(tap tap) Is this thing on?
I think I’ve been cursed with “what do I write about?” syndrome. I’ve noticed it seems to hit most people who started a blog when they began researching cochlear implants. First you’ve got the research and testing to go through, then the surgery, recovery, activation, mappings, hearing new sounds…and then what?  After a while your hearing (or lack of it) is no longer the focus of your days.  What is there to say?! When I started my blog, it was a way to express the many different ways I was affected by suddenly going deaf.  I felt like I was adrift, all alone, not a part of regular hearing society or the culturally Deaf community.  It’s not a common oc

The (Failed) Walk
Last week, Dave and I went for a walk after dinner.  It was a little later than usual, 7:15 pm or so, but the weather was perfect and we decided to head out around the neighborhood. We always really enjoy these walks, taking the chance to check out landscaping and, in Dave’s case, look at antennas (he has a thing for them) and driveways (since we are in desperate need of a new driveway).  By the way, have you priced driveways lately?!  Good grief.  Ours, however, is really in a bad way and I’ve been teasing Dave about having to mow the driveway because weeds are growing up everywhere through the cracks.  So we stop and sigh every time we see a new concrete or p

An Amazing Year of Sound
It’s been a year since my initial CI activation, the day I was first given my external processors and my brain was introduced to sound through my cochlear implants. My Activation Day was August 20, 2008, and it was crazy-hectic because it also happened to be the day my daughter was registering for her freshman year of high school.  This year, she was scheduled to register for sophomore year on August 20 again.  Even though she was currently living at her dad’s for the summer, and had told us she wanted to make a permanent move to his house so she could go to school out there, I still hoped she’d change her mind.  So I told Dave to make the appointment for my on