ?

Can you not do it?

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My local gardener takes £30 to cut the hedge that is 3 cuts a year £90
So my husband might manage to cut the grass , as the gardener takes £20 each cut, So that is what we will do , a lot cheaper than the council,, they want £320 for the season for grass and hedge cutting,

I hate to see neglected gardens ,but I believe if you have paid factoring charges and rates and taxes all your days ,surely over 80s could get it done for free, Why does Glasgow City Council do it for people with bought houses and others do not,?

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To be fair how would the council afford to cut millions of peoples privately owned gardens when they're over 80?

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I don't know whether there is a branch of Age Concern UK near to you but I contacted them for a friend and they put her in touch with a guy who now cuts her lawn for a lot less than the gardener who she first contacted out of the local paper. If you do have a local branch they may also know of any other organisations that could help.

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/services/in-your-area/

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My neighbour would cout the grass for serval neighbours into his mids '80s.

las year he had a stroke and can on longer do this so other cut his grass for him.

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Thanks for this, I will try Age concerned , ;)

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I'm not easily offended, but I am offended by the so called experts who say a no deal brexit will be a disaster, or about us crashing out.

If these expert know the future can I have the winning Euro lotto numbers?


I would have posted in the brxit page but its been closed :(

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Just like medical experts can tell you the likelyhood of a certain percentage of the population getting cancer, but they couldn't give you the individuals' names (as it is two completely different things - macro forecasting vs micro...)

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My mum is in hospital and before I went to the ward I wanted an ice cold drink, but not water, all they had in the M&S shops was fruit flavorued sparkling water, which is a no no.
I though a coke, but yet again proper coke wasn't there an the only had the diet crap, so I had to have water.

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Went to open the fanlight in the kitchen and the hinge has disinitegrated. It's one of those fancy multiple link jobbies that are used on UPC windows.

Happened the other side several years ago and I fixed it with a small bolt and nylock nut. Looks like I'll need to do the same here if I can remember how to get the damn thing out.

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It's too bloody hot!!!

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Take some action on Climate Change then, it starts with you !

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Played a round of footgolf today for a cousins stag and have managed to break my left big toe.

It looks really nasty and is so blooming painful.

Grrrr.

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Off to Bristol in a hour for a very early all day hospital appointment.:sleep:

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Hope it goes well for you :tu:

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Sorry to hear this Stephen, Take care

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Cheers, only I could break a toe kicking a football. Lmao. The course was out in Cumbernauld.

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They have done the tests so the results will now go back to my local hospital consultant for further discussion before them arranging a appointment for me to see the consultant.

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Hope everything can be sorted den. x

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My Dad passed away on Thursday. My sister and I were both there along with our husbands.

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So sorry to hear Weenie. :(

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So sorry for you weenie :(

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Sorry to hear of your loss. Our thoughts are with you and your kin.

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So deeply sorry you have lost your Dad weenie as my heart goes out to you in your time of sorrow.

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So sorry to hear your news weenie. <<<<<hugs>>>>>>

Jo x

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So sorry to hear your sad news, My thought are with you and your family.

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When your national rugby team becomes the number 1 ranked in the whole world after beating England but the English press *barely* mentions it whereas if the English team became number 1 it would be wall to wall everywhere in each publication

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Most of the English press to sum it up bluntly are a bunch of arrogant assholes.

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Same as politicians then.

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Well yes. They just want to sell papers and reaffirm the bigoted views of those who buy them.

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Well yes again, they just want to get re-elected by the bigots !

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Absolutely...

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I think the Fridge Freezer has died as something tripped the sockets fusebox switch and now the light doesn't come on in the Fridge so expecting things to start defrosting soon and only filled it up yesterday!

I can't do anything about it until i get home from work at 3pm tomorrow! Apparently i have registered it for a free 10 year parts guarantee and it is only just over 2 years old but guess i will still have to pay £100+ for the call out, i hope it doesn't take too long to get fixed!

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Is it still cold? It could be just the bulb if that's the case.

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It's only been 1.5hrs, i can't hear it making any noise and i suspect items in the fridge like butter doesn't feel as cold so i suspect its buggered, i will know for sure in 3hrs or so i think.

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Unbeknown to the rest of us, our son moved our chest freezer to recover something that had fallen down the back. Hours later I noticed the "on" neon was not lit, and the lamp inside would not light. I checked external fuses first, then opened the plug to find the live and neutral wires ripped out. A rewire and all was well... PHEW!

