New here

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Your story sounds exactly like ours. Our son, was diagnosed with a cholestetoma at age 14 and is now 16. We too, went from doctor to doctor for years.

Thankfully, you are now on the road to getting proper medical help. If you would like more info on 's experiences, just let us know.

Hang in there, things will be fine!

-----Original Message-----From: kaylfu [mailto:kaylfu@...]Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 10:25 AMcholesteatoma Subject: New hereHello everyone, this is my first post here so I'd like to introduce myself. I am 16 years old and I was diagnosed with cholesteatoma in June, and my first sugery is booked for October 8th. I have had troubles with my ear for years, and it took many me many changes of doctors to find one that knew the problem. I even had minor sugeries in the past and nothing helped, nothing was found. It made me somewhat angry that my previous doctors would just give me antibiotics and send me on my way, without examining the problem. It took years to find a doctor that saw what was wrong. Hope it all goes well.thanks for listening

[Guest guest]

Dear and ,

I just want to say I am glad things are going good for you. I hope you are done with surgeries, I know that those were the things that scared me the most out of life. I had a total of four surgeries so far and thank God my doctor thinks I won't need anymore. I just pray and hope that this is true.

Love in Christ,

Chirron Ennik" A. Behr" <behr@...> wrote:

Hi,

Your story sounds exactly like ours. Our son, was diagnosed with a cholestetoma at age 14 and is now 16. We too, went from doctor to doctor for years.

Thankfully, you are now on the road to getting proper medical help. If you would like more info on 's experiences, just let us know.

Hang in there, things will be fine!

-----Original Message-----From: kaylfu [mailto:kaylfu@...]Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 10:25 AMcholesteatoma Subject: New hereHello everyone, this is my first post here so I'd like to introduce myself. I am 16 years old and I was diagnosed with cholesteatoma in June, and my first sugery is booked for October 8th. I have had troubles with my ear for years, and it took many me many changes of doctors to find one that knew the problem. I even had minor sugeries in the past and nothing helped, nothing was found. It made me somewhat angry that my previous doctors would just give me antibiotics and send me on my way, without examining the problem. It took years to find a doctor that saw what was wrong. Hope it all goes well.thanks for

listening

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Just to say - welcome to the group. It's a great place for info. I'm 36 and have my first c-toma surgery on Oct 9th. Like you minor surgeries over the last few years and preceding that years of doctors fobbing me off before I found a doc that would listen to me and refer me to an ENT doc. Hope all goes well. If you have any queries, post them here - no matter how insignificant they may seem. I found this site last Easter when I found out I had c-toma and the people here are brilliant. Some one has always answered my questions.

Good luck with the surgery.

ann.kaylfu <kaylfu@...> wrote:

Hello everyone, this is my first post here so I'd like to introduce myself. I am 16 years old and I was diagnosed with cholesteatoma in June, and my first sugery is booked for October 8th. I have had troubles with my ear for years, and it took many me many changes of doctors to find one that knew the problem. I even had minor sugeries in the past and nothing helped, nothing was found. It made me somewhat angry that my previous doctors would just give me antibiotics and send me on my way, without examining the problem. It took years to find a doctor that saw what was wrong. Hope it all goes well.thanks for listening

[Guest guest]

