Anyone have a hoarse, weak voice after thyroid lobectomy?

@akorfa, I love that you live to sing. It must be so hard to lose your ability to sing as much and when you want.

I agree with @koh that you might find help with a Speech Language Pathologist to strengthen your voice and improve endurance. You might also be interested in this related discussion:
- Vocal Chord Inflammation after thyroid surgery: How long to heal? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/vocal-chord-inflammation/

@akorfa, are you also on medications that might be affected your voice, like chemotherapy?

@akorfa
Good Morning! I am going to advocate for Speech and Language therapy. Have you ever been evaluated by a Speech and Language Pathologist for voice concerns? If you have a voice and still cannot sing, it might be related to your breathing; you might not be taking in enough air to suppport your voice. If you are not taking in enough air to support your voice to sing, it might be contributing to you feeling tired. It might worth looking into a voice specialist for an evaluation. Good luck!

I had my thyroid surgery in May 2025, I live to sing but now i cant. I feel tired after short lines

Hello - I am sorry that is happening to you. The same thing happened to me as well. I wasn’t expecting how bad it was going to get and was afraid that it was never going to come back. On follow up the doctor did look at the vocal cords and there were no problems at all just inflammation. The most I can do is whisper at that time. But I will say that after a few weeks, everything came back to normal. Please hang in there. It’ll get better soon.

I had a hemithyroidectomy for a multinodular massive goiter that was displacing my trachea a month and a half ago (Memorial Day weekend), and while my speaking voice is almost what it was, I still cannot shout, yell or sing. I have cried my heart out over this because I love to sing. I used to be a soprano soloist, and now I can't even sing tenor. My voice is relatively monotone, and singing makes me sound like a teenage boy whose voice is changing, it cracks so much. My surgeon said everything was very visible, there was no nerve damage and they test the voice before sending you to recovery. I still have swelling along the scar. He used non-dissolving sutures (3-0 silk) on the interior because I'm allergic to dissolving sutures, and non-dissolving sutures can encapsulate, causing a permanent bump there. That's my fear. That it's encapsulating, and that will interfere with my larynx.

To go away.

Yes and I had my thyroid out on 4/26/23. I still have hoarseness. They said it would take time for it to

Yes, just had mine done 5/30

I had total thyroidectomy April 20th & my voice is still hoarse & throat hurts. I have a bump at base of neck in front that is hard & stays sore. My PT works on it weekly to get it to go down. With ice packs it helps. But I haven't been to an ENT yet, which I think I need to see one due to the voice issue. Good luck to you.

I had thyroid surgery and yes, it takes a while to lose the hoarseness and cough so hang in there. I also had GERD so that prolonged it.