First Week at College - DONE!

I just finished my first week in A2 course at college... It was quite satisfying although my friends had left the course to move onto BTEC courses due to their results from AS... So I was quite lonely for a week there but I did manage to catch up with some of my friends and I stayed with my assistant because her car broke down over the summer holidays as she's usually home during breaks.

Great news about college though! Last year, I was the only deaf student for a short period of time at the college (there used to be two of us, but she left her catering course to concentrate on her football career), until now! I was called into the canteen by a hearing practitioner to meet two new students, and I felt no longer alone. I got to know to them, about their courses and we talked about friends who we both might know. One's doing Engineering and the other is doing Health & Social Care. I felt better because before I came to the college, I was in a school with a department for support so I had a lot of deaf friends there whom I hung out with everyday, then I came to college and the atmosphere was suddenly different so I had to adapt to that. Even though there are new students in college this year, I'm still surrounded by hearing people in my course, but I'm already used to it because I already knew people in my groups and my tutors are the same from last year (except Art as my tutor left last year!), so I will be fine. Even better that I still have the same assistant, she's a fantastic person to have, we're both similar so we tend to mess about!

Nothing's changed about my cochlear implants, I think I'm actually at the point where I am very much used to them now. It's funny how you compare the past and now on your journey of bilateral implants. At the beginning, I remember getting painful headaches and increased tiredness and now I'm much better where I am. I hardly get any headaches anymore, and I feel more confident with two implants than one as I'm beginning to recognise where sounds are coming from. I'm really proud of myself on the decision of having a second implant, and I think it's a BIG worth it! I'd definitely recommend it but everyone's different so not everyone will have the same results.

Ta-ra!

Countdown to A2

I hope you guys are having a great time over the holidays or had a good holiday if you've already returned to school/college/work!

I'm still on my holidays, counting 11 days until I start college again for A2 year. Honestly, I am rather bored myself and I would like to go back to college already!
I've got my results back for the AS and I'm rather pleased with it as I achieved full marks in Photography, and a B in Fine Art which I am very satisfied with, but since I unfortunately got an E in Business I am resitting. I was surprised though, as the second unit in Business I got an U which I did not expect at all and got a C in the first unit so it kind of saved me there. I do quite enjoy Business but it's not something I truly enjoy like Photography and Art. But I find Business to be extremely helpful to me as I wanted to learn how a business works so I would have basic knowledge when I go into work.

Over the summer holidays, I've been pretty much travelling to Nottingham to stay over at my boyfriend's, and few day outs with friends, especially to London with one of my close friends, it was fantastic although it was 27 degrees! Also, I went camping with old friends from London and went a bit of shopping.
Apart from that, I've managed to complete my college work which I'm finally relieved about.

I've noticed that I am getting used to the second implant as the headaches seemed to have gone away but I do get tired at the end of the day. I think this can also go away in few years' time once I get used to the implant... Hopefully!