When my dr diagnosed me with depression, I had originally just

wanted to find out if I had a thyroid problem. My mom has a thyroid

problem and I had started to feel tired and fatuged all day long. I

never felt lilke getting up and doing anything. All I wanted to do

was nap. I also have 2 kids and this didn't start coming about

until my second one was about a year old. So when I went in to have

the blood work done to see if I had a thyroid problem and the blood

work came back okay, the dr came to the conclusion that it could be

depression and she asked me a few questions and concluded that it

was definately depression. I started out on Wellbutrin and that

worked for a while but I think I got immune to it or something so

then my dr decided to try the Lexapro and it seems to be working

great. The only problem is I still have problems sleeping. I went

back to the dr today for my follow up and she prescribed me

something to help me sleep. Hopefully that will help me some

> I have psoriasis and was reading a psoriasis support board and was

> really relating with how another writer felt that was diagnosed

with

> depression. I decided to see a Family physician and after crying

to

> her and telling her how I felt, she perscribed Lexapro. I am 24

> years old have 2 young daughters and it wasn't until my 2nd

daughter

> (who is now 10 mths) that I experienced post partum. I cried all

the

> time and was scared to be alone. That all subsided, but then I

> started feeling depressed, fatigued, didn't want to do anything,

just

> felt really blah! I guess I would say that I have mild case of

> depression. The only side effects that I have noticed with

> Lexapro/depression is that I yawn a lot and low sex drive. My dr

> also wants me to get blood test done for my TSH level to see if my

> thyroid is causing these problems.

> Glad to find this Lexapro group!

[Guest guest]

Hope the sleeping gets better for you. I don't go back to see my dr

until the end of the month and she will have the blood test back

then. I had by thyroid checked once, but that dr said the levels

were not high enough to be alarmed. That was about 2 years ago. It

could be worse now. Just a little time and patience. Glad to meet

you!

> When my dr diagnosed me with depression, I had originally just

> wanted to find out if I had a thyroid problem. My mom has a

thyroid

> problem and I had started to feel tired and fatuged all day long.

I

> never felt lilke getting up and doing anything. All I wanted to do

> was nap. I also have 2 kids and this didn't start coming about

> until my second one was about a year old. So when I went in to

have

> the blood work done to see if I had a thyroid problem and the blood

> work came back okay, the dr came to the conclusion that it could be

> depression and she asked me a few questions and concluded that it

> was definately depression. I started out on Wellbutrin and that

> worked for a while but I think I got immune to it or something so

> then my dr decided to try the Lexapro and it seems to be working

> great. The only problem is I still have problems sleeping. I went

> back to the dr today for my follow up and she prescribed me

> something to help me sleep. Hopefully that will help me some

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/21/2003 12:50:21 PM Pacific Standard Time,

windyhilltop687@... writes:

I'm really scared because she does function rather well but I want it

to be better. Am I being greedy? If I do this and it doesn't work

for her then she has nothing in that ear. I am scared really scared

because the decision I makes affects her for the rest of her life.

Welcome a,

Fear is natural. I remember a few months ago I was deathly afraid of losing

what residual hearing I have now.

I overcome it by educating myself about Cochlear Implant. The more I

understand, the less fear I had.

Check out the three makes that are currently approved for implant in

USA.......

http://www.cochlear.com/ (Nucleus)

www.bionicear.com (Clairon)

http://www.medel.com/ (MedEl)

All three works equally well, but if you go to their sites, you can request

they sent you information in the mail. All three sites above have links to

find your nearby implant centers. Make appointment for implant evaluation. The

CI Team can help you better to meet your daughter's needs.

Wish you luck for you and your daughter,

Lee

CI Candidate

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/21/2003 7:47:28 PM Pacific Standard Time,

windyhilltop687@... writes:

If my health ins. doesn't cover the CI cost how does one afford to

get the CI?

it's probably is covered as most health plan have it. Your CI team can find

out for you.

Lee

[Guest guest]

Hi Lee

Thanks so much for the websites. I will check them out. I have

added them to my favorites. I just got home from my sign language

class. I leave my computer on all the time and was just checking

emails and IM. I am about 3 to 5 hours from DC.

If my health ins. doesn't cover the CI cost how does one afford to

get the CI?

a

> In a message dated 10/21/2003 12:50:21 PM Pacific Standard Time,

> windyhilltop687@a... writes:

> I'm really scared because she does function rather well but I want

it

> to be better. Am I being greedy? If I do this and it doesn't work

> for her then she has nothing in that ear. I am scared really

scared

> because the decision I makes affects her for the rest of her life.

