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reynardoSince coming back from Melbourne a couple of months back, I've had the gravelly voice that only Rod Stewart's mother could love. From time to time it's been dying completely, which is no good if you work in a call centre, as I do.
The specialist my doctor recommended didn't have an appointment for three weeks, so I found another one in the yellow pages. He stuck the nasty tasting liquid in my nose (which ran down my throat and felt ghastly) then stuck the camera down there - then he told me that I have a nodule on my vocal cord (with atypical keratosis), and it's going to need to come off. But he quoted me a fortune for the operation, most of which I wouldn't be getting back on my medical benefits.
So I rang around the specialists (again) and got an appointment for one today whose operating fees *are* covered by my fund. He stuck the nasty tasting liquid in my nose (which ran down my throat and felt ghastly), then stuck the camera down there and said "There's no nodule. Your vocal cords are fine."
What the????????
The voice is still gravelly - he says I need to rest it for a bit and can I move around at work so I don't have to talk all the time (I wish). So the leave that I'd set up from Wednesday 13th to Sunday 24th is still happening, but at least I won't have to face the knife. The main cause is the reflux, so it's diet-and-exercise-and-sleeping-at-an-angle for a while. Hey, I can cope with that.
Now of course, this guy could be wrong, instead of the other one. But we'll know if in four weeks my voice hasn't gone back to normal. In which case it'll be off to a new specialist and a third opinion. *sigh*
The specialist my doctor recommended didn't have an appointment for three weeks, so I found another one in the yellow pages. He stuck the nasty tasting liquid in my nose (which ran down my throat and felt ghastly) then stuck the camera down there - then he told me that I have a nodule on my vocal cord (with atypical keratosis), and it's going to need to come off. But he quoted me a fortune for the operation, most of which I wouldn't be getting back on my medical benefits.
So I rang around the specialists (again) and got an appointment for one today whose operating fees *are* covered by my fund. He stuck the nasty tasting liquid in my nose (which ran down my throat and felt ghastly), then stuck the camera down there and said "There's no nodule. Your vocal cords are fine."
What the????????
The voice is still gravelly - he says I need to rest it for a bit and can I move around at work so I don't have to talk all the time (I wish). So the leave that I'd set up from Wednesday 13th to Sunday 24th is still happening, but at least I won't have to face the knife. The main cause is the reflux, so it's diet-and-exercise-and-sleeping-at-an-angle for a while. Hey, I can cope with that.
Now of course, this guy could be wrong, instead of the other one. But we'll know if in four weeks my voice hasn't gone back to normal. In which case it'll be off to a new specialist and a third opinion. *sigh*
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Date: 2006-09-08 09:13 am (UTC)Bette Davis Eyes indeed...
Actually, thinking about it... redheads with gravelly voices... MAGGIE BELL!!!
"... regards to the Queen of the Night..."
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Date: 2006-09-08 10:27 am (UTC)... ok she's blonde, but Scottish and gorgeous. What's not to like?
grrr :)
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Date: 2006-09-08 10:43 am (UTC)She's Welsh
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Date: 2006-09-08 10:45 am (UTC)Actually that's better. Welsh.
Phwoar.
yeah ok I'm oversexed.
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Date: 2006-09-08 11:27 am (UTC)Yummmy gravely voices. Never the less, I'm glad as of now, there is surgical knives facing your throat. However, there is a long-awaited (and a little dusty) package coming to you via the Slow Boat From Alaska. It does contain a much-delayed (or really early?) Holiday Gift and some things to
Strike Fear in Your HeartCheer You.no subject
Date: 2006-09-08 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-08 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-08 10:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-08 12:18 pm (UTC)...
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... I still say the use of a gag may be helpful in preventing unnecessary vocalisations... *run away! run away!*
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Date: 2006-09-08 01:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-08 03:05 pm (UTC)Luck.
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Date: 2006-09-08 06:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-15 12:27 am (UTC)best,
Joel
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Date: 2006-09-15 12:36 am (UTC)Reading your profile, and kudos fro you being a dad to your kids. I'm having the time-problem right now - my son is 14, but I work a job with afternoon and night shifts, so I really must pay more attention to him. His stepfather is his real parent right now.
Anyway, I have D&D character journal stuff to write, and ought to be getting my beloved his breakfast. Anon! Gillian