Re: Sleeping on one side ?

[Guest guest]

Dan,

Apologies if my common sense approach does not appeal to you. Nothing

wrong with asking questions but many you have asked can only be answered by

your doctor. When to wash your hair, how much can I lift, and so on. Sure

everyone will have their take on it but your doctor is the expert, even if

he doesnt have a CI in his own head.

Now you asked about sleeping on the implanted side. Its been what, 4

months? If you cannot sleep on that side by now, why? Pain? Discomfort?

Or just not sure? Your doctor still is the the one to ask this. Give him

more credit. The surgeons and audis may be busy but answering questions is

part of their job descriptions.

Certainly you can ask questions of us who have CIs and learn what their

experiences are. But no one here is qualified to answer certain types of

questions and I will continue to suggest redirectiing such questions to

one's doctor. And of course you are certainly free to do whatever you wish

with such replies. Have a great weekend!

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[Guest guest]

That's much the same as my experience, Jen. I am implanted in the left

ear and I slept on that side right from the beginning. I was never

worried about breaking stitches etc, I figured out that the powers

that be, knew more than me and would have allowed for something like

this. Thats my normal sleeping side and the only thing that would have

stopped me, was if I was in physical pain when I tried to do it and I

never was.

Ted F.

>

> I've been watching this thread for a couple of days and here's my

take on

> it...I had my surgery a week ago Thursday. I was having a hard time

sleeping

> on my right side last night (left ear was implanted) and at one point I

> realized that I had just rolled over on that new ear and was

sleeping great.

> The ear itself doesn't hurt...the only problem I have is where the

skin is

> stretched over the implant...it takes a while for that to kinda get

broken

> in to being slept on . I slept like a rock last night...and woke

up this

> morning with no headache for the first time in I don't know how long!

> Jen in Tennessee

> http://stereophonicbionic.blogspot.com/

>

[Guest guest]

I've been reading this thread and haven't answered because I didn't want to

get involved. But I am now, because I felt that I had been " attack " here as

well. First, Anne, I think what you said your response is great, and true.

These boards and any board/forums on the Internet are just places for people

to go and get other people's opinion. I don't think anyone is asking for

medical advice, scientific facts or otherwise. Dan asked a question, so

maybe it wasn't worded exactly right, who really cares. I've written many

things on the Internet only to go back later and edit because upon reading

it, it didn't sound right. Like Dan said, the planed, plans or already

consulted his doctor, but face it folks, doctors are just human and they

don't always give you your answers.

Case in point, and this is OT, but I had visited a doctor concerning a

medical condition. He gave me the information, he wanted me to have, upon

my research I talked to him about other issues concerning this condition.

He was floored that I knew as much as I did, as he withheld information from

me. I'm one of those overly informed patients who doesn't leave my medical

care totally up to a physician. I am in no means saying all doctors are

like this, but this is why people seek others opinions, I see nothing wrong

with it.

This reason I come to this forum is for 2 reasons, one to seek opinions and

two, to offer it. I have my own personal opinions of what gets said here

and won't go into that, but it's this kind of behavior that makes me want to

find a different set of people to converse with.

RE: Re: Sleeping on one side ?

> That's always been a pet peeve of mine, too, when people are invited to

> submit questions and then get shot down in the response. One great

> example

> of this is the Ray Magazine where she takes questions from readers

> but frequently answers with generic " I don't have any favorites " or " I

> like

> every city in the world. " I don't understand why they even pick those

> letters to print because RR basically just hits the ball back to the

> reader,

> and it's a pointless exchange.

>

>

>

> I too use this forum to solicit feedback from other CI users. While I

> don't

> mind a response of " see a doctor, " it's not worth saving to a personal

> folder, since I posted the inquiry to the forum to ask the CI Users their

> opinion.

>

>

>

> " How long does the bad taste last? " " When does it stop hurting? " " When

> do

> I comprehend speech? " All common questions that people post here that,

> sure, we could ask our doctor, but we want to know other CI User's

> experiences.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

For what it's worth, those pillows that are soft and squishy and filled

with little pellets are kind of fun. Only problem is they tend to get

warm real fast. I have one for around my neck, and another one shaped

like a football. Very comfy, but like I said they heat up for some

reason. Found in discount stores like WalMart.

I was sleeping on my implanted side with my hand under my head very soon

after surgery.

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