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Christmas this year has been very nice. Yesterday we went to my niece's open house and had a great time with my brother and his brood and their respective suitors as well as my group with their dates. No one seems to be in any hurry to get married so no grandkids or grandnieces/nephews are anywhere on the horizon. That's too bad. My brother and I don't have any reason to get any toys(for the kids of course)...and test them out. I'm about turkeyed out though. My niece served turkey yesterday and we had turkey again today for our Christmas meal at home. We had a very large bird so I see a lot of turkey yet in my immediate future. Actually I do like turkey ...a lot. Only not all at once. The ENT doc's office called and said that I have vocal cord dysphonia. They said that it was probably neurological and there's nothing they can do about it. It's mostly an inconvenience, I just going around sounding like Darth Vader. I looked online and I thought that maybe I had that instead of asthma. From what I have read it seems more likely I have it along with asthma.If it were simply vocal cord problems then the rescue meds would not work and might even irritate things. In my case the albuterol works wonders so I suspect I have both so I will keep taking my meds. I go in for the sleep study on the 30th. I'm no palm reader but I think a CPAP machine is in my future. They asked me if I snore and I replied only when I'm sleeping. They didn't think that was funny(tough room) but were very emphatic that I have the test...so I will. I'm actually feeling pretty good and have had a great holiday week. I hope that you all have too. Tom
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If I were in the room I would have laughed. You have a funny sense of humor. :-)
The way you describe your cough variant asthma, it is no wonder you have vocal chord dysfunction too. While this may be a surprise to you, is it?, it isn\'t to me. When my asthma was bad and I was coughing hard, my voice was terrible and I was told it was the Advair. Ha. It is all that damn coughing!
Well, try to minimize the coughing and go easy of those chords...ha! As if that is possible. Well, do what you can.
Good luck with the test on the 30th. Not fun but you\'ve been through worse. The C-Pap...another not fun device...but people either love it or hate it...you can guess where I stand!
I\'m so glad you had lots of family and good food. I\'m in the same boat...no grandchildren. Guess we just have to try and stay alive long enough for it to happen. :-)
Good joke
Glad you had a great Christmas, Tom. Sounds like you\'re surrounded by family, which is wonderful. I\'m 46 and my daughter is 9. I really hope I can stay alive long enough to see grandkids. It\'s gonna be awhile...