Yeson voice feminization surgery

[lovelyjmi]

Thank you!! It only gets better.. especially mid month 3!! OMFG!

[anjaq]

Thats pretty crazy (y) - how much did he shorten your vocal chords and did he say anything about how long they were pre op?

[lovelyjmi]

not sure.. I have my after op pics .. but I'd have to ask.

[anjaq]

Oh - does he not plan talk about this in the consultation? I know Amy was told her vocal chords are alreday rather short, so they did a shorter suture of less than 1/3, most get 1/3, Jenny hat 1/2 of the length shortened...

[lovelyjmi]

*sigh* again searching for bad things... fine let me rephrase that, "I don't remember what he told me." Dr. Kim and his team are some of the most amazing people in the world, they tell you ever inch and every detail. You have nothing to worry about. I just have very short term memory.

[anjaq]

Nooo - I am not searching for bad things, I was just puzzled for a moment because the other women here were reporting about how much of their vocal chords was shortened and I just assumed that you had the information as well. Sorry for that - I guess I am just a med geek that way. I always keep all the records and examination reports that I can get at any doctor

[lovelyjmi]

Well for me, I just don't care what they did, as long as it worked. It's not like it'll make a difference anyways as everyone is different and gets different things. But, my results speak for themselves! It was a success and I'm more than pleased !

[Wynternight]

What are the exercises you have to do to get the desired results?

[anjaq]

Indeed, Jamie, its the result that counts in the end and you really cannot complain at all - 270 Hz - so amazing.

[Damara]

i'm also curious about the exercises! It seems that they exist but I have no idea in what form they're given.. are they written instruction? DVD? CD?  lol! Sorry if this is a silly question!

[lovelyjmi]

There's a paper, but there's a video too! Funnily enough, some get the paper, and some get the video.. and rarely, get both. Thankfully, most of us have one or the other and we trade around XD! lol!

[ImagineKate]

They have the videos online on their website.

http://www.yesonvc.net/disease/voiceMovie6.asp

[anjaq]

Personally I think that in addition to that - depending if you had voice therapy before - it cannot hurt to do some voice rehab with a real person as well. I think they can give you better feedback than to try doing all of this just with your smartphone
My voice doctor will very likely give me at least 20 hours or voice therapy on insurance (yay) after the VFS, so I can work with that in addition to the exercises. She can then also work on improving my resonance and timbre and speech melody if needed. Plus at least here these sessions are always fun. I usually chat with her half of the time and then we read funny texts or do some singing... I am actually a bit sad that I will have to take a 3 month break of that now, but as I understand it, voice exercises should be done only 3 month post op.

[Nadia-t]

Hello! I have been a secret reader for quite some time, and i also had the op at Yeson november 25th, thanks for all of you ladies who posted on here, without you i wouldn't have gone.
I am just 5 days away from being able to talk but im a bit concerned as i need to start working in Christmas and all the words i say they just sound so bad and hoarse still.
These weeks have been like hell not being able to talk, work or exercise. And i must admit i have whispered at my boyfriend many days, as we live together and find it so slow having to write down everything to communicate.
Could this be the reason (the whispering) im healing so slow and my voice still sounding so badly?

[anjaq]

I read somewhere , I think Jenny said that, that whispering is as bad or worse as just speaking - so maybe it would be better to not whisper but rather speak normally then if it is needed.
I wonder how this is going to be - 4 weeks not speaking... I actually bought a Smartphone now and installed an app for voice disabled people on it - I need to see if this works. One can obviously just type and show but also it can read the text, it also has the option to use and also to stroe new predefined sentences and words. I think it will weird me out to use this and speak with a computer voice like a cyborg

[lovelyjmi]

It is bad, but a few tiny times won't destroy/wreck anything !! You just need to be careful. Believe me, I think none of us followed the rules 100% ... gawd knows I talked a lot more than I should have... and my pitch level max has gotten to "278 Hz". So don't worry about it !

[Nadia-t]

Aww thank you girls <3

Anjaq- I actually downloaded the app "text to speech" and been using it outside in shops etc to order but if its a noisy place u will have to show it to them. Although they freak out a bit and people start asking what happens to my voice, and tell me i should take medicines lol

Lovelyjmi- thanks i feel a bit better now, knowing i wasnt the only one. I will not say a word now until wednesday that i can speak again and hopefully i heal a bit more. Just wish i would get same outstanding results as you !

[anjaq]

Ah. I am still looking for a good app that works better. The one I have now is called "Speech assistant", I believe and it has the option to download a higher quality audio generator and it has buttons for preset words that are customizable. It looks pretty neat. I just need to learn to type faster on this little smartphone screen

[ImagineKate]

I'm so worried lol, I have kids and I have to constantly talk and yell behind them. Going to be interesting when I get the surgery.

[lovelyjmi]

Ahhh you're welcome!! Believe me, it's SO hard not to talk... I mean .. come on.. who doesn't wanna hear their new voice XD? <3 I'm gonna put together a video with Olivia, to explain some new techniques we've come up with to help with recovery <3! Look forward to that!! We want everyone to have fantastic results!! <3