As a fellow musician, I can completely understand your devastation at losing your pitch and singing voice, @myjiggers1. Chemo is a systemic medication that attacks the fast replenishing cells, like blood cells, hair, nails, mucus, etc. Perhaps, the vocal cords also fit into this category.
I'm glad to hear that your issue isn't ototoxicity affecting your hearing. I am confident that if you can hear the wrong notes or imperfect pitches, your brain and ears will signal to your voice to correct it. You may have to work harder to get the right pitch, however. I also wonder if your vocal cords have been weakened by chemo, maybe you should be kind to your voice and not try for the same volume and number of hours of singing like you're used to. Hopefully, you can build that muscle again after chemo.
I'm tagging @hopeful33250 @jprust @hamila who may have experiences or tips to offer.
Myjiggers, have you considered consulting a speech language pathologist? When will you finish with chemo?
Hi Colleen! I have not thought about getting a speech person…I have so many things that I am trying to juggle right now… but will def keep it in mind if the voice leaves for a long period of time. I seem to be able to sing about 4 days after the onset of chemo. I think its the OX. Definitely hits all my glands. When I eat or deink anything that would make me salivate normally it causes a hit of pain and feels like I blew up a balloon wrong! I have had 1 full treatment of FOLFOX and didn’t get past the OX and boost of F without a breathing episode so they stopped everything. I have 12 rounds in all…. So we shall see how we do!