How can 9-months have passed already? I remember reading other blogs, and reading
that they were at this point in their post-surgery recovery and just thought it
was an eternity away. Here I am.
For the most part I really feel that my voice gains strength
every week. I can raise my voice, talk
on the phone, and speak to others with no problems. I have noticed that occasionally someone has trouble
understanding me, this is mostly due to the fact that I am soft-spoken. I was this way years ago, pre-SD, so this did
not suddenly come on after surgery.
I still use my voice amplifier when I teach and just find
that after lecturing for a while my voice is not as clear, though last night I
lectured for 2 hours without the amplifier and was fine. I never use the voice amplifier at home and
teach a class at church on Sunday’s, I do not use it there either.
Several weeks ago, with all the trees in bloom, I noticed
thought I might have a sinus infection.
I took some Claritin-D, which definitely cleared my head and nose but
made my voice horrible!! I thought the
connection was rather weird so I tried it again the next day and had the same
thing happened, my voice was horrible- it weak with no volume. I am amazed that a drug like that could have
such an effect on my voice. I did not
take the Claritin after that and my voice went back to normal. I realized after this, that so many of the
OTC drugs can change our voice; we often do not pay attention to the effects
many of these things have on our voice and our body.
I still have a noticeable scar on my neck. I’m sure it will take several years for this
to fade away. You can see in the picture below that the scar still shows but it doesn't bother me at all, some people (like
me) just scar easier or they seem to take forever to heal. I have never tried to cover this up.
I am thrilled with my progress post SLAD-R surgery and hope
that if you are reading this and considering having it done that this will help
you go forth with life-changing surgery!
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