Quote from: abbyt89 on April 04, 2014, 01:34:30 AM
Heya

Long time no see! Sorry about my hiatus - but here's a video to update you guys



Sarah - you sound FANTASTIC!! Like my gosh you have to be so thrilled! I am so happy for you!

Congrats!
Your voice sounds so happy.

barbie~~

Quote from: inspire on May 02, 2014, 12:28:48 AM
Hey I am scheduled for mine on May21st. I wIll be getting to Seoul the 18th. I am travelling by myself. Let me know if any of you got something scheduled around that time. It be awesome to get together.

Your trip us coming soon!! I wish you good luck on your operation. How long are you staying there?

So I just got back from South Korea. The surgery went well. Had the botox shot. Since then I have had sore throat n runny nose and been coughing a bit. I am not sure whats wrong. I do sound hoarse. You guys have any feedback. Botox side effects?

I am 10 days post op.

~Riya

Quote from: Jmtl on May 16, 2014, 11:48:31 AM
Your trip us coming soon!! I wish you good luck on your operation. How long are you staying there?

Sorry was not here that much. I was there 10 days. Got back 2 days back. It was really an awesome trip. There were three of us who connected there. We had such a fun time

Quote from: inspire on May 29, 2014, 04:38:21 PM
Sorry was not here that much. I was there 10 days. Got back 2 days back. It was really an awesome trip. There were three of us who connected there. We had such a fun time

Hey inspire!!! Wow!! Welcome back!! And Im so happy that your surgery went well, i wish you a fast recovery now. I cant wait to go seoul, im leaving this weekend. i have a question, with the immigration did u show anything so that they know that you cant talk??

Quote from: Jmtl on May 29, 2014, 05:35:55 PM

Hey inspire!!! Wow!! Welcome back!! And Im so happy that your surgery went well, i wish you a fast recovery now. I cant wait to go seoul, im leaving this weekend. i have a question, with the immigration did u show anything so that they know that you cant talk??

Well Yeson gave me flash card stating I cant talk. So they gave me a paper to write my responses down. it was not that bad at all. If you want I can help you connect with another girl from the US. She will be staying in Korea for a month. If you want to go out and explore the town with if you want to.

Quote from: inspire on May 29, 2014, 05:49:10 PM
Well Yeson gave me flash card stating I cant talk. So they gave me a paper to write my responses down. it was not that bad at all. If you want I can help you connect with another girl from the US. She will be staying in Korea for a month. If you want to go out and explore the town with if you want to.

Oh i see! ok that would be great! Thank you! What part of usa you from ?

Quote from: Jmtl on May 29, 2014, 08:12:12 PM
Oh i see! ok that would be great! Thank you! What part of usa you from ?

San Fransisco..text me on here will send  u her email id xoxo

Nice to hear of your good surgery, *inspire and your upcoming surgery *Jmtl - it interesting there is such a boom nowadays. My voice therapist gets asked by more and more clients about Dr Kim already. I hope you will share your experiences and results with us later on? Did you two have practiced the voice or used a feminized voice a long time before the surgery?

Quote from: anjaq on May 30, 2014, 04:44:32 AM
Nice to hear of your good surgery, *inspire and your upcoming surgery *Jmtl - it interesting there is such a boom nowadays. My voice therapist gets asked by more and more clients about Dr Kim already. I hope you will share your experiences and results with us later on? Did you two have practiced the voice or used a feminized voice a long time before the surgery?

Hey anjaq! Thank you!! Yah i have been using my female voice since when i was younger, i started transition when i was 13 yrs old back in the philippines.  But over the time my voice changed a bit deeper. And at times with family and closed friends, i will tend to use my normal voice. But speaking in public and with boys lol i will use my head voice. For me, i only have 3 voices that i can shift, the normal, head, falsetto which is very mickey mouse. So i was reading some of the threads here and they know very well about the resonance etc. But for me, i dont know about it. And yah, would love to do samples here but, im not sure how to do it by phone. Vocaroo seems to work only on desktop. But i will try my best. Its a big help for the girls that have the same situation about me.

