First CI Surgery on Thursday!

[Guest guest]

I am a 28 year old SWF with postlingual deafness. I can still hear some

sound but conversation and communication is an everyday struggle. My

surgery is scheduled for next Thursday for one cochlear implant on my

left side. I am having a lot of anxiety today. Not so much for the

surgery but about how it is going to sound when I get hooked up. The

more I read the more I am understanding that it is not going to be an

easy year for me. I'm tired of being frustrated and held back by my

hearing loss but at the same time I don't know if the CI is something

that will really help me as much as I was thinking initially. I still

have my speech and most people don't even know how deaf I really am.

Any advice?