ever lost your voice?

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I grew up answering to bells and hand signals because my mom could rarely talk above a whisper. For several years my mom's voice would come and go. From day to day you never knew if she was going to have it or not. It'd be gone sometimes for a few days or sometimes a few weeks. It got worse and worse until one day it went and didn't come back for over 2 years. My mom saw all kinds of doctors and had all kinds of tests done, but no one ever gave her a diagnosis. One night my mom was standing in the living room talking in her whispering voice and her voice started to crack and by the next day it was back to a normal voice. It's been almost 12 years since it returned. She still loses it often, but it's like before, only gone for a few days or a few weeks at a time.

Once my mom's voice came back (after the 2+ years) she could no longer pronounce some of the things she could say before. She always called me "Annie" (my middle name is Ann), but she could no longer say it, it now comes out as "Onnie". There are many words she can't pronounce anymore, it's been so many years that we're all used to it now.

[kimlovescats]

Like you, I usually get it once yearly. I am in my 3rd week of a cold turned sinus infection and am getting hoarse. Hoping that it clears before the dreaded Laryngitis! It's frustrating, I know .... seems you have more to say than ever when you can't! Just try to SHUT UP .... lol!

HUGS,
Kim

[*iluvskipper*]

Yes, its gone right now.

[Dorothy39]

Dorothy - lost your voice for two weeks? I'd be doomed! I can't lose more than todays' work (I actually can't afford to lose today, but I was told by my manager that she didn't want me in the store to infect everyone else)

Karen, trust me, I had already imagined having someone else yell out what I want to tell my class There's someone in the store who wants to be the next dog trainer -- it would be one good way for her to get practical experience

Yes, It's true ,

It happened to me a loooooong time ago, when my first two daughters were little whipper snappers. I always read stories to them at bedtime, and they laughed and laughed while I tried to read to them!!!

I think this happened because I am such a "Chatty" person, by nature

( too hard for me to keep my mouth shut )

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

When I was still teaching in primary schools, I lost my voice at least 3 times per schoolyear!! Rest is indeed the only cure! Even whispering is VERY bad!!
So I clapped in my hands, and then wrote a message on the blackbord!!!
It worked!!!
The most funny thing was that some kids also started writing their words down, with no reason, of course (nothing was wrong with my ears )

[trayi52]

I, like you usually get it once a year. It is so agravating, because I like to talk! It drives me crazy! All I can do is squeak and then nothing! I never have found anything for it, except to just keep quite.

Willie

[Cataholic]

No, but, I imagine there are more than a few people that wished I would!