So many forks in the road ahead. I’m a patient at VA, but because staff shortage they referred me to Community Care for my CI evaluation. Assuming that the audiologist recommends a CI then I’ll have to see an ENT and surgeon. Either of those could be with VA or Community Care. And I may or may not have a choice which one. Some surgeons hav a strong preference for a particular manufacturer of CI. So only some of the decisions ahead may or may not be mine. One step at a time. But it’s sure hard to plan for all the eventualities.