As a mattery of courtesy and to show my appreciation to the Mudcatters who answered my stress signal when my vocals had completely disappeared, I just wanted to give you an update on developments. Radewulf also suggested I keep you posted. The good news is that the vocals are making a good recovery although according to the ENT expert, there is still a paralysis on the right side. However, just as predicted, the left side seems to compensate more and more, so that most people, even my sons who play with me think my voice has recovered completely. I still recognize some limitations but hey, it`s still only a little over three months ago, so I`m feeling very pleased with the progress and it can only get better I feel. I feel the logopedic sppech teherapy/exercises were very helpful, but most importantly I feel the electro-stimulation treatment was very effective. In fact I am still having this treatment.
Last Thursday night was a major occasion for me as I decided to play a gig together with my great pal Keith on the fiddle and my son JP on guitar and tenor banjo at my old haunt in the Irish pub in Munich, where it all started about 40 years ago. Naturally I was very nevous that the voice would not hold up, but I was surrounded by great friends and fans and the evening was pure magic. It seems everyone knew about my situation with the voice and having recently lost my wife to cancer.
Finally on the Saturday night we played a few songs at home and someone made a quick recording. No idea if this will work or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAF2tMiO_qk
This shows that the voice is still a bit shaky, but on the mend. Please enjoy everyone and thanks to all. JB