That which does not kill us...
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dancinghorseHearing aid is dead.
Without it I am the equivalent of legally blind.
It's ancient. I've been nursing it along, holding it together literally with a band-aid, waiting for Big Wow Srsly Cool You Guys Will Be Thrilled Thing to get out of the pie-in-the-sky stage and swoop to a landing on my plate, but that's at utmost best two or three months away. Right now, feeding the horses and keeping the farm is what I can do, and must do. I've talked with the nice lady who fixed it when a much lesser part of it broke over the winter, and the bare-bones basic single aid I want and can best use (don't need the fancy crap) is about $1000. (I'm lucky. The two-digital-aids package they always try to sell me is in the $5000 range.)
Insurance does not cover hearing aids. At all.
Anybody want Horse Camp? Editing? Story written to order?
It has been suggested I try a Kickstarter, but I don't feel right doing that again so soon, it seems like asking a bit too much of my wonderful backers, and it takes quite a bit of time and energy--and then Amazon sits on the funds for 14 days. And I'd have to offer something pretty awesome. If anybody has ideas for something that might be crowdfunded more informally, bring 'em on. A story in the world of the Hound&Falcon books? The Caitlin Brennan Mountain's Call series? Something new?
Gotta be a way. Somehow.
ETA Wow. Talk about feeling loved. It's covered--will be able to call on Monday and start the process.
I'm going to write a story for all those who stepped up. Thinking about what to write. Suggestions welcome.
Without it I am the equivalent of legally blind.
It's ancient. I've been nursing it along, holding it together literally with a band-aid, waiting for Big Wow Srsly Cool You Guys Will Be Thrilled Thing to get out of the pie-in-the-sky stage and swoop to a landing on my plate, but that's at utmost best two or three months away. Right now, feeding the horses and keeping the farm is what I can do, and must do. I've talked with the nice lady who fixed it when a much lesser part of it broke over the winter, and the bare-bones basic single aid I want and can best use (don't need the fancy crap) is about $1000. (I'm lucky. The two-digital-aids package they always try to sell me is in the $5000 range.)
Insurance does not cover hearing aids. At all.
Anybody want Horse Camp? Editing? Story written to order?
It has been suggested I try a Kickstarter, but I don't feel right doing that again so soon, it seems like asking a bit too much of my wonderful backers, and it takes quite a bit of time and energy--and then Amazon sits on the funds for 14 days. And I'd have to offer something pretty awesome. If anybody has ideas for something that might be crowdfunded more informally, bring 'em on. A story in the world of the Hound&Falcon books? The Caitlin Brennan Mountain's Call series? Something new?
Gotta be a way. Somehow.
ETA Wow. Talk about feeling loved. It's covered--will be able to call on Monday and start the process.
I'm going to write a story for all those who stepped up. Thinking about what to write. Suggestions welcome.
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Date: 2013-06-03 08:02 am (UTC)My first set of hearing aids was not covered by insurance. Fortunately the surgery is covered. I had to replace my aids last fall and this time they were covered. They're so expensive. The idea that they are not covered by insurance is ridiculous because they make such a huge difference in quality of life for many hearing impaired people (okay, soapbox off).