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Originally Posted by Fool
Ahhha hhha hah AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
CILLE, YOU'VE SCARED ME NOW!!! 
May I ask for more details of what problems you had?
And when you say a specialist, do you mean more than your average doctor?
agh I'm worried now.
EDIT: I just re-re-read my first post, did I make it sound like I haven't had my voice since before Christmas? 'Cos that's not the case. I've been ill repeatedly since before Christmas ('cos I live a stupid, student lifestyle and have a poor immune system), and obviously because of these illnesses, coughing and sore throat, blocked nose etc, I've not been able to sing in my normal voice. The head voice dissapeared approx. 2 weeks ago now, so I'm unsure about that.... |
Ok, if it's only been a couple of weeks don't worry too much about it, but if it continues, you should defo have it looked at ok? In cases such as this the best advice is probably to keep TOTALLY quiet for 3-4 days - and I mean TOTALLY; whispering just makes it worse - walk around with a pad and write what you need to say. You voice is probably just strained from all the coughing and inflammation, it's pretty normal to have some hoarseness after something like that. But if it doesn't go away, please do go to a specialist!
I'd been hoping you wouldn't ask for details cause me english is so poor when it comes to something like this, but.. it was a doctor, but one who specializes in ear-nose-and throat problems. Some of them even have cameras they can film your vocal chords with, it's kind of fun, apart from the gagging reflexes of course...
My problem was (and again, I'm not sure what it's called in english) that i'd developed 'rough skin' on my vocal chords, which caused them less flexible, that's why I was hoarse. It's hard to tell why I got that problem, several factors were probably at stake. I was a smoker back then (or: had recently quit but still had a cig now and again) and my mother smoked at home, and smoke is NEVER good for the voice; it dries out and irritates the voice and inhibits your lungs so that you may not 'support' the tone as well as you could have. I was in my teens, so possibly hormonal and physical changes can have played a part in it, as well as psychological changes
- I have always been a rather shy person, singing has always been my 'valve'; maybe I let just a little too much steam out, so to speak, or tried to change my voice to make it sound more sophisticated, or what have you. Also, I probably sort of 'swallowed' my voice when speaking, cause I had really low self esteem and didn't really believe that people wanted to hear what I had to say.
Anyhow, I had the 'knots' of rough skin removed surgically and went to a speeching coach and other things to re-build my voice. I later learned that I could probably have avoided the surgical procedure (grr) and just trained the rough skin away, but no-one told me at the time. I actually developed some scar tissue from the operation that I had to train away later on, and it scared me away from singing at all for a while.
But I'm good now, and sorry if I scared you, just take it easy but if the hoarseness continues, go have it looked at, that's all!
Get better soon!
