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@jennymccormick

Hello I did find out from my Laryngologist that I'm having what is called Laryngospasms. It's spasms of the vocal cords that can vary in severity but the vocal cords can spasms and totally close cutting off the airway. We went over rescued breathing techniques and other plans for my case. For my case it's nerve injury related so mine should dissipate soon. Very scary stuff ..

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Dec 24, 2022

Hi Jenny, the news that the vocal cord spasms aren’t serious has to be a relief. And now you have a plan going forward for those panicky situations when you do have the constricting events.
I know sometimes we tend to not want to ‘bother’ our doctors when we have unexplained symptoms we hope will go away on their own. But I’ve learned from experience to just call or get it touch via patient portal and go right to the best answer source. Our medical partners would rather we ask than suffer in silence. 🙂
I’m glad this worked out for you and I hope the spasms end soon. Did your laryngologist give you a time frame for recovery?

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