I had a right thyroid lobectomy 6 months ago and my voice is still very high pitched. I am wondering if yours ever recovered?
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I'm with you, if I had to do it all over again I would not have the surgery!!!! I am 6 months post surgery and still don't have my voice back. It's very high pitched and I sound like a 5 year old girl. UGH!!
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I am worried my voice will not come back after having my thyroid out....And A goiter with multiple tumors.I am almost 67 years old and this is scary....
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I had a subclavicular TT 2 months ago. I can speak, but I can only sing 2 or 3 notes. I had a decent singing voice before. Also my vocal range is nil. There has been no improvement over this past month. My doctor says to give it more time. I also have a lot of scarring and he is planning on giving me steroid injections on my next visit. Hopefully it will come back. -Rebecca
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Also My breathing is way way better! And the coughing is much better too! So maybe, hopefully my cords will come back!
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Sorry to hear this. I love to sing for the Lord too...I was told by one vocal teacher once that I have (had) a three octave vocal range. Since my thyroidectomy in 2011, that range has been cut in half. Fortunately, my singing voice is as good as it was before the surgery, I just can't sing nearly as high as I did before which is a bummer. I've had prayer for the Lord to heal my voice and give me back my range but hasn't happened yet. Blessings and grace to you and hope things have turned out well for you.
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I know what you are going through, I had an op in 2009 and my voice never returned to how it was. I loved singing but now I cant sing a note. I was back in hospital the day after the op as I had difficulty breathing and suffered with what they called stridor. I still suffer with it today and believe me it is really frightening it is like being suffocated. I am affected by smells which brings on the stridor, perfume, cleaning fluids, air freshener petrol, straw, peanuts roasting and the list goes on. I can't go on a plane because of it as I need to be able to get outside into the air when I have an attack. When asking why I was like this and would I get better, the doctors said they had made a mistake when operating and the vocal cord couldn't be repaired, one of my vocal cords is off centre and they never meet.This operation changed my whole life, I am depressed and suffer anxiety attacks all the time. I really do feel for everyone especially if they have the problems that I suffer with. This operation is supposed to be very simple procedure I know it does leave people with a horse voice but most of the time there is no problem once the throat has healed their voice returns to near normal which they told me could be up to a year. Hope things get better for you all I really do know what you are going through.
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I had a thyroidectomy in 2004, and radiation in 2004 and again in 2007. I used to be a 2nd soprano/alto, with the ability to hit some pretty high notes if I had to. My upper range was gone for a long time, but after about five years, I can definitely sing higher than I used to, but can definitely NOT be considered a soprano. I can actually sing tenor with no problem now. I cannot scream...I saw a mouse in my basement once and had to "growl" to get anyone's attention! I'm used to it now. In exchange, I guess I got the low notes. In the morning, I'm a baritone--it's pretty weird. I can literally feel the high note, but it feels like a physical blockage that keeps it from coming out. The resulting sound is strange. I think that 11 years post-surgery, I've got about all I'm going to get. My voice does have a lot of power, but at times, I still get that sudden weakness, kind of like Peter Brady when his voice was changing. I don't know when this will hit, so it does keep me from opening up too much because I never know when I'll wobble. I try to find songs that don't require that. As long as I stick to my lower range, but more importantly, sing "mellow", I'm safe and can enjoy singing again. I will add that for about six months, I could barely talk, much less sing. Scale of 1-10...I'd say a 10 initially, and it's whittled down to about a 6. But Also, be prepared, as I still get the feeling of my throat closing up after all this time. Lack of sleep exacerbates this problem. Hope this helps..Bettie.
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Hi, I am a singer/guitarist. It has been 2.5 weeks since the operation and so far my speaking voice is doing pretty good however I can not sing yet. The surgeon said everything is working fine and it will come back soon. I so hope he is right. Great to hear that yours has returned. It gives me hope.
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Just wanted to update my own post and say that my voice came back on its own 11 months post surgery. It is amazing how the human body heals itself. It just takes time so be patient and don't let the drs. tell you that you must have surgery to repair a paralyzed vocal cord.
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I had my thyroidectomy on 9/11/08 and almost 7 years later, I still cannot sing (I used to be a soprano), I can no longer whistle (I used to whistle loud and sharp...now it's just air). If I talk for too long, especially with excitement, I get breathless. When I try to speak up, people think I'm yelling. I can't scream, laugh is sometimes deep or sounds fake and sometimes I get breathless for no reason at all. It's quite depressing & the only good side is that I can breathe much better when sleeping than I could prior to the surgery because my thyroid had turned into a goiter and was 3-1/2 times the normal size.
I wish everyone luck.
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I was hoarse before surgery for removal of the right lobe and the isthmus of my thyroid. I had a golf ball sized mass that ended up thankfully being a retro sternal goiter. I had had several years of intermittent hoarseness, aspiration, pneumonia, coughing constantly at times, choking , asthma like symptoms, shortness of breath, pain with swallowing. I no longer am choking. I have an occasional cough NO BIG DEAL. I have a new kind of hoarseness and voice fatigue with difficulty in projection of my voice since surgery. It was soooo worth it to get rid of the aspiration, asthma attacks, coughing, painful swallowing, inability to yawn. My vocal cords are moving normally and the Dr does not feel there is permanent damage to the right Recurrent laryngeal nerve. I had the left one damaged many years ago when I was attacked with a knife at work and stabbed. It has been just over 7 weeks since surgery. I developed resistant pneumonia and was ill for about a month post op so I was delayed in returning to work but have been back 2 weeks now and am tolerating it well. I have had some days of exhaustion which started around week 3-4 but have been much better since starting on Synthroid. Some of my exhaustion was probably just the Pneumonia but my TSH was high too. Best of luck to all other people on this journey!
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Ive been 3 yrs tht i had my tt and still cnt hit my high notes like i used to. So upset!
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First, let me apologize for not getting back to so many singers who have had this operation. It's been about two years now and I consider my voice back to 100%. Like most of you, I tried singing right after my surgery, but the voice was just not there. Since singing is how I make my living, you bet I was concerned. I went on to all of the web sites that talked about this situation. It really didn't look good for my career. Tried to get back to work about six months later singing as a solo act. Concentrated on every word of every song. I was no where near par and the three hour gigs seem like twelve hours. The operation isn't the only problem. The head games are your big worry. Even though your voice may be healing, your brain says differently. To make a long story short, hang in there and you'll heal up fine. Don't push it to hard and keep telling yourself over and over that your getting better every day. Again I apologize for not getting back sooner to incourage my fellow singers. Please do me a favor and copy and paste this in all of the websites covering this situation. By the way, I performed as a John Denver and Roy Orbison tribute artist before the operation. Two years later, I'm back 100%. Keep the faith.
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About a year and,a half post surgery and in singing my range has frustrated me. I always could reach a high C but gradually I struggle to sing even a G.
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