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Hi everyone, first off, thank you for all your great posts in regards

to matthew and family. Even though i have family, and my wifes,

sometimes they just cant relate to all that matthew has gone through

regarding his deafness, and when i read all these supportive posts

everyone has sent, i felt so comforted, and it struck me, i have

never met any of you but yet i feel like their is some kind of bond,

commraderie, whatever you may call it, you guys feel like family!!!

Matt and mom are home today and he is recovering with great

speed...he improves by the hour....its amazing. He is up and about

and becoming the regular matthew! He hardly has any pain and his

incision is barely noticeable. The nausea is gone and he basically

gets dizzy and we were told to expect that. I warned him he may have

a weird taste in his mouth but he is thankful he hasnt experienced

that yet. I pray and pray and pray we will have no complications

during the turn on visit which is in 3 weeks. These past 4 months

were tough, i was the chosen " device picker " and i presented the

devices to wife and son and they said we will trust whatever I

pick...arrgghhh...that device choice process almost grinded me to

dust as you all know. I finally can take a deep breath and feel

relaxed with that burden behind us. I know i have said this before

but you people have no idea how much of your strength and knowledge i

absorbed in order to get this whole process moving. Thank you

everyone on all the and boards....even though you are

all in cyberspace you have built something great and powerful...and

what you built was of great help to me and my family. A Job well done.

The Budnicks

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Yep, some great folks here. I've met some and would sure like to meet

more of them face to face. Call it an extended family. Glad to hear Matt

is recovering well.

*---* *---* *---* *---* *---*

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of

nothing.

& Dreamer Doll (Guide Dawggie)

Newport, Oregon

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You, your wife, and your whole family are in for some excitement

over the next few years. Please also join the Nucleus Forum and also come

chat on http://www.hearingexchange.com/chat/chat2.htm

There are lots of good people around who are very supportive and we all

learn from each other.

Also, if you can, put President's Weekend on your calendar to come to the

Cochlear Celebration. This year was the first event (held at DisneyWorld in

Orlando, FL) and it was so well received [over 1,100 people (Nucleus

recipients and their families) attended]. It was then decided to make it an

annual event. We are all breathlessly waiting to hear where next year's

will be held.

Can't wait to hear how is doing after his activation.

Happy Hearing!

Carol

Boca Raton, FL

N24C left ear -12/11/01

N Freedom- right ear- implanted 3/01/06 activated 4/6/06

matthew update

Hi everyone, first off, thank you for all your great posts in regards

to matthew and family. Even though i have family, and my wifes,

sometimes they just cant relate to all that matthew has gone through

regarding his deafness, and when i read all these supportive posts

everyone has sent, i felt so comforted, and it struck me, i have

never met any of you but yet i feel like their is some kind of bond,

commraderie, whatever you may call it, you guys feel like family!!!

Matt and mom are home today and he is recovering with great

speed...he improves by the hour....its amazing. He is up and about

and becoming the regular matthew! He hardly has any pain and his

incision is barely noticeable. The nausea is gone and he basically

gets dizzy and we were told to expect that. I warned him he may have

a weird taste in his mouth but he is thankful he hasnt experienced

that yet. I pray and pray and pray we will have no complications

during the turn on visit which is in 3 weeks. These past 4 months

were tough, i was the chosen " device picker " and i presented the

devices to wife and son and they said we will trust whatever I

pick...arrgghhh...that device choice process almost grinded me to

dust as you all know. I finally can take a deep breath and feel

relaxed with that burden behind us. I know i have said this before

but you people have no idea how much of your strength and knowledge i

absorbed in order to get this whole process moving. Thank you

everyone on all the and boards....even though you are

all in cyberspace you have built something great and powerful...and

what you built was of great help to me and my family. A Job well done.

The Budnicks

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I've just joined it Ted. Here is the link where you can sign up:

http://www.cochlear.com/Community/595.asp

There are fewer messages than on here but everyone is so friendly and I've

had some people write to me off list.