> Welcome a,

> Fear is natural. I remember a few months ago I was deathly afraid

of losing

> what residual hearing I have now.

>

> I overcome it by educating myself about Cochlear Implant. The more

I

> understand, the less fear I had.

>

> Check out the three makes that are currently approved for implant

in

> USA.......

> http://www.cochlear.com/ (Nucleus)

> www.bionicear.com (Clairon)

> http://www.medel.com/ (MedEl)

>

> All three works equally well, but if you go to their sites, you can

request

> they sent you information in the mail. All three sites above have

links to

> find your nearby implant centers. Make appointment for implant

evaluation. The

> CI Team can help you better to meet your daughter's needs.

>

> Wish you luck for you and your daughter,

> Lee

> CI Candidate

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

OOPS..wrong forum

New here

Hi a

As I was reading your post i had to smile when I saw that you had taken your

daughter to see Dora the Explorer live.I don't do the same exploring as this

Dora but i certainly have explored the CI..I just underwent my 3rd surgery on

Oct 9th.

I feel very strongly that you are doing the right thing by exploring the

Cochlear Implant.The more you learn the less fearfull it will be.

My 3 surgeries were done due to my personal hearing condition ..not the fault

of the devises.I am hearing marvelously well .

Welcome to the forum!!!!

Dora Weber

Nucleus Volunteer Advocate

dora_weber@...

Bilateral

N22-96

N24C-01

Cochlear Otosclerosis

[Guest guest]

Hi Sharon ~ ~ Welcome !!!

I am 53 and have been on Lex now since July 2003. Currently I am at 5

mg, was on 10 and then 15 but the higher doses brought out the sides.

I am augmenting with Pamelor to help deal with the anxiety and

panic. I have gained 30+ pounds while on Lex, but not sure if I want

to blame it all on Lex as I am post menopausal. I have noticed that

my reaction times are delayed somewhat while driving. I have daytime

sleepiness that comes and goes and fatigue. Since I suffer from

depression/mood disorder, my cycles make it difficult for me to guage

if the Lex is doing it's job. Still hanging in there.

Glad you are with us

Dana Rose

> I'm Sharon, 30 years old, and trying Lexapro after 1 year of

Prozac.

> The prozac was making me very tired and not doing much for

> depression.

>

> I was wondering how others experience with Lexapro has been as far

as

> weight gain or loss, time before effects were felts, and any side

> effects.

>

> I've only taken 4 days of Lexapro and was started on 10mg.

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the road to recovery! Just keep taking your meds every day!

My name is . I'm 30, diagnosed for about 2 years. I take 1.0 of Synthroid daily.

Welcome!

[Guest guest]

HI ! and in the words of my opthamologist, "sorry about your crappy diagnosis!" (he's a crack up!! too bad he isnt my GP!)

I'm Pam, 38, and was diagnosed almost a year ago with hypothyroidism. They found mine in the ER, after I went in having heart palpitations. I will say, because my dr didnt tell me, but it took a good 6 months on the meds for me to feel more or less normal again! dr told me it'd take a month or so for them to get through out my body, but never indicated it'd take so long to start to feel good again! just so you dont worry if you dont feel better right away.

There's a great group of ladies here who know there stuff! My MIL gave me a book by Shomon that is very helpful

hope you're feeling better soon!!

pam

[Guest guest]

Hi Jen,

We live in Toronto as well and our son is also Dr. Blake Papsin's patient. Just

a quick note that Dr. Papsin is known to be one of the best surgeons in this

field. So believe in him and know that your baby is in good hands.

Bahareh (Mom to Salar, bilateral LVAS, CI candidate)

fenneri <mrsjenirwin@...> wrote:

hi my son was born 11 weeks early and has profound hearing loss. He

is one year old today! He probably has hearing loss due to the

medications he was given when he was very ill at about 10 days old.