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Well the socket switch has just tripped again so i have unplugged the fridge freezer completely as i strongly suspect that is the cause as every other device on the sockets ring main seem to function correctly...... bummer

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With my fridge it turned out to be the thermostat. But without getting a technician in you can't know.

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I will have to ring the hotpoint line at 3pm and hope someone can visit asap and my work lets me take the time off.

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Sounds more serious, forget my previous post. Some kind of line/earth fault.

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I'm just hoping the socket fuse box switch doesn't trip again with it unplugged meaning the fault lines somewhere else in the house.

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Since unplugging it the grill at the back has gone cold so it was still doing something before, is it worth checking the plug for loose wires?

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Check the plug by all means bit I don't think the issue is there.

You can try running on the mains but if the breaker trips again you need to get a technician in.

Freezer contents are OK for about 24 hours if you don't open the door.

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It's a moulded plug so i can't get access to the wires so i think it is best i just unplug it as i think when it is plugged in it is partially working as the element on the back is warm and i don't want to take any safety risks.

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Engineers been and it can't be fixed, it is something about the power cable running through the back of it, he says he has only seen a fault like this a few times in the last 5 years!

So now i have to wait for Hotpoint to get in contact as he said they should refund my £120 callout......still waiting i guess i will have to chase it in the morning and i hate phoning like this as it always takes ages.

Also have to find another 50/50 Fridge Freezer but i am limited in space, can't be more than 60cm deep or wide but the better models are well over 60cm!

On the plus side parents gave me £500 to replace it, but will likely have to get a cheaper make again because of the space issue.

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Hitting rock bottom and slowly climbing back up only to get knocked back down to rock bottom.

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More spamming of CF and lack of moderators to sort it out.

To get around this multiple spamming problem new accounts should be limited somehow to stop this kind of thing happening.

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My Hotpoint washing machine did the same. Tripped the fusebox in the middle of the night, when it wasn't even going. About 2 years old.

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I think i plan on avoiding Hotpoint in the future, i just hope the promise to refund me the £120 call out charge they said on Twitter with in 28 days actually happens!

Lets hope this Hoover Fridge Freezer lasts longer as i still don't agree with paying £5 a month insurance for break downs especially on a cheaper model which i can't avoid due to space limitations.

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After a long week at work, I ended up working alone for 3 hours despite it being a legal requirement I am not allowed to work on my own. I am so close to resigning. I would rather be out of work.

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Think positive thoughts Mark remember tomorrow is another day :) that is what I and do when life is getting me down.
:hugs:

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People who don't understand the difference between relative and absolute directory paths.

A company has sent me their component library to complete a contract job but all the references are absolute to a corporate drive that I do not have access to. :rolleyes:

This is a problem that will revisit them if they ever need to bring in external CAD services.

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Report it annomously, that you (say you name in the report) what you are doing.

But speak yo the H&S dept. or person responsible.

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The guy that fixes our appliances says cover of fridge/freezers is the only one he would take because they are not usually (easily/cheaply) repairable.

Our Bosch is out of cover but we can't really afford cover yet, Interesting the Samsung is equivalent costs £200 more but has 5 year cover instead of 2.

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Some Fridges and freezers are not too expensive to buy, So the price for maintenance each month over a period of time can be more than the maintenance ,

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You also have to remember that fridges and freezers are the most reliable domestic appliances compared to the rest.

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Toblerone in duty free at 3 times the price you can buy it elsewhere. What the heck is that about, and why are airports obsessed with the stuff !?

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Mine only lasted 2.5 years lol.

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Our chest freezer lasted 35 years, compressor was still running but lacked freeze. I guess the refrigerant had leaked or a valve had failed.

The larder fridge is still going, about the same age but recently the thermostat failed so I replaced it with a small digital temperature controller. A replacement thermostat was silly money and I had several of these controllers on the shelf from a previous contract.

P6100

My mother had a Frigidair fridge that was about 40 years old when it failed. Turned out to be a dirty contact in the starter. I cleaned that up and then it ran for many more years until the plastic interior started to break up.

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No internet this morning. Checked the SH1 and it was dead. Turned out the PSU has gone. Running at the moment using a universal PSU that I had on the shelf set for 12v and centre pin positive. It's only 1.2 amps whereas the correct one is 1.5. Hoping it holds out. Doesn't seem to be getting too hot.

I'll have a look at the unit but I guess it'll be a call to CS. :rolleyes:

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Not what you really wanted given you have a business.

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Just opened up the unit and it's blown big time: 3 amp fuse open, thermistor blown to bits, transistor split open and a piece of track blown off the PCB. Those are the visibly damaged components. Probably many more destroyed. This sort of thing is usually very final.

