I had my hardware removal several weeks ago and things went very smoothly. Not a hitch in anything. I told my surgeon in advance that I would need to have bipolar cautery and he was very accomodating. I instructed the nurses on my remote and how to work it but they ended up just having me use the remote myself when I woke up more. It all worked out fine. The Esteem still works great!
Doing the CT scan afterwards was no big deal either. And on the subject of imaging, my Envoy rep has been in contact with me recently and has given me exciting news...The FDA of Europe has allowed those with the Esteem to have MRIs! Which means the US won't be too far behind. This is such good news!
I have my second adjustment scheduled in June. I'm looking forward to that. I'm hoping to get things tweaked and sounding better for a trip to NYC just a week after the adjustment. I'm still stuck on A2, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm not ok with that. I want more. I want better. My ear feels so full or plugged all the time and I'd love to be able to be in a crowded room and not have the background noise be all my ear tunes in to.
