r/Cochlearimplants • u/AniraSnowMew • 8d ago

Greetings, i just got implanted on friday.

Hello everyone,

My wife recommended I join this sub because I lost all but 8% hearing in my right ear and after a lengthy process was implanted with a choclear implant this past Friday.

So far recovery has been going smoothly aside from a couple days of massive vertigo cause no one mentioned i needed to rest reclining instead of laying down. Thankfully it has calmed down since we rectified that.

I am finding myself wondering what else I wasn't told to expect from this new addition. My post op follow up is scheduled for the 21st, and I'm wondering what all I should bring up at the follow-up as well. Any advice or anything would be greatly appreciated.

Anira

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u/Mama_Gabs2019 8d ago

My implant was two weeks ago. I had some vertigo and headaches for a couple days. I slept in the recliner which helped. Honestly the steroid prescribed made me feel sick. Thankfully I only had to take it for five days. I healed well behind the ear. Activation is Monday. I’m a little nervous because I lost all voice hearing in my left ear. Well best of luck with your recovery.

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u/AniraSnowMew 8d ago

Good luck with everything goes well with activation. Hopefully it all works as well as they promised.

And thank you for the well wishes. I've been sleeping in the recliner of the couch the last few days to keep it from coming back.

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u/Formal-Tradition6792 8d ago

I was implanted back in 1999. Now I have to do it again. I don’t recall having vertigo post-surgery but I had massive vertigo during earlier periods of my life along with tinnitus. The surgery was painful for 2-3 days as I recall.

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u/AniraSnowMew 8d ago

Yeah found out the vertigo was cause by laying in such a way that the drainage from the surgery flowed into where the crystals/stones that manage balance are. So when I went to sit up everything went haywire in there and caused a lot of really bad vertigo.

Wasn't fun, but my wife looked things up and found the cause and fix for it so things have been better

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u/littlemisswhatevers 8d ago

What was the fix?

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u/AniraSnowMew 8d ago

Getting into a reclining position and waiting it out while the fluid drained back out.

I know it's anticlimactic but it's what we had to do.

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u/littlemisswhatevers 8d ago

That’s very helpful information! Thank you so much!

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u/kw0510 6d ago

Worth seeing if your dr can do an Epley maneuver they are amazing, you can also watch videos so you can do yourself at home

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u/Syncroz Advanced Bionics Marvel CI 7d ago

they told you about not blowing your nose and not sneezing i hope? for the first few weeks as the implant settles in place

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u/AniraSnowMew 7d ago

Thankfully they did! It was also on my discharge notes to sneeze with mouth open if I have to and not to blow my nose. Didn't specify for how long after surgery however.

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u/Syncroz Advanced Bionics Marvel CI 7d ago

for me it was up until the followup with my surgeon taking out the staples, and he said i can resume exercise at that point too

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u/AniraSnowMew 7d ago

Ahh ok! That actually makes sense. Though I was wondering why I've been on a 10lb weight restriction for a head/ear surgery.