If you have had your thyroid surgically removed

[chickenpatty]

or know someone who has, how long before your voice was back to normal?

[LG Gone Wild]

Don't know but are YOU okay?

[bethben]

I had 1/2 of mine removed at 15 years old. I don't remember having trouble speaking once my throat healed from the breathing tube. I know that sometimes they can hurt your voice box while they're in there. Everything is so close in that area. So, I would say, you should be able to talk normal in less than a week.

Beth

[Stacia]

My sister just had half her thyroid removed a couple of weeks ago. She was already speaking normally in the hospital room later that same day. I think she was speaking a little more softly, but really she had no speaking problems (nor much of a sore throat) afterward.

[holdoll]

I recently had mine removed and had no trouble with my voice. However, they did warn me that it was a "possibility" - as pp mentioned everything is so close in there - that I could end up with a gravelly voice.

[chickenpatty]

Aww, thanks for asking! I'm fine, though. I was asking on behalf of my friend who had 1/2 of hers removed almost 2 weeks ago. Her voice is still very weak & gravelly. :(

[kamom]

had hers removed about 17 yrs ago and her voice never went back to normal. She loved to sing and was devistated. She never could sing soprano since :crying: Her voice has never sounded the same since.

 

Hope this isn't the case for your friend, but it sounds like her vocal cords were damaged. Thats what happened with mom.