Hey all I wanted to take a min and post some of my results for my vocal surgery.
So I am posting a link to my flickr page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27063499@N04/23786939021/in/datetaken/. you can watch videos I have done since surgery and one with me doing leg pressed with my voice before surgery.
I am very happy with the results but I have to warn all you the recovery for me has been long and still going on. I was never prepared for this recovery especially the one month of no talking that Dr. Haben imposed upon me. The isolation was nearly depressing. Simply put the recovery was virtually painless but emotionally a huge challenge.
Add to it that after you start talking your voice is going to be everywhere. It will be good one min and drop out to near silence later. Constantly your throat is filled with flem that messes with your ability to speak reasonably. As it got better I gained more volume but I still lacked control because of the effort to simply maintain that volume.
One thing to note. Prior to surgery I used my nasal passages to get resonance for my best female voice. AFTER vocal surgery you simply talk. There is NO MORE USING NASAL passages.
Simply put after six months finally I am getting volume I would like and consistency. That means I can now play with word inflection. (don't think any of my videos have me doing that).
You might ask was it worth it? HELL YES!!!!!!!!! BEST 7000 dollars I ever spent. Even more dramatic upon you than FFS and SRS. I simply have to stress that like the other surgeries recovery is likely to be very LONG..
For those of you that gave me some insight into the results and helped me to make my decision to get the surgery I give you a huge thank you. It changed my life in so many ways I cant explain...................
Katie
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