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It’s a knock-out!
Posted on: October 20, 2009
I’ve literally been blown away by this morning’s events.
After getting in to work this morning, I noticed that my speech was slowing down and there were considerably more repetitions interjecting themselves in front of words I was trying to say.
The next time I opened my mouth to speak the normal stammer had disappeared to present only grunty sounds again. This is exactly what I’d been terrified of happening in advance of my interview this week.
Seriously, my brain’s having a right giggle at the moment.
My speech hasn’t been great today. Much harder to get words out than usual, but really oddly since leaving work to come home it’s slowed right down.
My normally quite speedy stammer (I tend to try to push through all the repetitions quite quickly to get my words out before I forget what I’m trying to say) has become almost robot sounding over the past couple of hours.
At least that’s what I keep telling myself.
I’m beyond cross. Guess whose speech has gone into hiding again? Bingo! I think someone up there is playing one cruel joke. I really do.
I’ve had a really rough day; the worst night’s sleep on record last night, first day back at work after having swine flu (major shock to the system – I ache all over), rude people ringing up and informing me that “something’s wrong with the telephone connection” when I pick up, and then British Gas…
British Gas and their sodding voice recognition telephone services. Annoying at the best of times, but throw in a severe stammer and that computer’s got no clue what you’re trying to tell it.
stammerheadshark * blog about living with an acquired neurogenic stammer 