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Waiting....

I finally have an appointment to meet with the ENT surgeon at Manchester! I only discovered the date of it after emailing and asking Peter to call as it had been a while since I had the scans. I see the surgeon on June 6th and I am finally starting to feel a touch nervous. Facebook has been a great source of information with a host of groups dedicated to people with CIs and those considering them, but it feels so speculative to ask questions within a bubble of a community with such a range of experiences and backgrounds. Before I attend the appointment, I will be drawing up a list of questions to ask the surgeon in order to help reassure me of any decisions made. From what I gather, this is the appointment where I get an official yes or no and the enormity of that is slowly sinking in. I have to think about the immediate implications for my job as a teacher and short term recovery as well as adapting to the CI. I had hoped, somewhat unrealistically and optimistically, that surgery co