I had my first speech therapy session on Monday. Last August my voice suddenly started cracking and breaking when I was singing. I thought initially that I just had a cold and that it would settle down again. When it didn't I went to the doctor. Eventually I saw a consultant who refered me to a speech therapist. The theory is that using the oxygen combined with the acid reflux and the strain in my shoulders from carrying the oxygen around are causing the problem.
Anyway, on Monday 6 of us gathered in a small office to be instructed on how our voices worked. Pat showed us a model of our throat and explained how muscles in the voice box change the shape of the vocal chords enabling us to make different sounds. We then looked at all sorts of things that can affect the vocal chords and the muscles and thereby change the way our voice sounds. Then we had a relaxation session - very welcome - and some breathing exercises. Now I'm supposed to be practising the relaxation until my next appointment but I've been too busy!
Daughter's Prom dress is the current worry. Her Prom is on June 23rd and so far I have cut out and sewn the lining but not the dress. Tonight and tomorrow is the annual gathering in Nottingham of LAM Action, the charity for the lung disease I have. Tonight is a social event and tomorrow the more formal AGM and meeting. We are having Professor Corris from Newcastle coming to talk to us about transplant and we always have a question and answer session with Dr Simon Johnson from Nottingham. It will be good to see everyone but I will find it tiring so little dressmaking will be done on Sunday.
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