Guest guest Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 About this time alst week I was on the operating table bein poked and probed and having dear life breathed into me. Well I'm doing darn good. No major pains or anything. The worst is behind me. However washing my hair with a cotton ball saturated in vaseline... It still gets wet and filled up with water. I may need to buy a larger cotton ball bag. But i can squeese water out of the cotton ball after washing my hair and i did take robert C's advice, too and bend my head to the right side. Yesterday I ahd had 3 days of no pain. then I sneezed. Ughhh!! I did what i beleived i should do and open my mouth to sneeze through my mouth and not affect my nose but somehow it felt like my ear drub got blown away and then throbbing the rest of the day. today it's better.I stayed pretty still for this week except yesterday went for a walk in the aprk. It was the pollen that got my sneezing. Advice? I'd say don't rush your recovery. Stay still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I used a thick facecloth over my ear & kept that side turned away from the water as much as possible. I had terrible allergies upon my return from the implant sirgery. I was told to take allergy meds, & that did relieve the sneezing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Hi Debbie, Like you, I am 1 week post op and my story is almost identical. My biggest problem is sleeping as I always slept on the implanted side. For the life of me, I have no idea why they tell you not to get water in the ear canal, there was no incision there. The ear drum is between the outer ear canal and the middle ear and it is " waterproof " . All I did was make a conscious effort to not get direct spray from the shower in my ear. Also, they sent the warranty info from Cochlear home with me, it says that hot or cold temps can void the warranty. Here in Wisconsin it is often colder than allowed and in Phoenix it is warmer. I think the range was something like +20 to 105 F. Anyone ever have a problem with heat or cold? Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 I live in a place where it can occasionally get hotter than 105F in Summer, but I don't think I have ever had any problems just because of the heat. I have however, had problems with humidity and sweat running down my head and getting inside my controller. Someone in this group posted a very useful tip in here one time, which I will repeat, because it may help someone else in humid conditions. They advised me to cut a small piece of band aid or plaster and stick it to the side of my controller, that touches my head. I have a double thickness of plaster on mine and it just keeps the controller away from most of the sweat. The controller still gets wet on the outside, when I sweat heavily, but the controller rarely goes off any more, because of it. I have the Freedom, but I'm sure the same thing could be done with any make of controller. I would never willingly be without my Dry & Store. Ted F. in Oz. > > Also, they sent the warranty info from Cochlear home with me, it says that > hot or cold temps can void the warranty. Here in Wisconsin it is often > colder than allowed and in Phoenix it is warmer. I think the range was > something like +20 to 105 F. Anyone ever have a problem with heat or cold? > > > > Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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