Hello! I'm little late to the party, I know, but I wanted to express my thanks to Jenny and everyone else who's contributed to this thread. I saw that Jenny was saying she was going to take a step back from having a major role in this thread, but I'm hoping that some of you are still checking up on it!
I first found out about Yeson through Youtube a few weeks ago, and interestingly enough, the first video I happened to watch was Jenny's. I was blown away by the results! I've been post op and living full time for about 8-9 years now, and while most people don't seem to look at me strangely when I speak and my friends and family say my voice is just fine, it has always been a bit of a sticking point for me - I've never quite liked the way my voice sounds. Actually, generally I think it sounds okay to myself, but I'm well aware that what I hear when I talk is very different from what other people hear when I speak, given the way that sound resonates within the skull. I always semi-cringe when I hear my own recorded voice.
In the end, I think SarahR put it best when she said that she just didn't want to have to worry about maintaining her voice all the time. I agree in that I think exercising strict control over your voice at all times affects you in subtle ways, you avoid participating in certain things for fear of slipping. I feel apprehensive when meeting new people, talking on the phone, or, being an avid gamer, talking to people over voice chat when your identity and relationship essentially rides on the sound of your voice.
As it is, I'm hoping to schedule surgery with Yeson in the fall, around October. I was wondering though, has anybody here had the surgery who had previously been living full time and stealth for an extended period of time? How did you explain away the change in the pitch and quality of your voice? With my job there is a relatively high staff turn over rate, and it has been long enough that the number of people who know about my history has dwindled down to a small fraction of the people I consistently work with. Am I going to have to come out all over again?