Possibly around 12.15pm I woke up in the recovery room and could lipread the nurses saying "Are you in pain?" Well, for a start off course I was! Was topped up with painkillers but that made it worse as I was nausea!
Come round 2.15pm.... I just flickered my eyes opened and thought what time is it? Oh I'm still in the recovery room and asked the nurse - how long had I been here? Her reply was 3 HOURS! I asked what wa
s the problem.............. the blood pressure was sky high!Mr Strachan came to see me in the recovery room and said the implant operation was a success and would see me in the morning.
Anyway, after a lot of doses of drugs to keep the blood pressure down, I was finally transferred to the ward around 3.15pm and found my husband, Howard waiting! He just laughed at my new hairstyle!
I was sleeping on and off so Howard left at 4.30pm to sort the boys out!
I was still feeling nausea that evening and tried to eat some toast but it didn't work! So I just slept and the nurses kept checking me up. As I was trying to doze off and was hooked up with antibiotics at 1am!!
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Hi Rachel, my name is Nina. I live in California, U.S.A. I was surfing the Internet hoping to find someone's blog who has had the implant for a few months. I really wanted to see what they had to say about their hearing. I jus received my implant one month before you, September 20, 2007. I was turned on October 15, so right before your surgery. Hearing has been very good for me. However, I was not born deaf. I've been slowly losing my hear for 5 years and suddenly lost most of it 6 months ago. I wish you the best when your big day comes and you are turned on.
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