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Phrenic Nerve damage and paralyzed diaphragm: Anyone else have this?
Lung Health | Last Active: May 10 6:13pm | Replies (185)Comment receiving replies
How do you know your phrenic nerve was damaged? Did they test and tell you?
I had video assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer 3 days ago and I lost my voice immediately. I have no volume and can only speak in a whisper and it is hoarse. I have never lost my voice before. I asked the attending surgeon of the day who only replied she was not worried but offered no information on it, or how long it would take for my voice to get back to normal. I live alone and it is now hard for me to communicate with others on the phone.
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I had apneumonectomy in November. My surgeon said he had to sacrifice my vocal cord. I was scheduled to get a surgical implant to fix my voice but it came back in its own After 5 months. Thank God. Living without a voice is hell. Maybe you’ll catch a break.