I turned 30 in October of 2013. A pivotal point in my life. Thought everything was going to change at that point. I'd find love, start a family, have a successful career with a Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm job. All that was glamorized by Sex and the City, media, and magazines. I thought the city would throw a parade in my honor with confetti and fireworks galore and I'd get up on the float and sing "Twist and Shout" and someone will give me a red Ferrari to drive for the day. Oh what? Sorry Ferris, that was your thing. Never mind then. I'm single, living with a puppy in a one bedroom apartment, and there's nothing wrong with that. I love the single life. I'll tell you why.... Another time.
Back to 30. It was about two days before Halloween and My mom and Aunt were in town visiting, doing the whole Thelma and Louise thing in Texas (excluding the ending that is; they are safely back home and not driving over any cliffs mind you). I hitched a ride with them, a la Brad Pitt at the start of his career, to one of their stops where my other sister lived. I woke up one morning and put my hearing aid on. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I'm profoundly deaf. Couldn't hear anything... just a humming noise, muffled noises. The kind like when your eyes get blurry for a minute? Very similar to hearing. Thought it was the hearing aid. We took it to an local Katy, TX audiologist (ear and hearing aid specialist) to see if it was the hearing aid. Sadly, it wasn't. It was me.
I saw an E.N.T. doctor in San Antonio and it was a horrible experience. This doctor had me in the room with five other nurses and just looked in my ear and didn't ask me very much about my hearing history. He wanted me to see an audiologist. They said they would find one for me and schedule an appointment. I cannot believe it to this day, it is very hard to find an audiologist right away in San Antonio. I never heard from them after that appointment. What's up with that? So, my mom suggested the place we went to when we had my hearing aid checked. So I headed up to Katy (Houston), (no Thelma and Louise this time :-/) and had an appointment with the audiology place. Day of my appointment, they call my mom canceling the appointment because the person who was to see me was sick. They referred me to Texas E.N.T. Specialists.
They took me in that very day and I met Dr. Suchanova who was an E.N.T.(Ear Nose & Throat) Specialist. A sweet doctor I tell you. It was the best experience I've had with someone who has an interest in hearing loss. I was with her for two hours. One hour consisted of covering my hearing history and my recent hearing loss as well as audiology test. I got an audiologist immediately in that office right away! The next hour was discussing some choices. She referred me to the Texas Ear Center in Houston, Texas,
( http://www.texasearcenter.com/ ) and little did I know I was referred to one of the most highly specialized cochlear implant surgeon in the nation.
I've made a goal of keeping my blogs short and sweet so you can keep coming back each day and read a bit. So I will keep this as to be continued. :-)
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