Xoxo J

It's been about 6 months or so since my last voice update. I'm at about 9 months post-op with the voice surgery and it's made a really positive impact on my life. If I do think about it it's always a positive thing in that I'm just super happy with how it sounds and how it's removed any apprehension with talking. I haven't been sir'ed at all (although I haven't been sir'ed anyways for a long time, even before voice surgery). I would say that my voice stabilized around month 5 or something. Since then I haven't noticed too much change overall, if anything maybe just minor strength improvements. I did a quick test and it seems as though my normal voice is still around the 190-215Hz range on average, although it varies widely throughout normal speech, probably between 170Hz up to 300Hz, as well as varying depending on who I'm talking to. I used to have an absolute maximum peak frequency of 700Hz, whereas now it's easy to get up into the 800s, 900s, and even into 1kHz. I also tested my lowest range and it seems that I can get down to 135Hz with some difficulty.

I hope everyone is doing well, and that others are benefiting from the procedure at Yeson.

Oh wow! Can really hear that you've regained the power in your voice Sounding good, Sarah

Thank you for the update


-MegC

Voice sounds incredible, Sarah!! Thanks for the update!

That reminds me, its been sooo long since I have done one too.

@JennyGirl: yes, it has been way too long since you did note *Hint hint*

Quote from: inspire on May 29, 2014, 04:35:28 PM
So I just got back from South Korea. The surgery went well. Had the botox shot. Since then I have had sore throat n runny nose and been coughing a bit. I am not sure whats wrong. I do sound hoarse. You guys have any feedback. Botox side effects?

I am 10 days post op.

~Riya

Hi Riya,  I also had the Botox injection and will be at my four week mark on the 17th so I can talk again.  I didn't have the runny nose, but my throat hurt and my voice was extremely weak and hoarse.  It probably took me at least two and a half weeks before the soreness went away, it comes back on occasions but is getting progressively better with time.  My voice is still pretty weak and hoarse but that is improving also, I would say it is about twice as good as it was to begin with.  If I remember right Dr. Kim told me that it would probably be hoarse and weak for the first three months, but the pitch would start to rise dramaticly somewhere between two to four months.  I hope this helps answer some questions you may have and help alleviate any concerns also.
Best wishes,  Amy

Sounding good Sarah and I totally get that your are phasing out the trans-stuff. In the end that always happens, it seems. Once I had all done that I thought I needed, I was off the map for 10 years or more. Now I am back here but I guess if I get everything sorted out that brought me here, I will eventually again withdraw as well.
Your voice sounds great. Did you regain most of your pre op strength and volume back? Do you have any roughness or do you have to cough or clear your throat more often? How is it about screaming or shouting - are you allowed to do that and does it come out right (loud and at a high pitch)? You are one of the few who are that far ahead in the healing, so I wanted to ask you this

Thanks for the updates.

Thanks everyone, I'm glad it still sounds good to others as well

Anja, I would say I've pretty much gained all strength and volume back. I don't ever notice any issues with being able to talk over loud noises or anything. When I do have to talk over noise I think I do it both with volume as well as frequency now too. I can't say that I notice any roughness in my voice either for the most part...maybe after late nights or parties, where it's generally rougher and such anyways. I would suspect I would be focusing on my voice more if I did, and since that's not the case then it serves as a good indicator of just how much it's settled into place. As for screaming and shouting, I think the best test would be to go on a roller coaster or something to see how it comes out when I'm screaming my lungs out I haven't had a chance yet, but I think the few times that I have had to shout it comes out good. I would say I actually have to cough or clear my throat less often now, since I used to always do it before talking to kind of stabilize my voice and get it into the right pitch. Now I don't do that, so I only cough or clear my throat when it's necessary.

Seeing as how there's been a complete reduction of me thinking about my voice or letting it stop me from engaging in conversation, I'd say it's a success!

Sounds perfect indeed, Sarah. I am happy for you. I do that thing too - coughing to get the voice ready for speaking - and also the increase in pitch to get over loud noises - although for me it increases strain on the voice I guess. Great that the strength came back, that is a good news. Not thinking about it - that is the real goal there and if you have that, its perfect (y)

We'll see - given that this stuff does not leave my mind, probably the only way to get it out is to just go for it and hopefully after my next ENT examination it will look better and I can try again to ask Dr Kim if he would give me a better chance now. If this is so and if I get some good impressions of meeting someone who was at yesons in person, I will probably aim for February. Does anyone know how long the waiting list is at this time - with all the girls flocking to go there...

hi girls! i booked 14 oct , and will be in korea from 13 oct to 22 oct, im from russia, 28 yo . it will be great to spend time in seoul these days with sisters from other countries! please email me .

Hi samira. Good luck with all of this. If you would like, it would be great if you would do some recordings of your pre op trained and untreined voice and do the same post op. Maybe also in Russian, so people from your country can have an inspiration too . Thanks