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Silence
If you were to know me in "real life" you would know that I am a talker. I can talk to anybody at any time at any place on any subject for an extended period of time. I talk to strangers, friends, family, pets, stranger pets. Get the picture?
For the past five or six years I've been challenged two or three times a year from laryngitis. It occurs when I have a cold. I get a sore throat for 24 hours or less and then suffer from laryngitis for three to four weeks after. Zero voice for two weeks and then strengthening voice for one to two more weeks. It is a challenge, no a real struggle to be quiet. I usually just plow ahead and talk until I can't even squeak.
I'm beginning to think that may have been a bad plan.
In August I got Strep Throat. I think it's the first time in my life that I've had it, certainly I don't remember ever having it. My tongue/throat felt "funny", but I just assumed it was a normal part of Strep. After ten days of Amoxicillin, I caught a cold. Sure enough regular sore throat followed by three weeks of laryngitis. But my tongue/throat still felt funny. Clinic visit - thrush - ten days of Nystatin. Still driving me nuts. Six days of steroid treatment. No relief.
I finally went back to the Dr yesterday with a printed diagram of the tongue/throat area. I marked the places on it that I think I feel "something". She said well, maybe it's nodules on your vocal cords. You do still sound a little hoarse. Yes, I said, and I can't sing. Yep, she said, probably your vocal cords.
So now I'm off to the ENT in November (earliest available appt). In the meantime, I can't even attempt to sing, no yelling, and talk as little as possible.
As with most things in life, it takes a hammer to really get my attention and my voice now has my attention. I get hoarse if I talk too long, so I'm really trying to stay quiet.
As we head into Thanksgiving.
And Christmas.
If you think of it, please pray that I'll shut my mouth AND that I won't have to have surgery.
Oh, and don't call me... 😉
For the past five or six years I've been challenged two or three times a year from laryngitis. It occurs when I have a cold. I get a sore throat for 24 hours or less and then suffer from laryngitis for three to four weeks after. Zero voice for two weeks and then strengthening voice for one to two more weeks. It is a challenge, no a real struggle to be quiet. I usually just plow ahead and talk until I can't even squeak.
I'm beginning to think that may have been a bad plan.
In August I got Strep Throat. I think it's the first time in my life that I've had it, certainly I don't remember ever having it. My tongue/throat felt "funny", but I just assumed it was a normal part of Strep. After ten days of Amoxicillin, I caught a cold. Sure enough regular sore throat followed by three weeks of laryngitis. But my tongue/throat still felt funny. Clinic visit - thrush - ten days of Nystatin. Still driving me nuts. Six days of steroid treatment. No relief.
I finally went back to the Dr yesterday with a printed diagram of the tongue/throat area. I marked the places on it that I think I feel "something". She said well, maybe it's nodules on your vocal cords. You do still sound a little hoarse. Yes, I said, and I can't sing. Yep, she said, probably your vocal cords.
So now I'm off to the ENT in November (earliest available appt). In the meantime, I can't even attempt to sing, no yelling, and talk as little as possible.
As with most things in life, it takes a hammer to really get my attention and my voice now has my attention. I get hoarse if I talk too long, so I'm really trying to stay quiet.
As we head into Thanksgiving.
And Christmas.
If you think of it, please pray that I'll shut my mouth AND that I won't have to have surgery.
Oh, and don't call me... 😉
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