He has also been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. We have tried

hearing aids for the last few months without any success. We met

with the cochlear implant team at the hospital for sick children in

Toronto a few weeks ago and they feel he is a good candidate for the

CI. We have to go back for further testing but we hope he will have

the implant around the end of the summer. Just wondering if anyone

else has experience with a child this young. I just want to know

what to expect. Thanks

Jen Mommy to one year old today!

[Guest guest]

Hi Marsha...

You should definitely be concerned, but if 's curve was only 3

degrees, it's probably nothing about which you should be overly

concerned. You are correct that scoliosis curves often increase

during periods of fast growth.

You might find these curve progression charts helpful:

http://www.vh.org/pediatric/provider/orthopaedics/AIS/06Probabilities.html

Regards,

> Hi everyone. I am Marsha, Mom to who has Scoliosis. Last

> year she was examined and was at 3%. She is 12 now, almost 13. It

> is time for her next examination. I feel it has gotten a bit worse

> so I am a afraid for her. Am I worrying too much at this point or

> should I be?

>

> Fortunately, I just took her to another doctor for a totally

> separate problem, he said she has just about stopped growing, he

> looked at the growth plate in her wrist exray. From what I

> understand she has scoliosis because of her growing fast. Is this

> off base or possible?

>

> As you can see, I don't know a lot about it. What I have heard and

> read doesn't make me happy, mostly worried.

>

> Thanks for listening.

[Guest guest]

Hey there

As a mother, it is totally normal to worry about your kids. You are doing all

the right things. Take her back to the doctor for checkups every 6-9mo untill

she's 18. Depending on how severe her scoliosis is, it might progress in her

adult years, so she might have to keep on having checkups, but not that often. 

Of course, you don't treat an x-ray but a patient. Let us know what the dr says

at the checkup. At this point the medical community are in the dark as to what

causes idiopathic (without cause) scoliosis. There are some genetic studies done

at the moment and there could also be something structurally that is causing her

scoliosis. It is important that you have a dr who specializes in scoliosis.

Check www.srs.org for someone in your area. Make sure he is a pediatric

scoliosis specialist. Good luck!

Sanette

----- Original Message -----

From: " M Oliver "

Am I worrying too much at this point or

should I be? 

--

___________________________________________________________

Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com

http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm

[Guest guest]

Hi !

Welcome Aboard! You're going to meet so many people here and all of

us either have a CI or are getting one. Good luck with your new ears

and this is definitely the place for support and knowledge.

Congratulations on your hookup!

--Gayle

> Hello all! I am new here and would like to introduce myself. My

name is and I live in

> Georgia. Gayle invited me to join. Hi Gayle!

>

> My hearing loss was first diagnosed about 11 years ago when I was

18. I had been

> compensating for a while by subconsiously learning to lip read. At

the time it was

> diagnosed the loss was already moderate. Over the last 11 years my

high frequency loss

> has become profound. My audiogram looks muck like what Jan

described. It starts at

> 50db and goes to 105db in the left and to 95 db in the right.

>

> ! You are my CI twin! I just got my Auria hooked up

yesterday too and your

> experince sounds just like mine! My surgery was on August 11th.

When was yours?

>

> When it was first turned on all I could hear was some ringing. It

quickly progressed to

> where the ringing got louder if my audiologist was talking to me,

but it was still just

> ringing. Then he made a louder program and I could hear garbled

speech instead of

> ringing. So that became program #1 and he added another louder

program for program

> #2. By the time I left the office things were sounding like a

cross between Charlie Brown's

> teacher and Daffy Duck.

>

> Within an hour I had outgrown program #1 and moved on to the louder

program #2 and

> now I am above halfway on the volume for that one. My next mapping

is scheduled for

> September 21st. But, I bet I will be back in there on Friday!

