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
>
>Tel: 021 947 8918 (International +27 21 947 8918)
>Fax: 021 947 1521 (International +27 21 947 1521)
>
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>Because e-mail can be altered electronically,
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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]
> >
> >
>
