My husband and I went to dinner on Wednesday with his high school classmate and her husband who were in town for a visit. We took them to a restaurant we like for the Spanish Tapas and because they have a small room that is quiet and I can enjoy the conversation easier with less noise. I reserve online and always ask for this room explaining that I have seizures and need the quietest place possible. When we arrived I gave my name and reminded them of my request.
Later, as Rosalie was getting a gift certificate the manager mentioned to her it she rarely meets another adult that has seizures, and when I came in and told why I made the request she was curious. I went back into the restaurant when I heard this and spoke with the manager for awhile as she shared her story and her struggles. I understood all of her struggles and named some of mine that she realized had too. By the time I left I had given her the name of the medicines I take and the ways I navigate the world where noise, light and many other things that can set me off, including windshield wipers. Boy was she surprised because that too was her world and she really had not met anyone who could understand because they didn't have her problem. I recommended earplugs since she worked in such a noisy place ( we had to ask them to turn the music down early for me), she remembered when the music got too loud that evening because she started using her coping skill which was to shake keys and just pace. I told her the earplugs would dampen the noise and sun glasses would help with the light. As for the windshield wipers just wear the earplugs and look out the side window, it's what I do :)
You never know how and simple comment can help someone else, and that is what this blog is all about. Maybe someone will read my journey through life and it will help them.
It took me so long to write another post because I forgot how to get to the sight, and then I couldn't remember how to start a new post! Life is an adventure. Now I have to stop writing because I lost some very important papers that need to be found and soon because a payment needs to be made. I also lost a phone handset, I hope everything I lost is in the same place and that I didn't accidentally throw it all out. I don't know why my husband still trusts me with the bills. Oh well. I will post again when I can remember how and take the time because there is always something that I've done that is because of my imperfect brain, sometimes I blame it on the meds!
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