The Big Jump

On Friday I went to a football game and the loud sounds of the game and crowd cheering was awesome! It wasn't at all overwhelming and actually, I much preferred the way everything sounded in my right ear vs my left. It was great fun just to be there and soak it all in! (And my old high school team won, making it even sweeter!)

Today I turned up the Esteem. I have to admit that the remote seems to stump me sometimes. I think I may end up wearing out the batteries just playing around with it, trying to figure the darn thing out, lol! So I was on A 5 all last week, and today I planned to adjust to B 1. Well, when I finally figured out how to get the remote to program the implant to B 1 (really not that difficult, I know!) I was surprised to find that it was too quiet for me. So I turned it up to B 2, but same thing, too quiet. B 3 was next and it was better, like A 5 but different sound quality. Actually, I'm not sure I'm going to like the B profile much because the sound quality seems subdued. I then tried B 4, and even though it didn't cause feedback issues, I went back to B 3 because loud sounds (vacuum, kitchen timers, doors shutting, etc) made a bit of an impact on my ear. A little more ringing in the ear afterwards, so I don't want to make my ear worse by making the sounds too loud too fast. I think I'll try out B 3 at work tomorrow and if it goes well, I'll bump it up to B 4 for the rest of the week. Who knows, maybe I'll even get gutsy and try B 5 before the weekend!
Feeling pretty good about B level and thinking I might be in the C's by next next if all goes well! Wondering if this means I could be getting my next adjustment appointment with Envoy that much sooner? That's my theory anyway!

Still taking Zyrtec D for ear fluid, I think it's helping. I am still seeing (tasting?) improvement with my tongue and taste issues. I guess I would say that taste has gone up to about 35-40%. But I still have a metallic taste on the right side of my tongue too.
Tinnitus...check. Some days worse than others.
The spot on my scalp that used to be completely numb is now an achy, itchy, decreased sensation area. Laying on my right side causes this area to throb some now, but instead of letting it upset me, I'm kind of excited because to me it means I'm finally getting feeling back and when I scratch at an itch, it actually relieves it! So keep healing, scalp, and throb away!