What if my voice never comes back?

[SadSilentWoman]

Look, I know this is irrational! Within the last month I've had two nasty viruses both resulting in losing my voice. I'm in the midst of the second voice loss at the moment - there is almost nothing left of my voice (and I know I need to rest the whisper I have remaining).

Tonight, I keep trying to sleep, only to suddenly panic each time I'm close to dropping off that my voice is never coming back. I have no reason to think this is likely, I'm just so tired, frustrated at being so sick for a month and losing my voice is the icing on a very bitter cake.

Does anyone have any advice for how to treat my poor lost voice? Or alternatively, any advice on how to manage the middle of the night panics about my voice?

Plenty of fluids and sometimes steam inhalation can be helpful. Try to use your voice as normal, altering it to be a whisper can be more problematic.

If it doesn't bounce back ask GP for an ENT referral and you can always then have some specialist Speech Therapy for voice if there are ongoing problems 😊 .

It's likely just annoying virus side effects but some practical suggestions just in case 😊 .

Thank you for your kind and practical response. Exactly what I needed in those early hours ❤