Last Friday, I had what would be considered an emergency mapping session. I really wasn’t expecting to have another one until my left ear activation date (2/15/2008) but it turned out that I maxed out on the settings from December…
Category: Cochlear Implants
Thank you Abbie!
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One of the blogs I frequently follow is the Chronicles of a Bionic Woman. This is a blog of a fellow CIer, a single woman, 27, who was implanted and turned on just recently. Her website contains some interesting videos…
We got elfed and other things
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This a real neat website….check it out….as we got elfed. As of this writing, thirty more days remain before I become fully bionic with my left ear receiving a cochlear implant. I didn’t think it was going to happen especially…
Led Zeppelin
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For those of you who are Led Zeppelin fans, their newest CD/DVD set is out. Mothership is a compilation of 24 of their greatest hits. And then is their completely remastered The Song Remains the Same which includes 6 songs…
Lindsay’s Legacy and CI updates
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My line… 57. Sam Spritzer 0:21:58 0:07:04 10/M50-54 52/M Beautiful day for a race…cool and cloudy with over 300 runners in North Tonawanda for the benefit of Childhood Cancer Research. The start was west of Clinton Park and proceed out…
Becoming fully bionic
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The decision has been made, the insurance has been approved and now the date has been set. Its January 15th, 2008-same time, same place, same doctor, same device. Only the ear is different. This time, its my left side-my “good…
Does this count as a CI moment?
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In one of the comments in Dog Days of Summer, Steph made it a point to tell how I was enjoying myself at a party. This was at a pre-wedding party for one of my co-workers, Naveen. It’s called a…
Dog Days of Summer
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It is now the height of the summer. Gone are the cool most wonderful top 10 days, replaced by the annual ever so repressive heat. At least it isn’t the dreaded sticky humid. Here are my last three races… July…
Approved!
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“Univera Healthcare has authorized your request for Implantation with Cochlear Prosthesis in the left ear, the device itself and follow-up care by Dr. Ernesto Diaz-Ordaz from 7/19/2007 to 12/31/2007.” THANK YOU UNIVERA! And thank you Steph for pushing buttons to…
A kinda bad CI moment
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This one definitely ranks right up there… We went to a little town in Quebec just west of Montreal called Beaconsfield where my nephew and his family live, for a family reunion. I actually thought it was going to be…