ANA Discussion Forum
General Category => Hearing Issues => Topic started by: leapyrtwins on July 02, 2008, 05:39:56 pm
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So, Bucko -
I was just going to hijack Catflower's thread to send you huge wishes for your big BAHA day tomorrow, but I thought you deserved a thread of your very own :D
Plus I'm getting a pretty bad reputation around these parts for hijacking ;)
I know I looked forward to my own processor day with much anticipation, so I'm fairly sure you have been doing the same.
If you like your processor half as much as I like mine, you'll be thrilled ;D
Best of luck. Don't forget to tune in tomorrow and let us know how it goes.
Jan
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Hey Bucko: You're going to love it.
Linda
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Bucko -
Good luck tomorrow from one with BAHA envy to another. After tomorrow you won't have to envy anyone! Hope your experience is great!!!
Wendy
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Uncle Buck~
Hey, hey good luck!! (As my kids would say, "I made a rhyme!!") ;D
K
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Bucko -
Have a great BAHA Gotcha Day! ;D
You're going to love it!
Lori
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Bucko -
where are you? I'm looking for feedback on that brand spanking-new processor!!!
Yea, I know it's still early in the day, but I'm very impatient and I stayed home from work today in your honor ;)
Hey, I needed some excuse to get out of the office :D
Droll Jan
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Jan...he drove down here to Cincinnati to stock up on his Dawn and toothbrushes since you and Lori haven't been able to get the BAHA kits together. ;D
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Ah, that explains it ;D
By the way, do they still make the blue Dawn? I've been using green lately - on the dishes - not my head :D but I think the blue would match the Cochlear toothbrushes better than the green would.
I'll have to talk to Lori about those BAHA kits; last I heard she was trying to make money off of some eye patches that one of Trish's relatives was sewing for her.
Jan
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Thanks a million you guys. I was going to just continue posting on Jan's but....Golly gee! :P
Ok...so my appointment was at 3:00 yesterday. Like the goob that I am I arrive at 2:45 with my Baha box in tow. The receptionist tells me "The doctor is running a little behind today. He's running about an hour and a half behind schedule." What else can I do but go sit my butt down on a chair in the waiting area?
So I am sitting there. I am impatient. A woman that is also waiting must be tired of hearing my continued sighs and huffs of impatience because she throws me sidelong glances. I retrieve the paperwork for my warranty card and get it all filled out. I check the other paperwork to make sure that I have everything filled out. I am feeling like a caged cat. I am thinking that what matters if I slap on my processor now or later? It is my day to "plug in" so what the heck?
There is a TV to the left side of the reception desk that is on but the volume was too low. It was some crappy show so I really didn't care. Despite a sign on the TV that says "If you cannot hear me, please turn my volume up." No thanks.
I snap it on. I am hearing hospital sounds that I had not been hearing before and the crappy TV show. Mind you I could not hear every word but I could hear it which is weird because I thought you only hear as good as your good ear. I begin to feel guilty and take it off and wait dutifully for my name to be called.
Baha moment two - I am leaving in my car and I had to turn my radio down a bit. :D Cool!
Negative Baha moment.... Get home and am talking to neighbor gal outside. I swat at a mosquito and knock off my processor. :-[ Not cool! Second negative moment was leaning my head back on the couch to watch TV at home. Feedback if I don't place my head correctly.
I will post some pix sometime this weekend. Thanks again for sharing my moments with me!
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Nice story, Bucko!
You and I are two very similar people - I wouldn't have waited for the doc either ;) I'm just not a patient person.
The negative moments are a bit amusing actually. Sorry to be amused at your expense, but I can just picture you swatting at the mosquito and knocking the processor off ::) What was the neighbor's reaction?
Anxiously awaiting the photos :)
Jan
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I'm shocked that you two wouldn't do exactly what the doctor said! :D Of course, I ALWAYS do.
Ok, maybe I tried mine out a bit prior to meeting with the audiologist... don't tell...
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OK gang. As promised.....here are some pix. For the guys, it was raining today and I wanted to show how my hat fits over my Baha and keeps it dry. I do not get feedback either. ;) I am really happy about that!
(http://home.columbus.rr.com/buck/images/20080704-P1010077.jpg)
(http://home.columbus.rr.com/buck/images/20080704-P1010074.jpg)
(http://home.columbus.rr.com/buck/images/20080704-P1010067.jpg)
(http://home.columbus.rr.com/buck/images/20080704-P1010066.jpg)
(http://home.columbus.rr.com/buck/images/20080704-P1010073.jpg)
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Very nice! Now you're the Bionic Man!
By the way, your house looks beautiful!
Lori
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Bucko -
lovely pictures ;D I knew I did the right thing by giving you your very own thread :D
And Lori's right! The house is beautiful - cute dog too ;)
I'm glad you posted a picture of your site - which BTW looks like it's healed very nicely. The picture I posted of my site is kind of blurry and hard to see - even though I paid my son good money to take it :(
Thanks for sharing,
Jan
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Dog? or Cat??
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Thanks all. That is Lucy the Yorkshire Terrier. I didn't know that she was in the picture. HA! ;D
We actually have three dogs and one cat. Yeah, I am a sucker for animals. ::)
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In one picture I thought Lucy was a calico cat, but in the next I figured out she was a dog - a very cute one too ;)
Have 3 cats without the dog here.
Jan
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Bucko -
Sorry I tuned in late, but am on vacation down in sunny Florida and had some time on my hands. Congrats on your BAHA at last!! Sorry to laugh at your expense, but I also found your negative BAHA moments pretty funny. Thanks for sharing!
Wendy
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I have to chime in and admit that I too got a chuckle about the swatting incident...sorry, but, thanks! And thanks for the pictures of the processor...good to have a visual of the thing...saw yours also, Jan - so, thank you, too.
Cindy