My life renewed!

I haven't been on here to update so allow me to do so now. Since the last time I was on here I have had a major change happen in my life. I can hear again!!! After 10 long years I finally can hear again! I got my cochlear implants!!! But as amazing as it is to be able to hear again it's not without it's complications. It's far from perfect. I'm still missing a lot of sounds, it's difficult to understand speech or whatever unless I have visual cues. I've attempted to talk on the phone and I miss a lot of what is said though I hear them I don't quite understand what is being said. I still watch TV with captions and when I attempt to listen to music it is usually music I remember very well and can follow along. I know that eventually this all will be a thing of the past. I've been told it all takes time. I have many adjustments to make and I have to get used to it. I've only been activated for about 3 weeks now, it's not an overnight process but I am making strides much faster than if I were someone who never had hearing before. I never knew what to expect when I planned to get cochlear implants and it wasn't anything I could ever prepare for. But I am extremely happy. I can understand people when they talk to me, I can listen to some music, I can enjoy TV with sound on. Is it perfect? No. Will it ever be? We'll see. None the less, this is an amazing experience! I never thought I would hear anything ever again! Look at me now! I expect things are going to improve in my life, part because I got my hearing back again, mostly because I already started my ball rolling for better things long ago. I go back to college in August. First time going to school with hearing. I'll still have a captionist to help me make sure I don't miss anything. I don't quite trust my hearing as of just yet, but I will get there. It takes time. Months, maybe even a year or so before things start to sound more natural to me, but I will get there. One thing is for sure, I don't regret my decision to get cochlear implants and one year from now, I will get my left ear done so that I can hear from both ears for the first time in my life! I just can't believe I'm hearing things again! As I sit her typing, I'm hearing the clicking of the keyboard, and things in the background. It might be just noise but it's such a sweet sound to my ear. One thing that I love about having cochlear implants aside from hearing again. I have complete control over everything. Volume, sensitivity, when I want to hear or when I want complete silence. I also will be seeing my audiologist regularly for awhile, making adjustments to the sounds, volumes, and frequencies. It will take time but it will all improve drastically. It so amazing. It simply attaches to my hear magnetically and sends all the sounds through my head into my hearing nerve directly to my head! How cool is that?! And to think, just one year ago, I hadn't even dreamed this would happen. Not this soon.

Thanks for following my blog my fellow readers, and I will try to continue to update as things happen. You will be a part of this journey right along with me. :)