the second time around...

I really appreciate everyone who has contacted me and my family in the last 48 hours. I received thoughtful hopes and well wishes as I entered my first day of re-activation. It was a very good day. Daughter Lauren came with our group to watch the audiologist set up the CI. The audiologist and I had an intense six hour day working with the programming of the processor. I was hooked up to the hard drive while he fiddled around with the programming and asked many questions about what I was hearing. The sounds I heard consisted mostly of hearing a range of frequency sound in beeps and finding thresholds for comfort and quiet. As this took all day, we also had a break of lunch and coffee. During those times, I had an opportunity to explore the world outside. I chose to be attentive and quiet. I do not like hearing myself talk because it sounds so full of bass. Voices are difficult to understand right now. I hear environmental sounds and inquire what they are, but I also need to be led to sounds that come into my space. My family seems to know when to guide me and show patience when I ask what I'm hearing. I have been feeling overwhelmed through out the whole process and am now physically exhausted. My spirits are good, everyone is happy, and the audiologist is especially content with the outcome and feels that I should do very well.

Today was alot different from my original activation day, so we had champagne tonight to celebrate! We go back tomorrow for more fine tuning.