Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 Barbara, Anne, too, has a paralyzed vocal cord. She has gotten very raspy when she gets a cold and her sinuses act up, but never complete loss of her voice. That is scary. I hope that it is not the worse case scenario. You probably know of the electrical impulse device (the name escapes me) that ENTs use to stimulate the paralyzed vocal cord. Anne would not allow the doc to do it to her, but if Adam agrees, it just may work. Good luck, Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2001 Report Share Posted June 6, 2001 Barbara & Crew, I don't have a vocal cord tumor, but one of my vocal cords is paralyzed. I lose my voice suddenly and constantly. My family will call me Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse because I will only be able to squeek. If I talk to much one day I will wake up without a voice. Also, eating cold things like ice cream will take it away also. Hope it helps. Kari cleverly disquised as an adult Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2001 Report Share Posted June 6, 2001 My left voice box is partly pearlized but MRIs don't show a tumor... I'm having trouble swallowing and get hoarse easily when talking. All you Crewbies out there answer me this question, " Does an Acoustic Neuroma cause voice problems? " Later, JD in AZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2001 Report Share Posted June 6, 2001 has a Vagus nerve tumor that has caused one vocal chord to be sluggish for the past several years, but he has never lost his voice completely. I hope it is cold or allergies. Will be praying for Adam. (and Barbara!) -Rhonda Vocal chord tumors Does anyone have a vocal chord tumor? Adam supposedly has a very little one, but his left vocal chord is 100% paralyzed. All of a sudden tonight, his voice is gone. I don't know if this is a cold or the tumor. Has this happened to anyone? What did you do? Maybe it is a cold or allergies, but there were NO warning signals. Barbara lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2001 Report Share Posted June 7, 2001 JD in AZ I didn't have any problems with hoarseness or loss of voice but did with swallowing. For many years and it progressively got worse until my C1-C3 tumour was diagnosed and finally removed. We had a Premier here in NSW who had a frozen voice box, I don't think tumour/cancer was mentioned, but they did make a big thing about something like " Teflon " treatment. The memory isn't good, it must have been at least 10 yrs ago. He still talks with a husky voice but his much young new bride at that time, certainly must have found it appealing. May be someone has heard of it. ine Re: Vocal chord tumors > My left voice box is partly pearlized but MRIs don't show a tumor... I'm > having trouble swallowing and get hoarse easily when talking. All you > Crewbies out there answer me this question, " Does an Acoustic Neuroma > cause voice problems? " > Later, > JD in AZ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 Kari, What seems to be the cause of your voice box - swallowing problems? Do you have an acoustic neuroma on the effected side? I ALSO ASKED THIS ONCE BEFORE BUT I'LL IT AGAIN, " does a acoustic neuroma cause vocal cord, throat< and swallowing problems? " Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Later, JD in AZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2001 Report Share Posted June 10, 2001 Hi Kari & JD I also have swallowing and voice problems which came on immediately after AN surgery 6 years ago. I've always assumed that they are post operative problems as opposed to being caused by the AN per se ... however I could never get my surgeons to take this idea seriously though. I guess they didn't want me messing up their post operative statistics. Best wishes Gill McCaughey Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 04:02:03 -0700 From: hairball77@...Subject: Re: Vocal chord tumorsKari, What seems to be the cause of your voice box - swallowing problems? Doyou have an acoustic neuroma on the effected side?I ALSO ASKED THIS ONCE BEFORE BUT I'LL IT AGAIN, "does a acoustic neuromacause vocal cord, throat< and swallowing problems?" Any thoughts on thiswould be appreciated. Later,JD in AZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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