>

> My audiologist also told me to keep my hearing aid in my other ear

unless we feel like I am

> depending on it too much. He said I made so much progress in just

the first hour with the

> ci that he was not going to worry about the hearing aid. Actually

I think it is helping me

> figure out what I am hearing through the ci. Without the hearing

aid I would be clueless

> about all these sounds.

>

> I think the ringing is from picking up too much background noise.

This is why...I was at

> the library last night in a small meeting room waiting for the

other members of my SHHH

> chapter to arrive and as soon as the air conditioner clicked off

the ringing stopped. I

> heard silence, absolutely nothing. The the a/c kicked back in the

ringing started again.

> The computer is also causing a constant ringing. Actually more

like a saw blade being

> waved in the air. Kind of a twang rather than a ring. The wind

noise in my car sounds like

> someone blowing bubbles through a straw.

>

> I agree with Alice that you should schedule another appointment in

the next few days. I

> am going to!

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

This sounds to me as if the sensitivity needs to be adjusted. Since it's fixed

on the Auria, only the audiologist can do this but I know that I prefer to use

sensitivity and move the dial on the 3G to adjust to my surroundings. It really

improves the sound.

Congrats on your hook up. I'm so glad you introduced yourself. BTW - I lived

just west of Atlanta for several years but also lived on St Simons, Waycross and

Tifton so I know GA really well. I hope you didn't have much problem with the

remnants of Frances.

Alice

> Hello all! I am new here and would like to introduce myself. My

name is and I live in

> Georgia. Gayle invited me to join. Hi Gayle!

>

[Guest guest]

Oh WOW, im so happy to have someone I can finally relate to!!! My sugery was

July 29th. My next mapping is next tuesday the 14th. I have no idea how to tell

them to adjust it. I think I should mention to him that I have a harder time

hearing females.

The beeping goes away when my hearing aid is ON. When it's off... the sounds

sound distored and alot quieter but the ringing/beeping sound is so much more

obvious. I can hear those new sounds though.

I just am wondering why am i bothering to wear my hearing aide, isnt the whole

purpose of getting a CI is not to have to wear a hearing aid, isnt the CI

supposed to be better?

Maybe I should have my audie check into the background noises as well. I've been

writing a list of things that seems to bother me.

It seems that the CI is missing some sounds as well.

I can't say that my sounds sounds like daffy duck, its quite annoying to me and

I can only hope the sounds will improve with the next mapping.

I've been listening to my favorite songs without my hearing aid, and just the CI

and since i know the words by heart I can follow along about the same as i did

with the hearing aid. I arranged for a hearing therphy this friday. Are you

getting any hearing therphy?

cuddlymommy219 <scrapbookcathy@...> wrote:

Hello all! I am new here and would like to introduce myself. My name is

and I live in

Georgia. Gayle invited me to join. Hi Gayle!

My hearing loss was first diagnosed about 11 years ago when I was 18. I had

been

compensating for a while by subconsiously learning to lip read. At the time it

was

diagnosed the loss was already moderate. Over the last 11 years my high

frequency loss

has become profound. My audiogram looks muck like what Jan described. It

starts at

50db and goes to 105db in the left and to 95 db in the right.

! You are my CI twin! I just got my Auria hooked up yesterday too and

your

experince sounds just like mine! My surgery was on August 11th. When was

yours?

When it was first turned on all I could hear was some ringing. It quickly

progressed to

where the ringing got louder if my audiologist was talking to me, but it was

still just

ringing. Then he made a louder program and I could hear garbled speech instead

of

ringing. So that became program #1 and he added another louder program for

program

#2. By the time I left the office things were sounding like a cross between

Charlie Brown's

teacher and Daffy Duck.

Within an hour I had outgrown program #1 and moved on to the louder program #2

and

now I am above halfway on the volume for that one. My next mapping is scheduled

for

September 21st. But, I bet I will be back in there on Friday!

