Cochlear Implant Patients. - Page 8

zebadee2010 · 12-12-2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bottesini

My left side face is paralzyed. Goes with one of my syndromes.

Mine is right now from my fall but they say it should come back with time, so far its been almost 3 months..

drphil · 12-12-2010, 11:09 PM

There is risk factors in every operation which you know now. I am not "facially paralzyed" from my Cochlear Implant operation-fortunately. Luck? skill of the surgeon? How many do have this problem out of the total numbers implanted? How can one evaluate the skill of the surgeon doing the operation in a teaching hospital- which my was?
I understand there are only 3 companies that make Implants-Cochlear Corp/Advanced Bionics & Med El.

Implanted Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07

zebadee2010 · 12-13-2010, 10:10 AM

Well today starts the days for us.. We have about a 3-4 hour drive down to raleigh to get an MRI and then tomorrow will be the big day!

Anybody have problems finding that stuff your supposed to wash your head with?

jillio · 12-13-2010, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zebadee2010

Well today starts the days for us.. We have about a 3-4 hour drive down to raleigh to get an MRI and then tomorrow will be the big day!

Anybody have problems finding that stuff your supposed to wash your head with?

You should be able to find it at any well stocked pharmacy.

zebadee2010 · 12-13-2010, 11:26 AM

we tried Walmart first and then cvs pharmacy. CVS didn't carry that anymore and gave us something else. But it said not to used it for pre op cleansing of the head.

**Banjo** · 12-13-2010, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zebadee2010

we tried Walmart first and then cvs pharmacy. CVS didn't carry that anymore and gave us something else. But it said not to used it for pre op cleansing of the head.

What is that you are looking for?

zebadee2010 · 12-13-2010, 12:11 PM

We are looking for Phisoderm. But all we can find is acne wash

**Banjo** · 12-13-2010, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zebadee2010

We are looking for Phisoderm. But all we can find is acne wash

You should be able to find that in pretty much any retailer. Hmm... I guess they're running low on it.

Fl885 · 12-13-2010, 12:55 PM

zebadee2010 good luck tomorrow

Deaffy · 12-13-2010, 01:07 PM

Good luck zebadee.

**GrendelQ** · 12-13-2010, 01:09 PM

Best of luck Zebadee -- thinking of you!

overthepond · 12-13-2010, 01:42 PM

Good luck Zebadee,

Any dry shampoo will do the job. My mum very carefully washed my hair under removable shower head, 3 days post op and I covered my incision with dry cloth to keep it the area dry.

krazykatkitty · 12-13-2010, 05:18 PM

Good luck zebadee for tomorrow. All the best..

posts from hell · 12-13-2010, 05:25 PM

I'm waiting....

**Bottesini** · 12-13-2010, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zebadee2010

Mine is right now from my fall but they say it should come back with time, so far its been almost 3 months..

3 years so far for me. But remember you can get used to anything if you have to.

Good luck tomorrow. I hope all goes well for you.

nichola · 12-13-2010, 05:42 PM

good luck. hope it all goes well. hope to hear from you when ur feeling good.

inmate23 · 12-13-2010, 06:04 PM

Good luck

Deb1hd · 12-13-2010, 06:27 PM

Good Luck... Keep us posted... I admire your determination and your spunk. and mostly your positive attitude for someone so young

Anij · 12-13-2010, 08:03 PM

Good Luck

zebadee2010 · 12-13-2010, 10:06 PM

thanks for all the good luck wishes. Had the MRI this afternoon. 9:50 we are supposed to be there! Hopefully all goes well, if i feel up to it ill try and post tomorrow and let you guys know how i'm doing..

**Bottesini** · 12-13-2010, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zebadee2010

thanks for all the good luck wishes. Had the MRI this afternoon. 9:50 we are supposed to be there! Hopefully all goes well, if i feel up to it ill try and post tomorrow and let you guys know how i'm doing..

I expect pictures! All the tough people oblige.

