By now you should have gotten your voice back.
Have you been to a doctor yet? It sounds as though you need your larynx
scoped to see what's going on. You don't know what the problem is - is
it overuse, reflux, vocal fold hemorrhage, etc, etc.? If you have been
using amplification and rest thing should be much better.
OTOH, if you speak incorrectly, you could have persistent problems.
Have you ever seen a voice therapist?
Cortisone will reduce inflammation and swelling in vocal folds that are
irritated, BUT if you use it to recover from improper techniques and do
not fix the technique, you could sustain irreparable damage. It should
only be used in a singer with good technique who fully understands
his/her voice for emergencies and under the care of a doctor who
understands the potential problems singers can face.
John
John Messmer, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mirko Ruckels [mailto:mirkoruckels@i...]
> >
> I recently lost my voice (about 2 months ago) after starting
> work full-time as a music teacher...It has been recovering
> very slowly, but teaching has made it impossible for me to
> have substantial time off from using my voice...I am currently
> having two days of silence in the hope that this will help.
> The opera is only 1 month away, and I am getting increasingly
> anxious. I will have two weeks off soon before the opera
> performance. Does it seem logical that my voice should
> recover fully in that amount of time?
>
> By the way, can anyone tell me what cortisone is?
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