Some long time later

Hello faithful followers,

It's a very stormy night, which freaks my nightly-deaf self out as it's supposed to get severe with potential tornadoes and such!  Oh well, my THREE (yes, 3 dogs now) are sleeping soundly to the sound of wind, thunder and HEAVY rain- I thought I'd update. So here goes!

I have been BLESSED with the cochlear implant, I have had many compliments on how well I've been hearing (and listening!) I find myself relying so much on the CI rather than my hearing aid, I feel like I'm missing so much when I'm not wearing my CI!  I can't even speak specifics of what new sounds that I am hearing- one VERY annoying noise- keys, I have come to HATE wearing my keys on my belt loop while at work, which leads me to misplace them from time to time!  Goodness.  I ALSO hate the sound of drawers opening and closing, especially the ones in my kitchen- just too loud.  I go in next week for another programming and audio appointment- I like doing those- I feel smart when I can repeat words back to the audie (Audiologist).   If my dizziness stuff that I was tested for before the actual implant looks all good in August (my 1 year follow up) I would consider getting a 2nd one.  But that's a ways out yet, so I'm not even thinking about it yet!

On a not-so-happy note, I've been suffering from migraines, I highly doubt from the CI but one thing I notice with the migraines is the sensitivity to sound... whoda' thunk that I, the girl-once-known- as Andrea Johnson, would be sensitive to sound?  Kind of ironic.  :) But in a weird way, I like it. 

Back to the CI for a moment, the hair has basically all grown back and it's thicker- more coarse than it was before, which causes some unruly cowlicks and flips all crazy-like... but it's ok- it's a new  (bionic) me! :)

Thanks for following me! :D