Ask Deaffy.

drphil · 12-13-2010, 10:34 PM

Zebadee2010.Hope all turns successful for you tomorrow. As I recall from my operation-July 12/07- which was at 1.30pm and awoke around 8.00pm, I went home the next morning, The activation was 4 weeks later-giving your head- time to heal from the stitches which are removed. Not a major problem. Then starts the mapping which you will be telling them how you are hearing- at first such strange harmonic sounds. Just take it day by day.

Implanted Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07

drphil · 12-13-2010, 10:34 PM

Zebadee2010. If you are still interested in what happened earlier today, you can read a description of the operation in Michael Chorost's book- Rebuilt. He was present a few months later at another patient having the same operation he had. The book is in the public library.
I can well imagine the world seems a bit strange-hearing wise to you right now-silence or strange sounds in your head. It should decrease in a short time I went back to Sunnybrook/Toronto 11 days later for the surgeon to check the stitches.Okay than. As I was lifting weights before the operation-forbidden to lift for at least 2 months-danger of "disturbing the stitches". Not exactly a big ordeal! Came back 2 weeks later for activation.
Just take everything day by day.

Implanted Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07

overthepond · 12-14-2010, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bottesini

I expect pictures! All the tough people oblige.

Ask Deaffy.

She's right.

zebadee2010 · 12-14-2010, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by overthepond

She's right.

Dunno what oblige means, however i'll try and post a picture or two. And the big day starts at 9:50! Good thing ill get to sleep some more during surgery! haha

**Banjo** · 12-14-2010, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zebadee2010

Dunno what oblige means, however i'll try and post a picture or two. And the big day starts at 9:50! Good thing ill get to sleep some more during surgery! haha

Good luck and hope everything will turn out great for you.

jillio · 12-14-2010, 12:08 PM

We should be getting a post op report soon. Fingers are crossed here.

**deafskeptic** · 12-14-2010, 12:36 PM

I'm keeping my fingers crossed too.

Do let us know how thing progress.

**deafskeptic** · 12-14-2010, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deb1hd

Hey what part of NC are you in.... Are you getting your operation in NC... We might not be to far apart. I'm getting mine in Norfolk Virginia. I know alot of people who live right across the nc line usually come to va to get ther operations.

If you are having your surgery at UNC in Chapel Hil,l you may have met Marcia Clark Abunki who is my CI audit. I still see her even though I live in Lynchburg, VA instead of Charlotte, NC.

deafgal001 · 12-14-2010, 01:07 PM

Wirelessly posted

How come you don't go to charlottville (sp?), VA?

12-12-2010, 11:09 PM	#212 (permalink)
drphil Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Toronto Ontario Posts: 4,118	There is risk factors in every operation which you know now. I am not "facially paralzyed" from my Cochlear Implant operation-fortunately. Luck? skill of the surgeon? How many do have this problem out of the total numbers implanted? How can one evaluate the skill of the surgeon doing the operation in a teaching hospital- which my was? I understand there are only 3 companies that make Implants-Cochlear Corp/Advanced Bionics & Med El. Implanted Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07 __________________ Get Real:Implanted Sunnybrook/Toronto -Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07

12-13-2010, 01:07 PM	#220 (permalink)
Deaffy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ohio Posts: 592	Good luck zebadee. __________________ Experience is the best education one can ever have. RIGHT EAR Implanted 7-16-10 Activated 8-10-10 Nucleus 5 LEFT EAR Unaided deaf.

12-13-2010, 06:04 PM	#227 (permalink)
inmate23 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: christchuch Posts: 965	Good luck __________________ Please remeber I have audio processing disorder i use asl rochester method or pop or oral

12-13-2010, 08:03 PM	#229 (permalink)
Anij Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2,087	Good Luck __________________ Hoh/Deaf ~ +120db deaf right , mild/mod flux left & APD English & ASL ...PAH!! Ignorance is NOT Bliss

12-13-2010, 10:34 PM	#232 (permalink)
drphil Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Toronto Ontario Posts: 4,118	Zebadee2010.Hope all turns successful for you tomorrow. As I recall from my operation-July 12/07- which was at 1.30pm and awoke around 8.00pm, I went home the next morning, The activation was 4 weeks later-giving your head- time to heal from the stitches which are removed. Not a major problem. Then starts the mapping which you will be telling them how you are hearing- at first such strange harmonic sounds. Just take it day by day. Implanted Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07 __________________ Get Real:Implanted Sunnybrook/Toronto -Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07 Last edited by drphil; 12-14-2010 at 06:39 PM.

