Thursday, July 7, 2011

Can you hear me now?

No sinus surgery as my sinus seems to be behaving much better.  And my PET scan last month was all clear.

However, my voice is gone not because of post nasal drip but because my right vocal cord is paralyzed.  ENT make a referral to a speech therapist so I'll have to learn how to speak again with only one vocal cord. The nerve that controls the right side of my tongue is also not moving my tongue so well, which makes the simple things like chewing and swallowing difficult.  I have to eat slower and with smaller bites.

I promise to no longer scream at you.  You are welcome.

Radiation-related cranial nerve palsy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

2 comments:

Dominic Co said...

Sorry to hear about you losing your voice... how are you managing?

Mr. Chang said...

So sorry to hear about your voice. Is it getting any better? Have you found a voice specialist that is helping?