time flies like an arrow
and fruit flies like a banana, but that's neither here nor there. The thing is, one year ago, at exactly this time, I was in the operating room having my second CI implanted. Seems like a good time to reflect, even though I've been posting reflections about this process for a year and a half. But it's still amazing, and probably hard for people who hear normally to comprehend, just how much this technology can bring to the life of someone like me with a profound hearing loss. Two years ago I could sit in meetings at work and confidently assume that I'd miss at least half of what was said. Now I hardly ever miss anything, and when I talk to others, some of them are missing the same things I do. Same at home, my husband continues to be taken aback when I can hear him shouting at sporting events on TV, in the other room, with the door closed. Or hear the cats meow for me to open the door. And of course, once I do, to open it again so they can leave. And once I d