I joined the Americas one - I'm not sure if they have a separate group for

Australia. Have you joined any group in Australia at all? There doesn't

seem to be much of an internet presence for CI'ers there.

Severe/profoundly deaf since birth

Lost residual hearing October 2005

Approved for CI March 2006

Surgery 9th June 2006

Activation 29th June 2006

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From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

Ted F.

Sent: Wednesday, 10 May 2006 3:01 PM

Subject: Re: matthew update

Hello Carol

What is the Nucleus group/forum, called, please?

Ted F.

> Please also join the Nucleus Forum and also come

> chat on http://www.hearingexchange.com/chat/chat2.htm

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Thanks for the URL, . But I dont think I will bother joining

it. I dont like putting my snail-mail address on internet forms, it

shouldnt be neccessary. Also, I cant handle large volumes of email

and couldnt see another option. Thats why I read at the

website and reply from there. is the only C.I. related group

that I belong to. I dont know if there are any in Oz. Are you

receiving the Mater Newsletter?

Ted F.

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> I've just joined it Ted. Here is the link where you can sign up:

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> http://www.cochlear.com/Community/595.asp

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> There are fewer messages than on here but everyone is so friendly

> and I've had some people write to me off list.

>

> I joined the Americas one - I'm not sure if they have a separate

> group for Australia. Have you joined any group in Australia at

> all? There doesn't seem to be much of an internet presence for

> CI'ers there.

>

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>

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>

>

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Congratulations on getting over the scariest part! I'm glad to hear that

is doing well. Aren't kids amazing?

The rest is downhill from here. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of

hard work ahead of you, and nothing is easy where our children are

concerned, but believe it or not, when he starts to really hear and

understand, the work will be easy and fun. Just yesterday my daughter

had therapy and she was doing so well, that my therapist just kept going

to see what else she could do. It was amazing! Before the implant our

sessions were usually frustrating and didn't usually go well. But now

it was very exciting to see the look of complete comprehension and

satisfaction on my daughter's face and to know that she really is making

progress. In February of last year our speech therapist and audiologist

sat us down and said that we pretty much, at that point had two options;

either a CI or sign language. Our daughter simply wasn't making the

progress she needed to make to be able to be mainstreamed. She didn't

have enough access to sound with her hearing aids. We were horrified,

scared and depressed and didn't want either option. But now, going on

six months post activation, we can't believe we waited so long for the

implant and are so glad that the technology exists! So relax dad, and

get ready for activation day and the weeks to follow. You can quit

worrying now and know that you made the right decision and that your son

will thrive. You did great through all of this, and the times ahead

will be so gratifying for you and of course your son!

Good luck on activation day. And of course keep us posted on

everything!

W.

________________________________

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf

Of robertbudder

Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 2:46 PM

Subject: matthew update

Hi everyone, first off, thank you for all your great posts in regards

to matthew and family. Even though i have family, and my wifes,

sometimes they just cant relate to all that matthew has gone through

regarding his deafness, and when i read all these supportive posts

everyone has sent, i felt so comforted, and it struck me, i have

never met any of you but yet i feel like their is some kind of bond,

commraderie, whatever you may call it, you guys feel like family!!!

Matt and mom are home today and he is recovering with great

speed...he improves by the hour....its amazing. He is up and about

and becoming the regular matthew! He hardly has any pain and his

incision is barely noticeable. The nausea is gone and he basically

gets dizzy and we were told to expect that. I warned him he may have

a weird taste in his mouth but he is thankful he hasnt experienced

that yet. I pray and pray and pray we will have no complications

during the turn on visit which is in 3 weeks. These past 4 months

were tough, i was the chosen " device picker " and i presented the

devices to wife and son and they said we will trust whatever I

pick...arrgghhh...that device choice process almost grinded me to

dust as you all know. I finally can take a deep breath and feel

relaxed with that burden behind us. I know i have said this before

but you people have no idea how much of your strength and knowledge i

absorbed in order to get this whole process moving. Thank you

everyone on all the and boards....even though you are

all in cyberspace you have built something great and powerful...and

what you built was of great help to me and my family. A Job well done.

The Budnicks

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