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Hi all! I keep forgetting to ask my Doc...is anyone else on here a singer? If so, has this surgery affected your performance? How long before you could belt it out?

I know it will be a while before I can sing full voice again after surgery, but wanted to know that it will be temporary and wouldn't affect performance for the long term.

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I"m not a professional singer, but I have a pretty good voice and I enjoy singing immensley. If I couldn't sing, I just wouldn't be the same person. Post op (i'm on day 11) I pretty much feel back to normal and have not had any problems with my voice sounding different. Then again, I"m probably not singing from as deep down as you are. Can you give me some pointers?

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I am not a singer, but if I had 3 wishes, that would be one of them ( a beautiful voice).

but I can say that I am 4 weeks post op and deep breaths still hurt my port area sometimes, a sort of tweaking pain (as it all heals) so for what that's worth. I suppose it depends on what you are singing but I know breath is important.

Good Luck:D

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Thank you for the replies. As I was reading different posts, I realized how it was going to be an adjustment, breathing deeply again, then I thought...OH NO...what if.....

I guessed that guitar would be out for a few weeks as my insision healed, but didn't think about the singing until recently and I kept forgetting to ask the doc.

Guess I should shoot him and email and ask for a realisitic time frame before thinking of performing again. I wasn't going to tell people what kind of surgery I was having, because I didn't want a bunch of questions...but I guess I'll have to let the band in on in soon.

Pointers?? Just sing sing sing...it's a natural anti-depressant!!! :)

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