In seeing different specialists, I met one doctor - Dr. Though my condition seems to be very rare, there are a significant number of people who develop issues with one vocal nerve. In this journey I have learned a lot more about voice issues. It is unclear if this is a factor in the vocal cord condition, or whether both conditions were triggered by a virus. This is a fairly common benign inflammatory condition of the thyroid which causes me no problems. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in 2003. So in searching for a cause for both nerves that was an obvious place to look. Interestingly, while the nerves for your vocal cords take quite different routes through your body, they both pass your thyroid. So surprisingly, overall I am feeling very lucky. That said, my friends still think I have way more stamina than them when we go kitesurfing! And Sergey says I’m probably a better CEO because I choose my words more carefully. Vocal cord nerve issues can also affect your breathing, so my ability to exercise at peak aerobic capacity is somewhat reduced. But overall over the last year there has been some improvement with people telling me they think I sound better.
And giving long monologues is more tedious for me and probably the audience. Thankfully, after some initial recovery I’m fully able to do all I need to at home and at work, though my voice is softer than before. Again, after a thorough examination, the doctors weren’t able to identify a cause. Once again things didn’t fully improve, so I went in for a check-up and was told that my second vocal cord now had limited movement as well.
But I was told that sequential paralysis of one vocal cord following another is extremely rare.įast forward to last summer, when the same pattern repeated itself - a cold followed by a hoarse voice. While this condition never really affected me - other than having a slightly weaker voice than normal which some people think sounded a little funny - it naturally raised questions in my mind about my second vocal cord. It is quite common in cases like these that a definitive cause is not found. Despite extensive examination, the doctors never identified a cause - though there was speculation of virus-based damage from my cold. This is a nerve problem that causes your left vocal cord to not move properly. So I went to a doctor and was diagnosed with left vocal cord paralysis. At the time I didn’t think much about it. About 14 years ago, I got a bad cold, and my voice became hoarse.
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