Quote from: Roni_Fan on November 25, 2015, 05:12:22 PM
Roni, I am a huge fan of yours! Do you have a Facebook or Instagram account? Thanks!

Haha wow! I can definitely say I never expected anything like this happening. I found your username quite flattering and mildly funny haha. Had to show my bf.

I do have both but they are for private use and so I am not quite comfortable posting them on a public forum. Hope you understand!

Quote from: Dena on November 25, 2015, 07:03:40 PM
Roni, the voice sounds pretty good but I think you will find the pitch will go up a bit more as it continues to heal. It's not a huge improvement but it will make your initial/relaxed voice move to a more comfortable range. As for healing time. i still haven't got my three months results back but Dr Haben responded to the message attached to the samples reminding me that there is a 6 to 12 month for the voice to stabilize. If my pitch continues to rise I might get around the 220 Hz range would would be great for me.

I'll take all the pitch increase I can get! I know I sound pretty high in the recording already, but I don't sound like that out of bed. As I mentioned before, vocal exercises and talking for an extended period of time helps stretch and raise my natural pitch. If my pitch increases a bit further that could benefit me as I won't have to worry about doing vocal exercise if my voice is already high enough.

I'm glad for you Dena that your pitch has continued to rise! I think Dr Haben is right that you still have a few months to see your voice grow and see improvements.

No worries Roni! I totally understand and agree! Can you please though post some recent pics of you? Would love to see them!

Quote from: Roni_Fan on November 30, 2015, 03:07:01 PM
No worries Roni! I totally understand and agree! Can you please though post some recent pics of you? Would love to see them!

As far as recent pics go I've held off on posting pictures online. I think I posted a timeline on ->-bleeped-<- recently but other than that no recent pictures, sorry. Far too many people (especially trans people) were recognizing me in public.

Makes sense! You are a celebrity status now! 

Eh not really haha. Its not that many people, but definitely more than I'd like.

Quote from: Roni on December 01, 2015, 09:55:44 AM
As far as recent pics go I've held off on posting pictures online. I think I posted a timeline on ->-bleeped-<- recently but other than that no recent pictures, sorry. Far too many people (especially trans people) were recognizing me in public.

One big reason I limit my pics... It can get dangerous if too many people know.

I've also not done a "before and after" on purpose because old pics of me I want to be hard to find...
But again this is purely MY preference and not advice to anyone.

Right!

Why dangerous? You can be set and feel free right?

Quote from: Roni_Fan on December 01, 2015, 03:45:32 PM
Why dangerous? You can be set and feel free right?

Where I am from I can be killed for being trans. and yes I have to go back there now and again. So when I go there I'll keep a low profile.

I also try to keep pictures of me off the internet when it comes to trans stuff. Roni, I am not sure I understand, in what way are you famous?

Quote from: anjaq on December 03, 2015, 03:11:41 AM
I also try to keep pictures of me off the internet when it comes to trans stuff. Roni, I am not sure I understand, in what way are you famous?

I am not lol.

Congrats on your official and legal name change Roni!

Quote from: Roni_Fan on December 04, 2015, 03:37:40 PM
Congrats on your official and legal name change Roni!

Eh what? Did you find my Facebook?? Either way, thank you very much.

Hey Roni, is your hoarseness improving? Mine is getting a bit better but still sounds somewhat hoarse...I'm at 11 weeks now.

Quote from: jollyjoy on December 09, 2015, 01:55:25 PM
Hey Roni, is your hoarseness improving? Mine is getting a bit better but still sounds somewhat hoarse...I'm at 11 weeks now.

It's improved but I am definitely still very hoarse lol..

Dr. Haben did tell me the hoarseness can take upto to 3 months to recover....but I think it probably will take even longer for me, and hopefully it will go away and not forever!

I'm only 7 weeks post op so still have another 5 weeks til this hoarseness hopefully goes away.

One thing I have noticed with the surgery: Although my natural pitch is a bit higher and my voice is consistently more female sounding now, I seemed to have lost my lower and upper speaking range. If I try to speak in a low voice like the one I had pre-op, my voice cracks. Same thing happens when I try and speak in a very high pitch. I guess this fact forces me to stay in the natural female speaking range and not go down to my old voice. I still don't know how I feel about losing these ranges though...

Quote from: Roni on December 09, 2015, 10:43:50 PM
I'm only 7 weeks post op so still have another 5 weeks til this hoarseness hopefully goes away.

One thing I have noticed with the surgery: Although my natural pitch is a bit higher and my voice is consistently more female sounding now, I seemed to have lost my lower and upper speaking range. If I try to speak in a low voice like the one I had pre-op, my voice cracks. Same thing happens when I try and speak in a very high pitch. I guess this fact forces me to stay in the natural female speaking range and not go down to my old voice. I still don't know how I feel about losing these ranges though...

That's interesting.  I think the loss of the super low notes happens to a lot of people.  I have read reports of people initially losing their uppermost range and most, if not all, of it coming back over time.  I think that this will be the case with you and that your range will continue to expand with time.  Are you only at 7 weeks?  I thought we were further apart in our recovery.

Quote from: kwala on December 09, 2015, 11:37:12 PM
That's interesting.  I think the loss of the super low notes happens to a lot of people.  I have read reports of people initially losing their uppermost range and most, if not all, of it coming back over time.  I think that this will be the case with you and that your range will continue to expand with time.  Are you only at 7 weeks?  I thought we were further apart in our recovery.

I got my surgery October 13th or 14th, one of those days. I'm basically 8 weeks post op I guess.