Re: I had my CI surgery yesterday

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In a message dated 8/27/2004 8:50:42 AM Alaskan Daylight Time,

aprilmhubbell@... writes:

> Hello Everyone,

>

> I had my CI surgery yesterday morning at 8 am and I am feeling

> FANTASTIC!

Brava!!

How exciting! April, your post gave me the happy shivers and joyful tears to

my eyes! I wish you continued success and please keep us posted! I wanna

know how you are doing every day! lol!

Pam (waiting in Anchorage for MRI to be read in Seattle and implant team to

get back to me)

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Congratulations, April! This is great news. I'm so glad you are feeling fine.

You've jumped a huge hurtle and now you have all the fun in store for you. I'm

sure you are really happy to be on the other side of this now. Please try to

rest, even though you are feeling good. It helps with the healing process.

Looking forward to reading about your activation which appears to be two weeks

away. I hope you aren't thru sharing your journey as it has just begun.

Alice

From: April<mailto:aprilmhubbell@...>

Hello Everyone,

I had my CI surgery yesterday morning at 8 am and I am feeling

FANTASTIC! I can't believe how little pain there was. When I woke

up in recovery the pain was about a 6 on a scale of 1 -10. By the

time I left the hospital at 3pm it was down to a 3 out of 10. I

never felt dizzy at all but my implanted ear is ringing like crazy.

My tongue is a little numb on the implanted side but lots of people

have told me it will go away soon. The surgeon used liquid stitches

to close the incision. No sutures or staples - HOORAY! I go for a

post op visit two days before my hook up to make sure everything is

healed but if all is well I will hear again in three short weeks.

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wow, you got lucky. I had mine done right in my city. pretty big stitches that I

got. about 6 inch long, i'd guess. I was icky/yucky for like a week. Even threw

up after surgery.

The ringing.... happened to me and drove me INSANE. I've found that it starts

ringing when I become active and moving around. After a while, it does get

quieter and the best thing to do is to REALLY INGORE it. Keep yourself busy

enough to not notice the ringing. If I pause, I can hear the ringing. When I get

the CI hookup, I probably won't notice the ringing at all since I'll be hearing

sounds. So, hang in there.

Wow, I like the liquid stitches idea, i had actual stitches. =p

I haven't gotten hooked up yet - sept 7th. AH!! Hurry up sept 7th. =)

April <aprilmhubbell@...> wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I had my CI surgery yesterday morning at 8 am and I am feeling

FANTASTIC! I can't believe how little pain there was. When I woke

up in recovery the pain was about a 6 on a scale of 1 -10. By the

time I left the hospital at 3pm it was down to a 3 out of 10. I

never felt dizzy at all but my implanted ear is ringing like crazy.

My tongue is a little numb on the implanted side but lots of people

have told me it will go away soon. The surgeon used liquid stitches

to close the incision. No sutures or staples - HOORAY! I go for a

post op visit two days before my hook up to make sure everything is

healed but if all is well I will hear again in three short weeks.

To anyone out there who is thinking about getting an implant but

still worried about the pain of surgery I can honestly say it's

worth it. I know it's different for everyone but I am thrilled with

my results. I never imagined that it would go so well.

Thanks to all of you for sharing my journey.

April Hubbell

San Diego, CA

implanted 8-26-04

AB HiRes 90K

at Navy Medical Center