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Swine flu jab... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

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Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness When I go the letter to have the Swine flu jab, I originally wasn't going to have the jab done but I went to the docs today for a different reason and they recommended I had t ... Read on »

Nursing a chore... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Every Monday since I got the new button PEG i have to get up early to see the nurse that comes and changes the water in the balloon in the PEG which has to be done due to the ... Read on »

My Pro/Cons and rules for the cochlear implant... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness ProsYou are still deaf without the external part on so you are still part of the deaf world but you just have the beauty of both hearing and deaf worlds.I can listen to musicI ... Read on »

Gloomy days... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The nights are drawing in now an getting dark early, its sooo gloomy, it makes me feel down! But I am much looking forward to seeing and hearing the fireworks and christmas is ... Read on »

knitted character... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Halloween is now over, I look forward to Bonfire Night and hearing all those bangs, whistles and booms of the fireworks!The nurse is coming over tomorrow to change the water i ... Read on »

Update on the new PEG... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I have come alone well with the new PEG (picture in the last blog) although I still haven't got acustomed to using the tube that you connect to the PEG to flush water through ... Read on »

The difference in PEGs... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The difference in peg change!The one I had from May 2007 to the one I had changed in October 2009It was worth it hence the pain. Its a different peg though so Im still gett ... Read on »

THE Newcastle PEG part two! by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness After my parents had something to eat, we went on to the next section of the day which was going to the ward where they were going to do my PEG change. Yet more endless corri ... Read on »

The Newcastle PEG part one... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness It's been a looooooooong 2 days!We traveled to Newcastle yesterday and stayed over night at a travel lodge hotel. Not that the bed was comfy, it was solid that I couldn't slee ... Read on »

Newcastle awaits... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I'm all set for going up to Newcastle and not really looking forward to it but it will be good to get it over and done with! I'm not overly sure what will happen when I get to ... Read on »

Not long now... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness There's just a week on Tuesday to my PEG change procedure at Newcastle, I'm still not sure what to expect on the day. All i know is that on the morning I'm going to see the P ... Read on »

insomnia... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I've been having some trouble sleeping, the last few nightsI've only managed to close my eyes but not actually sleep... I had a bout of insomnia when I was in hospital too an ... Read on »

My opinion on a CI YouTube video... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness My brother told me about a video on youtube and told me to watch it all so i did... This is the videoWhile watching it, i felt a bit angry but then I watched it to the end an ... Read on »

Confusion... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness WHY can't hospitals communicate?? Today I got upset over the fact I might have to have a camera down my throat to take the PEG out but the dietican has told me that wont happe ... Read on »

Groundhog Day... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I've been feeling somewhat out of it the last week or so... like somethings different and I don't like it. I'm not doing much at the moment and im lying in late every day, pr ... Read on »

The date...! by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I have finally got the date for the PEG procedure. FINALLY! It's on 20th October so i don't have too long to wait. We will have to arrange to stay over the day before in Newc ... Read on »

It's all happening... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness It is! woohooThe PEG nurse in Newcastle has been brilliant compared to the bradford one. She's helped us with everything!we needed to know about PEGS! She has sent us the appo ... Read on »

Leafets... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I got some leaflets from Newcastle about the PEGS i.e the one I have at the moment and the one I plan to get so I've been reading through them today. It all seems normal to me ... Read on »

Finally... by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness We are getting somewhere with the peg situation! Mum has been talking endlessly to Newcastle nurses since Huddersfield or Halifiax dont do the button peg procedure (dont ask ... Read on »

Can it get any worse...? by groovychik007 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The peg situation isn't getting any better.. now it seems to be getting worse what with the skin around my peg :SI found out when i was researching PEGS online yesterday that ... Read on »

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