Friday, May 24, 2013

Here We Go Again!!!!!

Well the decision has been made and I am starting to get ready for my upcoming surgery to have my left ear implanted with a cochlear. When I first made the decision to have my right ear implanted, the decision was an easy one. Why? Because I had no alternative. I have a "profound" (dont you hate that word... profound?) hearing loss and hearing aides would no longer help me. So, the decision was made. But now? Now I do have a choice with the 2nd and the decision was not an easy one and one that I did not take lightly. All along my objective with the first implant was to hear. I do hear. Now the question is, is it worth loosing what hearing I have in my good ear to clip the hearing I have an replace it with a cochlear? This means I am totally deaf when I remove my receivers. Well my audiologist tested me with my hearing aid and I scored 7%. Out of a possible 100%, not good. So the decision was made and I have started the process. As I am writing this, I have decided that the hardest part about the surgery is forgoing my meds for 2 weeks before surgery date. Now for those of you that dont know me, I have Lupus and Fibromyalgia. Going without my meds is possibly the worst part of this process. This past week has not been an easy one for me. I am living in what they call a "fibro fog" I am having trouble completing tasks, remembering to do things and it is SO NOT ME! So far I have forgotten a drs appt. Something which I NEVAH EVAH do, I went for my pre op appt on the wrong day, which I NEVAH EVAH do! Since I traveled 2 hours, and as always, MUSC in Charleston was so accommodating to my needs. From the front desk to the nurses to Dr. Lambert his ownself who came out between surgeries to talk to me. Anyone and everyone should go to MUSC! Speaking of which, <sidebar>did you know that the hotels located close to MUSC have rooms for the hearing impaired? Yeppers they do, so really Dr. Lambert is #1 in his field so please consider having your implant done there. Ok. SO in addition to screwed up appts, I was late picking up my MIL (thats mother in law for you non texters out there :)) I NEVAH EVAH am late! SO I trying extra hard to pay attention, complete tasks and be on time. My body is tired, Im achy all over and I am so ready to get back on my meds! Good thing is I am sleeping or I would totally be a basket case if not so thats a good thing! So Im ready to move forward with the surgery. No second guesses and I look forward to hearing a little bit better, to hearing in stereo and maybe getting a better balance to be in tune with my surroundings. So, I will update when things are over with and might even update with an before/after photo :)  Later all! Oh, thanks for reading. Its been good therapy for me to do this blog....Karen