Whassup?

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I am doing better every day. I still am waiting for the de-numbing of my tongue. I find tart items taste better (i.e., lemonade) and I still have that unilateral face-lift tightness around the ear. There were times I had to remind myself that it’s normal after a CI implant. I am starting to have dry skin around the area of the implant. Ugh. I never heard anyone saying anything about that. I am starting to feel like I have dandruff on the implanted side, including the skin around my ear. Ugh. Not a pleasant feeling. I am beginning to wonder what stuff was put on there besides some kind of iodine to prep the area prior to surgery.

I am walking normally, but slower. I don’t want to bang my head into something. My basement has some areas (pipes and vent thingies) that are too low for me and I am constantly stooping to avoid hitting my head. There are some areas where I can stand, but if I'm moving around lugging laundry, I am not going to be taking chances. When we had that flood, Hubby put the freezer on some wooden beams to give it some height off the ground. Some of the wood sticks out and I have to watch for it so I don't trip over it

The implanted side is less swollen. I am trying to find the magnet, but it doesn’t protrude and I can’t find it. I think I know where it is, though, because it’s still numb in the area.

I admit that the first few days post-op, I was like, “What did I do? Why did I put myself through this?” Then I got over the hurdle and started to feel better. I had to focus on the outcome, like a mother dreading childbirth. It’ll be over and now you have a beautiful baby. Only this time, it will be the rebirth of my left ear to sounds it hasn’t heard in a long time. I try not to get my hopes too high and expect too much. At least not right away. I know it takes time and I will focus on that, too.

Activation Day: August 25. This is the day both girls have their first day of school. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get an alternate date that was open at a similar time. So we had to reserve the original date. I am okay with it. I still have some hearing in my better ear, so it’s not like I haven’t heard their voices in a long time.

I did have that high-pitched tinnitus in my ear right after I woke up form surgery. It went away, but it comes and goes now, in different tones and pitches.

A fellow CIer told me that HAs are like a piano, but CIs are a symphony of sounds. I was thinking about that one day when Flare was listening to music. She said that she could hear the violin in the song. I was like, there’s a violinist playing in it? I couldn’t hear it. I usually have this image of a band of musicians, one with a guitar, bass guitar, a keyboard, and drums. I don’t think about all the other extra musical instruments that may be playing in a song. I’m lucky if I can get a few words of a lyric on my own. Just the other day, I was watching TV and this song called Ballroom Blitz (I think?) came on. I thought it was “ballroom dance” until I read the CC on the TV. Oh.

I have been given a couple of awards, so that will be on my next post. Gotta spread the awards around. :)

OXOX