My audiologist also told me to keep my hearing aid in my other ear unless we

feel like I am

depending on it too much. He said I made so much progress in just the first

hour with the

ci that he was not going to worry about the hearing aid. Actually I think it is

helping me

figure out what I am hearing through the ci. Without the hearing aid I would be

clueless

about all these sounds.

I think the ringing is from picking up too much background noise. This is

why...I was at

the library last night in a small meeting room waiting for the other members of

my SHHH

chapter to arrive and as soon as the air conditioner clicked off the ringing

stopped. I

heard silence, absolutely nothing. The the a/c kicked back in the ringing

started again.

The computer is also causing a constant ringing. Actually more like a saw blade

being

waved in the air. Kind of a twang rather than a ring. The wind noise in my car

sounds like

someone blowing bubbles through a straw.

I agree with Alice that you should schedule another appointment in the next few

days. I

am going to!

[Guest guest]

,

The ci is supposed to be better than the hearing aid, however I am wearing my

other

hearing aid for 2 reasons. First and most important, to preserve the residual

hearing I

have in that ear. If the hearing nerve is not stimulated the hearing loss is

more rapid. I

still have only moderate loss in the lower frequencies and I would like to

attempt to

preserve that as long as possible. Second is to be able to localize sound.

Without the

hearing aid in my right ear everything will sound like it is coming from the

left. When I am

feeling more comfortable with the sound coming into the ci I am going to ask my

audiologist to turn my hearing aid down a bit. Right now I am finding it

helpful in figuring

out what the ci is hearing.

My next mapping was scheduled for the 21st, but I called my audiologist this

afternoon

and made an appointment for tomorrow afternoon. I am picking up way too much

background noise and I am no longer hearing much at the highest volume

available.

Today everything sounds like a martain saying 'take me to your leader'.

You are doing better than me with the music. I can kind of follow the words,

but the

instrumentation sounds like raindrops in a metal bucket. Ugh!

I have not scheduled hearing therapy. I have 2 preschoolers and am already

feeling guilty

asking people to watch them when I get my mapping done. I can't imagine trying

to find

sitters while I go to hearing therapy too. You will have to share your

experience with me.

maybe it is something I can adapt to my home environment.

> Oh WOW, im so happy to have someone I can finally relate to!!! My sugery was

July 29th.

My next mapping is next tuesday the 14th. I have no idea how to tell them to

adjust it. I

think I should mention to him that I have a harder time hearing females.

> The beeping goes away when my hearing aid is ON. When it's off... the sounds

sound

distored and alot quieter but the ringing/beeping sound is so much more obvious.

I can

hear those new sounds though.

> I just am wondering why am i bothering to wear my hearing aide, isnt the whole

purpose

of getting a CI is not to have to wear a hearing aid, isnt the CI supposed to be

better?

> Maybe I should have my audie check into the background noises as well. I've

been

writing a list of things that seems to bother me.

> It seems that the CI is missing some sounds as well.

> I can't say that my sounds sounds like daffy duck, its quite annoying to me

and I can

only hope the sounds will improve with the next mapping.

> I've been listening to my favorite songs without my hearing aid, and just the

CI and

since i know the words by heart I can follow along about the same as i did with

the hearing

aid. I arranged for a hearing therphy this friday. Are you getting any hearing

therphy?

>

[Guest guest]

I feel like the hearing aid is drowing the CI's job. this morning, so far I

haven't put the hearing aid on, and for two mintues my alarm was going off and I

didn't realize it until 2 min later where the sound was coming from. I was like,

whaoo!! I figured it out.

I wonder if I'm having background issue or not. I've noticed that the " ssssssss "

sounds more natural than the " lalalalalala "

I was working last night (i'm a college student and i work in a sport zone cafe)

and I heard this bingggggggg and I actually made it again just to experiment. I

felt silly but i liked it.