I wouldn't even attempt a repair.

I really hate having to phone people. :mad:

On the bright side my temporary PSU seems to be holding up OK and not getting too warm. :)

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I have had an email from my Bank!

It says


Earlier this year, we changed the email address we use to send emails to you. Make sure all our emails reach you by adding our email address to your Contacts/Address book.

We'll then be recognised as a 'safe sender' and none of our emails will go into spam.

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Yesterday had 2 hearing aids fitted for the first time....

Finding it difficult getting used to them, my voice sounds different, things like unfolding a piece or paper or a crisp packet sounds really loud, The sounds feel like they come from a different place, i prefer those sounds without them in.

Any hearing aid users offer any advice as i know i just have to get used to them?

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Not a hearing aid user but are there any sound controls with your hearing aid?.

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Just the volume, from my experience yesterday when they got set up, a person that has never used a hearing aid can't really relate as it is not the same as using ear buds atleast not with these NHS hearing aids and i can't afford to go private and spend £5000 on the hope the sound would be better.

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You obviously have used the volume controls which obviouslly does not improve things for you as your only other option is to go back and tell them of your problems.

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It is just a case of retraining my brain to get used to the new sounds this can take months and i have had them less than 24hrs, i don't think there is anything wrong with them, just need to use them.

Hearing aids improve hearing but they probably won't make it perfect again, it is difficult for them to replace the sounds that people are missing in their speech without affecting other sounds.

Atleast they're not making my tinnitus louder.

I wish i could just order a new set of ears on Amazon! haha

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I wear aids in both ears. But mainly I tend to wear just the one. That way I get a much more Spatial awareness that is much missing when you wear the 2.

If you've had a proper hearing test then they should be set up to the correctly, and they will take a bit of getting used to. They will end up sounding as naturally as hearing without them. Usually only takes a short time. Start off with a click or 2 lower on the volume if you're finding it hard to adjust, then increase it to the default setting over time.

Hearing aids when fitted correctly should feel like you're not wearing them at all but again could take a bit of time.

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Yes l certainly know what you mean there in retraining ones brain as l have had to do that quite a few times because of my medical devices during these last 20 years.

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As you say if one wants a perfect device one has to pay for it.

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Well at least that is one little bonus.

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Yes there is always that thought.;)

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Hearing aids can only improve on the frequencies that you can hear. I can not hear alarms such as smoke alarms, alarm clocks or anything at a high'ish pitch, I have a vibrating pad under the sofa and bed to alert me if the smoke alarm goes off. This also affects speech as I can't hear certain frequencies when people talk. Doesn't matter how loud people talk, even at the IMAX cinema that is loud enough to make ears bleed I still can't understand what people are saying.

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I will give it a shot lowing the volume for a while.

The problem when setting them up was it was difficult for them to get my voice to sound less 'scratchy' (cant think of a better term) without ruining all the other sound improvements, i guess i'll get used to the differences over the months.

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My hearing wasn't terrible i could make do without wearing them but usually have to look at someone and listen hard especially if they spoke softly or have a powerful accent which i can never understand.

When i cover my ears or attempted to adjust the position of the aids they whistle, can everyone else hear that or just me?

Still not sure if i can wear them in the cleanroom at work as i have to wear a hood covering the head, but it'll be a while before i attempt that.

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Hoods etc shouldn't affect them nor make them whistle, but the whistling is totally normal, though it gets worse the higher you set the volume. Mine needs renewing as they are now whistling when I yawn, lol. Anyone around can hear it too.

I had to wear hearing aids since early 1980's, back then they made everything sounds like a cheap walkie talkies and was set up badly, but they were sensitive. You could probably hear someone blink 2 miles away. They were so bad I didn't bother with them. Luckily things have improved since then.

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Time to worry is when going into a noisy enviroment (crowded pub) noise coming from all directions, can't hear the person in front of yourself talking!

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i got hearing aids to help my tinnitus , as the buzzing was awful. Needless to say it does not help very much. But I found doors clicking was loud and paper noise, But it never intervered with sound of voices. Sometimes I wonder if they are in correct, ,

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With newly fitted hearing aids I found it took some weeks to get used to the sounds.
Fitting of what are called 'moulds' are supposed to enhance the tonal qualities of the sound heard, standard cones normally fitted on installation I much prefer.
Just be aware also the batteries are only good for one week (5-7days) on replacement the sound levels go to minimum, adjustment to a normal level taking only a few seconds.