Day Two Activation #2

My first bilateral Sunday service was kind of a non-event. It was definitely better than with my hearing aid, but it was not yet better than using an iPod earbud in my right ear with the FM system at church. Familiar things were pretty clear. Words to unfamiliar songs were just as challenging, ok enough with lipreading the musicians.

Several people asked how things are going. I told them the implantation was successful, activation was successful, and I made it through the wicked vertigo after surgery. I also said the main thing I'm grateful for is the lifting of the heavy mantle of anxiety I've had since I found out my second ear had crashed and qualified for the second implant. Now it's done, it's working, my brain is learning how to hear with it, and I can get on with my life. This is good.