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12-13-2010, 10:10 AM	#213 (permalink)
zebadee2010 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Small Town Friendly, NC Posts: 345	Well today starts the days for us.. We have about a 3-4 hour drive down to raleigh to get an MRI and then tomorrow will be the big day! Anybody have problems finding that stuff your supposed to wash your head with?

12-13-2010, 11:26 AM	#215 (permalink)
zebadee2010 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Small Town Friendly, NC Posts: 345	we tried Walmart first and then cvs pharmacy. CVS didn't carry that anymore and gave us something else. But it said not to used it for pre op cleansing of the head.

12-13-2010, 12:11 PM	#217 (permalink)
zebadee2010 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Small Town Friendly, NC Posts: 345	We are looking for Phisoderm. But all we can find is acne wash

12-13-2010, 12:55 PM	#219 (permalink)
Fl885 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 161	zebadee2010 good luck tomorrow

12-13-2010, 01:09 PM	#221 (permalink)
GrendelQ 41°17′00″N 70°04′58″W Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New England, USA Posts: 3,419	Best of luck Zebadee -- thinking of you!

12-13-2010, 01:42 PM	#222 (permalink)
overthepond Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Great Britain Posts: 2,024	Good luck Zebadee, Any dry shampoo will do the job. My mum very carefully washed my hair under removable shower head, 3 days post op and I covered my incision with dry cloth to keep it the area dry.

12-13-2010, 05:18 PM	#223 (permalink)
krazykatkitty Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Otago, New Zealand Posts: 349	Good luck zebadee for tomorrow. All the best..

12-13-2010, 05:25 PM	#224 (permalink)
posts from hell Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 9,434	I'm waiting....

12-13-2010, 05:42 PM	#226 (permalink)
nichola Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 33	good luck. hope it all goes well. hope to hear from you when ur feeling good.

12-13-2010, 06:27 PM	#228 (permalink)
Deb1hd Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chesapeake, Virginia Posts: 125	Good Luck... Keep us posted... I admire your determination and your spunk. and mostly your positive attitude for someone so young

12-13-2010, 10:06 PM	#230 (permalink)
zebadee2010 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Small Town Friendly, NC Posts: 345	thanks for all the good luck wishes. Had the MRI this afternoon. 9:50 we are supposed to be there! Hopefully all goes well, if i feel up to it ill try and post tomorrow and let you guys know how i'm doing..

12-13-2010, 10:34 PM	#233 (permalink)
drphil Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Toronto Ontario Posts: 4,118	Zebadee2010. If you are still interested in what happened earlier today, you can read a description of the operation in Michael Chorost's book- Rebuilt. He was present a few months later at another patient having the same operation he had. The book is in the public library. I can well imagine the world seems a bit strange-hearing wise to you right now-silence or strange sounds in your head. It should decrease in a short time I went back to Sunnybrook/Toronto 11 days later for the surgeon to check the stitches.Okay than. As I was lifting weights before the operation-forbidden to lift for at least 2 months-danger of "disturbing the stitches". Not exactly a big ordeal! Came back 2 weeks later for activation. Just take everything day by day. Implanted Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07 __________________ Get Real:Implanted Sunnybrook/Toronto -Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07 Last edited by drphil; 12-14-2010 at 06:54 PM.

12-14-2010, 12:08 PM	#237 (permalink)
jillio Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 60,296	We should be getting a post op report soon. Fingers are crossed here.

12-14-2010, 12:36 PM	#238 (permalink)
deafskeptic Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 14,512	I'm keeping my fingers crossed too. Do let us know how thing progress. __________________ Left ear implanted with Med-El on April 24 2007. Activated on May 9th. Upgraded to Opus 2 9/10/2010 Think Pink. FREE JILLIO!

12-14-2010, 01:07 PM	#240 (permalink)
deafgal001 Banned Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,542	Wirelessly posted How come you don't go to charlottville (sp?), VA?

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