I surmise you got hit by a hocky puck? I missed the first post, I suppose. Well, things may get much better. I had a fairly worrysome opperation to remove a cyst from right over my vocal cords. My throat was over an inch off center from it. As you can emagine, as a singer I was a bit worried. Even with one of the top specialists, he found, when he had the hard hat on and was down digging in my throat, things were worse than he thought. He had to take out some bone and strap tendons. Right after the opporation, things were VERY hard, stiff and numb, but, as folks tell me, my voice came back, pretty much the same, I think over a short time. I also have these great railway tracks accross my throat, which are a great conversation piece. So, don't give up, and remember, as we see with the late Dave Van Ronk, we use the voice we are given. I hope and pray your voice is as it was, and as you want it, and know, whatever the outcome, you will find music in the voice you have. Photos of the railway tracks avaiable by email for the currious and morbid.
Holding you in the light,
Larry
PS (If i was single...) "Aye, young lady... it was in Shanghai..., I rolled off me frieghter, an was set upon by..."