One week since the lap mapping and so far, no twitching….thank G_d! I am beginning to enjoy music again and have a renewed interest in Dave Brubeck who was also my father’s favorite jazz musician. Amazingly enough, even at the…
Month: March 2007
The Bengal Run
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Today was the 10th annual Bengal Run at Buffalo State College off of Elmwood Ave and my 4th race of the year. The race is for the benefit of the Legacy Scholarship Fund, a scholarship awarded annually to a deserving…
Joanne’s Impact Noise
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Today was mapping session #5 and this was with Michelle alone since Joanne was with another client. The focus was on the involuntary facial twitching I was (YES, WAS!) experiencing. The twitching was being caused by what Joanne finally described…
Happy Spring Day
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Dan is cooking dinner tonight…at least the side dish which is broccoli. If he puts that whole stick of butter in it, it will probably bring tears to my mother’s eyes since I used to do that myself when I…
The Checkers Mile
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With the running season just about to begin, I want to put particular emphasis on one particular race – the 11th annual Checkers Mile. This race is on Friday night, June 8th in lovely downtown Lockport. And it is also…
Updates
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I know I haven’t written in quite a while and since its a nice quiet Sunday morning, I thought it would be a good time for an update. Since my setback as written in an earlier post, Minor Setback, I…
GUESS WHO TURNED 50!!??
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Most of you probably guess right. Yesterday, her office threw her an all day party. They did one heck of a job, especially Holly and Sharon. Being publicity-shy, she came home and proclaimed “so glad” her day was over with!…
Minor Setback
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With today being mapping session #4, it turned out to be somewhat of a minor setback. I was hoping to upgrade to Fidelity 120, a strategy that is suppose to be a more natural improvement over the Hi-Res version I…
The good and the bad
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One of my readers wanted to know if I have good days and bad days. And, if the growth in hearing ability is consistent, or does it come in waves. Since the CI is a major improvement over what I…
One month post-activation
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Today represents the one month mark since I was activated. What a feeling…and so much has happened since then. I’ll never forget the moment I was first turned on. Boy, did it sound so overwhelming, robotic, hollow and Mickey &…