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I had right vocal cord paralysis with left bowing and atrophy. Raspy voice for 13 months. Injection medialization improved voice for 4 weeks, but as predicted it reverted to raspy. Very hard to communicate. I had a Gore-Tex thyroplasty on Jun 1, 2012 and have had normal voice from about August until now. Voice quality and volume near normal. The recovery from the thyroplasty is moderately difficult as the swallowing mechanism is way off due to localized edema. Once that resolves, then speaking is as normal as it can be.
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Hello @d1215
Were you sending this message to @ken45140 who posted regarding the Gore-Tex thyroplasty? What is helpful is to start your post with @ and then the member's name as it is in the post (with no spaces, just as I did with your name above) - that way the person you are posting to gets a notification of your message.
Teresa
Yes I was. Thank you for helping me, I was not sure how to address him.
Hello @d1215, the best way is to do what I just did and use the members username. Simply use the @ and then the members username right after. This will let the member you want to address specifically know via email notification that they were addressed directly.
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Hi,
Your post was so informative as I had a vocal cord implant and have had it filled twice. The next step is the Gore-Tex thyroplasty. I have read so many things and you confirmed what many articles say is the swallowing after the procedure. I am nervous about that, and some say it varies as to how effective this is due to the reabsorption of fat it may be good or may be poor results. Would you recommend doing this? How is the recovery of the incision and the hoarseness and breathy breathing?
Thank you for sharing as I am so happy finding this group and sharing with others what we all are going thru or have been thru.