Have you felt anything weird in the middle of your chest? For a bit there, while

I was working, I actually had a slight pain in my chest. I heard from another

friend of mine who has a CI, that the sounds started in her chest and then

eventually it started in her head. I'm guessing maybe thats where the sound is

right now, in my chest.

I'm able to follow the words with the music but that's how i'd describe it -

sounding like raindrops in a metal bucket. I'm terrible at describing the

sounds.

cuddlymommy219 <scrapbookcathy@...> wrote:

,

The ci is supposed to be better than the hearing aid, however I am wearing my

other

hearing aid for 2 reasons. First and most important, to preserve the residual

hearing I

have in that ear. If the hearing nerve is not stimulated the hearing loss is

more rapid. I

still have only moderate loss in the lower frequencies and I would like to

attempt to

preserve that as long as possible. Second is to be able to localize sound.

Without the

hearing aid in my right ear everything will sound like it is coming from the

left. When I am

feeling more comfortable with the sound coming into the ci I am going to ask my

audiologist to turn my hearing aid down a bit. Right now I am finding it

helpful in figuring

out what the ci is hearing.

My next mapping was scheduled for the 21st, but I called my audiologist this

afternoon

and made an appointment for tomorrow afternoon. I am picking up way too much

background noise and I am no longer hearing much at the highest volume

available.

Today everything sounds like a martain saying 'take me to your leader'.

You are doing better than me with the music. I can kind of follow the words,

but the

instrumentation sounds like raindrops in a metal bucket. Ugh!

I have not scheduled hearing therapy. I have 2 preschoolers and am already

feeling guilty

asking people to watch them when I get my mapping done. I can't imagine trying

to find

sitters while I go to hearing therapy too. You will have to share your

experience with me.

maybe it is something I can adapt to my home environment.

> Oh WOW, im so happy to have someone I can finally relate to!!! My sugery was

July 29th.

My next mapping is next tuesday the 14th. I have no idea how to tell them to

adjust it. I

think I should mention to him that I have a harder time hearing females.

> The beeping goes away when my hearing aid is ON. When it's off... the sounds

sound

distored and alot quieter but the ringing/beeping sound is so much more obvious.

I can

hear those new sounds though.

> I just am wondering why am i bothering to wear my hearing aide, isnt the whole

purpose

of getting a CI is not to have to wear a hearing aid, isnt the CI supposed to be

better?

> Maybe I should have my audie check into the background noises as well. I've

been

writing a list of things that seems to bother me.

> It seems that the CI is missing some sounds as well.

> I can't say that my sounds sounds like daffy duck, its quite annoying to me

and I can

only hope the sounds will improve with the next mapping.

> I've been listening to my favorite songs without my hearing aid, and just the

CI and

since i know the words by heart I can follow along about the same as i did with

the hearing

aid. I arranged for a hearing therphy this friday. Are you getting any hearing

therphy?

>

[Guest guest]

Hello Ivonne:

Are you having the gastric bypass or the banding?

Milie

[Guest guest]

I'm considering the RNY--- anyone RNY people on this site?

Millie

[Guest guest]

I am having the lap band, what surgery did you have? or are you

having?

Ivonne

> Hello Ivonne:

> Are you having the gastric bypass or the banding?

>

> Milie

[Guest guest]

Hi, Ivonne - My good friend and I are being banded by Dr Aceves on

Jan. 19 - what's your date? Perhaps we'll run into each other We

are from Portland, Oregon. Where do you live?

We're excited and, of course, a bit nervous - but so anxious to start

the lapband journey and be on the losing side.

Best of luck

Jackie S

>

> Hi,

> I am new here, I am having surgery next week. I am very happy and

> excited to be able to join this group. I have read so many of your

> posts, thanks they have been really helpful. Very inspiring!

>

> Ivonne

[Guest guest]

I will be having the RNY with Dr. Aceves on February 5. I can't wait!

I'm new to this group too. This is my first message.

B

> I'm considering the RNY--- anyone RNY people on this site?

>

> Millie