Gerrit...

Errrrr... say.... who said my voice isn't still sexy? <grin>
Sultry, (a' la a youthful Loren Bacall?) it never was, but sexy?
Sure.... <lol>

Barb Mallut
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kleynscheldt, Gerrit <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 4:48 AM
Subject: Re: Bionic Barb


>I thought I heard the noise too.  Take it slow, Barb, & let the
fingers do
>the talking.
>
>PS:  Is not this the right time to ask them to re-tune the vocal
range to
>get that sultry sexy voice you always wanted?
>
>Gerrit Kleynscheldt
>
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>
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>
>        -----Original Message-----
>        From:   Bonnie Rowley [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>        Sent:   Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:28 PM
>        To:     [log in to unmask]
>        Subject:        Re: Bionic Barb
>
>        I'm so glad to HEAR it!
>
>        In a message dated 6/22/1999 3:11:31 AM Eastern Daylight
Time,
>        [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>        > Dear List-family....
>        >
>        >  YYYYYEEEEEHHHHAAAAAWWW!!! <---Barb, yelling LOUDLY in
excitement>
>        >
>        >  As of tonite, I have my REAL voice back!   Back, and
LOUD, if
>        >  that's how I wanna speak!   YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!
>        >
>        >  UCLA's Dr. Gerald Burke injected collagen into both
vocal cords
>        >  this afternoon, and  now at 11:45 p.m., my "normal'
speaking
>voice
>        >  has returned!!!!!!   Well, "returned" for
>        >  3 to 6 months, anyway.... till the collagen's absorbed
by my
>body.
>        >
>        >  But HEY - guess what?  Next time my "normal" voice
starts fading
>        >  away to a breathy whisper I'll have not one  option,
but TWO.
>        >  Yup folks... TWO, as in 1-collagen injections lasting
3 to 6
>        >  months, or,  2- a long-term ("long-term," as in as
long as the PD
>        >  stays slow moving as it's been for almost 25 years)
tiny,
>        >  man-made, hammer-shaped thingee implanted into my
vocal cords via
>        >  the passage thru the thyroid capsule (inserted right
THRU the
>        >  capsule AROUND and/or past the thyroid).
>        >
>        >  The tiny "thingee (has a long medical name which I
can't recall,
>        >  but I'll get it from Dr, Burke tomorrow and List-post
it)
>        >  procedure accomplished in a 1/2 hour operation in the
doctor's
>        >  office and has been performed on folks with vocal cord
problems
>        >  for about 10 years or more, according to Dr, Burke and
also by
>        >  many other neck and throat specialists all over the
world.
>        >
>        >  Only recently has this type of surgery been done on
Parkies, and
>        >  WHICH Parkie gets it is decided by their own neck and
throat
>        >  specialist/surgeon, based upon their PD being rather
slow moving
>        >  (as in slowly degenerating rather than swiftly
moving).  I'm not
>        >  too sure what constitutes "slowly moving" to the
DOCTOR, but to
>ME
>        >  that means the vocal cords are stable enough to permit
the "tiny
>        >  thingee" to remain implanted for at LEAST a year or
longer before
>        >  needing to be replaced by a new one  cut to fit the
changing
>vocal
>        >  cords.
>        >
>        >  Since I won't be a candidate for this procedure till
the collagen
>        >  which I got today is absorbed by my body (3 to 6
months),
>        >  obviously I cannot share more about this surgery till
I've had
>it.
>        >  But since it's apparently so well known by neck and
throat
>        >  specialists, if you'd like to know more about it (like
cost -
>        >  Medicare covers it, by the way), I suggest ya call the
nearest
>        >  teaching hospital/university and ask for their neck
and throat
>        >  clinic...  They 'll no doubt be able to fill ya in on
this
>        >  relatively minor operation.
>        >
>        >  OH.... and ya might hear some MD's saying this surgery
ISN'T for
>        >  PWP's, but Dr. Burke SWEARS it CAN be successful when
performed
>on
>        >  a Parkie, provided the doctor makes sure BEFORE the
operation
>that
>        >  the patient's PD is indeed slowly to degenerate.
>        >
>        >  (NON-proofed for errors or typos)
>        >
>        >  Barb Mallut (written in haste, 'cause I'm awfully
tired now)
>        >  [log in to unmask]
>        >
>        >
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