It's such a shame the VNS didn't work for you when you had just had quite some hope before the op. Just out of interest, did you know you had vocal cord damage (I'm guessing from the thyroidectomy?) directly afterwards or did you only find out from a test? I never had a follow-up test which I thought I was meant to have but then I never detected any change in my voice, just my brain cell count ;)
I totally suck at replying to comments these days, but I really wanted to make sure I answered yours. So I'm sitting here looking at the icon you used and thinking... poor Gale and his almost flat ass. But even though he can't fill out his jeans in back the way Randy can, he's still fucking hot. LOL
My vocal cord damage is believed to be from my thyroidectomy. We'll probably never know for sure, but there's really nothing else that could have caused it, and apparently it's a very common injury to have as a result of thyroid surgery. I had no idea that I had any vocal cord damage until last December, when I had my pre-op appt with my surgeon. He used some kind of scope to look at my vocal cords and told me the ones on the right side weren't moving - at all.
I initially didn't remember having had any change in my voice after the thyroidectomy either, but after thinking about it, remembered that it was after that surgery that I couldn't really sing anymore. I'd been in choir in high school and stuff and had a halfway decent voice, but suddenly there was no power behind it anymore if I tried to sing. There was never a change in my speaking voice. Apparently all of that is pretty normal. My thyroid doc wasn't even the tiniest bit surprised when I told him.
I've never heard of them routinely checking the vocal cords after a thyroidectomy - though I have heard of professional singers having it done - but I'm sure it could be done for anyone if requested. It's a pretty easy procedure. But based on what I know now, I'd say if you can still sing the way you did before the surgery (doesn't matter if you're in key or not - it's the strength behind it), you probably don't have anything to worry about.
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Date: Thursday, October 26th, 2006 06:27 am (UTC)My vocal cord damage is believed to be from my thyroidectomy. We'll probably never know for sure, but there's really nothing else that could have caused it, and apparently it's a very common injury to have as a result of thyroid surgery. I had no idea that I had any vocal cord damage until last December, when I had my pre-op appt with my surgeon. He used some kind of scope to look at my vocal cords and told me the ones on the right side weren't moving - at all.
I initially didn't remember having had any change in my voice after the thyroidectomy either, but after thinking about it, remembered that it was after that surgery that I couldn't really sing anymore. I'd been in choir in high school and stuff and had a halfway decent voice, but suddenly there was no power behind it anymore if I tried to sing. There was never a change in my speaking voice. Apparently all of that is pretty normal. My thyroid doc wasn't even the tiniest bit surprised when I told him.
I've never heard of them routinely checking the vocal cords after a thyroidectomy - though I have heard of professional singers having it done - but I'm sure it could be done for anyone if requested. It's a pretty easy procedure. But based on what I know now, I'd say if you can still sing the way you did before the surgery (doesn't matter if you're in key or not - it's the strength behind it), you probably don't have anything to worry about.