I have been seeing my speech pathologist for a little over a month now. Because of the pandemic, our visits are virtual. I meet with her every week for about 30 minutes. We talk on the phone. She originally had lists of words for me to read which progressed to sentences and now she sends me articles for me to read for us to discuss at the next appointment.
Yesterday, she told me that she wants me to call her work phone and leave a message. She wanted me to leave text messages. The first message is an unedited and then I can edit the message because that’s how I am! I told my Mom last night about the text messages I was going to send her but my Mon reminded me that her neighbor sends her audio messages because she cannot spell well.
Because I have been using my voice to text capability for so long on my phone, it has gotten used to how I sound when I say things. It even texts the word, “Abuela” because I use that word so much when I text Sean. I left Meira two audio messages. The first message was 24 seconds long and the second message is 28 seconds long. I think she will leave me a message tomorrow to tell me if that form of communication works. I can’t get over how difficult speaking is for me now! I even cried yesterday at our appointment because it is SO difficult now! She has told me that overworking the muscles in my jaw will help me to speak better for longer.
She has told me that I am doing very well and I think it is good that I use my voice to text capability when I blog on my iPad as well. That’s another reason that I try to post daily. I will let you all know what she thinks of my messages tomorrow or whenever she answers me?