Enjoying the Silence(Well, sort of)
Today is Day 5 of my complete and total vocal rest. Let me rewind a bit for you. On Wednesday, 7/24, I wanted to find out why my voice was getting more hoarse and I wasn't even singing or talking as much. Ok, I was talking a lot and sang just a little bit. Ok, a lot. But I only practiced 1.5 hours for the song I never sang at my mom's retirement party. Why didn't I sing?! Because when I got really hoarse, I reached out to my doctor and she told me the steroids prescribed weren't working. She forbade me from singing at all until she saw me on 7/31. She also told me to stick to limited talking too. This was very difficult seeing my family and friends in NJ for a 72 hour period. And I got more hoarse. I sounded like Susanne Plechette. On Wednesday, 7/31, my ENT and I looked at my scope of my chords. Which is totally cool to see your chords in action. However, I saw something that I didn't hope to see. My swelling...