World Hearing Day! (what???)

The first post is what today is about, this one not so much. So this is day six post op for my bilateral surgery. World Hearing Day! What better way to celebrate than by NOT being able to hear? I know, I have an implant on my right side that is amazing-98% word recognition in noise! What do you mean your not hearing? Trust me folks, today is not all unicorns and sunshine! LOL

How do you explain to loved ones, that this will pass, it will get better and I will hear again? Swelling is normal, swelling means fluid between the magnet and the device, which in turn can make things less clear. Add background noise, a sore head and you have a recipe for a bad hearing week, let alone day! Let’s be real, hearing is exhausting!1 I don’t know how all you folks do it everyday!!! There is a certain amount of bliss, when that device comes off and I am left alone with the ringing- it is a weird sort of comfort. I can relax, I don’t have to try, I don’t have to read lips. I can just stop. THAT is what they don’t tell you before surgery, THAT is the little secret we with severe to profound hearing loss keep to ourselves. We can just STOP the input. I think that is the only way we stay sane. I feel bad, because it is hard on the ones we love. They get so frustrated- this is supposed to FIX it!!!! But, like everything, it takes time and effort, and let’s be honest- some days just aren’t worth the effort….BUT, tomorrow will be here before we know it, and it will be a new day, and new adventure and new sounds to say “what the he#@ is that?”😜😁