Both went well, the MRI took way longer than 30 minutes, and I have no idea why. It was definitely boring. Once in awhile I would feel vibrations and banging, but I heard...nothing. So it was very..relaxing, but boring :) That went well, no problems, they handed us the film and off we went to a different hospital for the surgeon consult.
We go to the surgeon consult, he looks at the film, asks about my history and then takes a look at my ears with a microscope. Declares everything fit for a surgery, even for a bilateral (two cochlear implants). Except for one possible problem....
I might hear too well for the insurance companies. A lot of insurance companies go with the medicaid policies, and medicaid says I can't understand more than 40% with my hearing in the better ear, and right now the better ear consists of...both ears :) With both ears, I can hear 57%. So...if my insurance company (not medicaid) doesn't go by that, then we are good to go.
We then met with the surgery scheduler/insurance know it all person for the office. We asked her some questions, etc. I absolutely love her. She's awesome. But she gave us the codes and such we would need to get specific answers from the insurance company. Meanwhile she'll be submitting an official request, etc. She schedule my surgery for July 19th. I'll have my pre-0p appointment on July 15th.
This is awesome and scary. Bilateral implants are scary. When I have the surgery this means that I will have absolutely no hearing left. The implanst basically replaces my ability to hear naturally, and becomes the bionic hearing. Once I get the surgery it'll take 3-5 days to recover, however, my implants will not be activated for six weeks. That means I'll hear absolutely NOTHING for 6 weeks. This is scary for me, coming from the girl who hated having her hearing aids out as a baby. Yeah, I'm also concerned about how it'll affect my job, etc. I've e-mailed my boss about it, and we'll see how it all works out.
So there you have it. As long as insurance works out, I'll be getting two implants July 19th.
Crazy.
