Tomorrow is ACTIVATION day!!

Hello family and friends!

I've been doing great recovering...my incision has healed nicely, hair is slowly coming back, I have only been hit in the area by accident twice, woke up from a nap and put my speech processor on the side that was just implanted to hear a few electrical noises before realizing what I have done, blown my nose by accident three times, did my best to not lift more than 20 pounds even if this meant 15 trips from my trunk to the house to bring in groceries, started sleeping on my left ear a week ago when I woke up on that side in the middle of the night and realize it was ok, started wearing sunglasses again, been hearing some loud noises on my left ear like I used to when I didn't have my hearing aids on and I continue to have to remind myself that I had a major surgery because I forget when people ask me "how am I doing" because I feel great! Another thing I have noticed is when I press on my ear it makes a ringing noise, but that might be my imagination. One more thing, the swelling has gone down as well, I was getting a little nervous that my left ear was sticking out more than my right.

Anyways...tomorrow is the BIG ACTIVATION DAY!!! I am soooooo excited to finally hear in stereo again! I have noticed I have been getting very tired easily in the past three weeks from trying to listen with one ear and been taking more naps. Some days, I do not put on my cochlear implant until I have to because it seems odd to not hear anything on one side.

My awesome friend and co-worker, Sarah Trudeau will be joining me again! She was there for my first activation, so this is pretty cool she is coming again. First, I will meet with the audiologist at 8 a.m. to get the implant activated and try the new speech processors for both ears, then at 10:45 will meet with my doctor. It will be an exciting day! Hope all goes well, will be sure to let you know!