Can we talk? -->No. No we cannot.

Wall-e wrote:

Woody wrote:

Woody wrote:

WildScotsRacing wrote: Same thing happened to John Mayer a few years ago. He cancelled entire year's worth of tour dates and recording sessions in order to heal his voice.

Same here. I had to cancel an entire year's worth of tour dates and recording sessions too.

I should probably give Jennifer Aniston a call before this gets any worse.

It can't hurt.

Woody. Come to your senses. Calling her will not work since you have no voice. I recommend texting or emailing her.

People that do 'round the world sailboat racing or just solo sailing sing on deck at least once a day. Living alone without talking to anyone, you lose your voice forever.

Ask Mrs. Woody to poke you in the butt with a hat pin, but make sure she doesn't tell you when it's going to happen, what day, nothing. With the surprise and pain, it'll come back.

Good Luck!

My mom had something similar to this, not sure what spurred it on but she ended having a collapsed vocal cord. She's had a few surgeries to have it repaired which involves a sort of gel getting injected into the cord. She was instructed not to talk for 6 weeks, her voice is back to mostly normal but she still struggles with singing.

T.J. wrote:

Wall-e wrote:

Woody wrote:

Woody wrote:

WildScotsRacing wrote: Same thing happened to John Mayer a few years ago. He cancelled entire year's worth of tour dates and recording sessions in order to heal his voice.

Same here. I had to cancel an entire year's worth of tour dates and recording sessions too.

I should probably give Jennifer Aniston a call before this gets any worse.

It can't hurt.

Woody. Come to your senses. Calling her will not work since you have no voice. I recommend texting or emailing her.

It doesn't really matter, it's usually just me breathing into the phone when she answers anyway.

My mom couldnt talk for almost 18 months after her last tour in iraq. Took the VA a bit over a year to come back to cancer but thats eventually what they figured out after missing it. Hopefully the doctor has your diagnosis correct.

In reply to Woody:

Must... Not... Jinx...

Wall-e wrote:

captdownshift wrote: You can't talk, I can't drive, it sounds like the makings for an epic roadtrip. Though I'd come off a bit as your wife.

Get well soon Woody. I can't imagine not talking. It has the makings of a great 80s buddy comedy. Throw in a bizarre early movie car accident so the doors are stuck shut and now you can only stop at Drive-Thrus.

or at least a book if we stop to take plenty of high quality photos and to document notes of the sights, sounds, smells and taste. The interesting thing about a decreased ability to communicate is that what you choose to communicate becomes more poignant. It also increases your other senses. As my faculties have started to escape me in terms of the ability to move and sensations of touch, my enjoyment of music and sense of taste has greatly increased. It's surprising how detailed and sensitive a palette can become when other sensorary inputs become limited.

Jumper K. Balls wrote: Here's hoping you improve soon. And kudos for the Ellen Jamesian reference

Holy E36 M3, I actually get that one and I never get random literature references.

Also, John Mayer's little black book has one of the most amazing lineups of all time.

captdownshift wrote: Also, John Mayer's little black book has one of the most amazing lineups of all time.

Yup, multiple Jennifers in that one.

I didn't talk for the last three days- I was alone in the mountains. But I did read this thread.

When I got back today and tried to say hello to my wife, I had no voice.

WTF, Woody? I thought you said it wasn't contagious! I got it over the internet by reading your darned thread!

In reply to SVreX:

If you think the thread is bad, wait for the book.

Wall-e wrote:

captdownshift wrote: You can't talk, I can't drive, it sounds like the makings for an epic roadtrip. Though I'd come off a bit as your wife.

Get well soon Woody. I can't imagine not talking. It has the makings of a great 80s buddy comedy. Throw in a bizarre early movie car accident so the doors are stuck shut and now you can only stop at Drive-Thrus.

I'd go see that.

Stuff like this is weird. I buddy of mine had Bells Palsy...unsure I spelled that right. Half of his face went numb and sagged. Doctors couldn't figure it out. 6 months later it was gone like a light switch. Hopefully it comes back as soon as you want it.