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| Thank you Alisha & PCOS Chick for bringing my buttons to life. :-) |
Disclaimer: I’m on pain meds. This could be kind of a cluster.
I’m home from the hospital. My left, and most offending, vocal cord has been scraped and shaved, and I am at the beginning of a two to three week voice rest. I had such nerves about the surgery yesterday. It’s not in my nature to be negative from the start, but for several looong hours yesterday, I was pretty sure this was going to be a expectational flop.
I won’t know what kind of sound improvement I am going to experience for several weeks. First, I’ll need to wait out all the voice rest, and then it will most likely take a couple more weeks for the healing to complete to hear the full and true results.
Buuuut…
Surgery has created some drainage that has caused me to cough a few times. My cough already sounds different! Still strained and whispery, but with tiny little hints of femininity!!!!! My voice has been so low and so masculine and so monotone for such a long time that the moment I heard my cough, I nearly cried.
My negativity from yesterday has been replaced with juvenile and enthusiastic optimism, and It.Feels.Amazing.
I’m very rarely grossed out, so my squeamish meter is probably not as fine tuned as it is for some. I have a before and after shot of my left cord, but didn’t want to place it right smack dab on this post. If you are at all interested in seeing the improvements, CLICK HERE. I am fascinated by, and grateful for modern medicine.
And finally, thank you to everyone who has texted, e-mailed, tweeted, and Facebooked wishing me well. I most likely didn’t respond to everyone as I was riding the anesthesia train, but thank you, thank you, and thank you again. I really, REALLY appreciate it.
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Love your button! I'm crossing my fingers that this does the trick for you!
huzzahh! i <3 the button, and the picture didnt gross me out at all! im so glad you are already noticing a little difference … but i absolutely cannot imagine not speaking for that long! i told my students how one of my friends is not going to be able to speak for a month, no whispering, nothing, and i stunned them into silence (for once!) so thanks to your story i had a moment of silence in an otherwise crazy day!! gracias!xoxo
It looks like the Cindy Crawford of vocal cords on the left!!! A little nip, a little tuck. We all need it as we age… Let's toast to her! Clink! And here's to hoping for another super model on the other side! I vote Gisele! Clink!
So glad it went well!!
So glad to hear things went well! Cannot wait to hear what you voice sounds like when you can talk again! Buttons look wonderful too, glad I could help!