Hello! I am a professional singer and have my surgery scheduled for this fri the 13th!! I was wondering if anyone else sings in here and how long before I can go back to work. Any hydration problems? or anything else I should watchout for?

Anywhoo I am so nervous!!

Hello! I am a professional singer and have my surgery scheduled for this fri the 13th!! I was wondering if anyone else sings in here and how long before I can go back to work. Any hydration problems? or anything else I should watchout for?

Anywhoo I am so nervous!!

Hey Bajagirl:

I'm a choir director at one of our local universities. I went back to work after 9 days--I could definitely sing with good technique, but got tired easily when conducting. Hydration is definitely an issue for me, but you'll probably do a lot better with that, since you're used to staying hydrated. I had a student who was sleeved, and she bounced back very quickly--actually, her breath technique improved rather substantially after the surgery and only a little weight loss. That's a positive I hadn't thought about since until your post. I think you'll be absolutely fine.

Meg

Thank you so much! My doc does not sing and said 6 weeks for recovery. It seemed way to long and made me very nervous.

you took a load off my worries

I sang professionally in Vegas/Nashviile for 25 years.. I still sing hell can't shut me up LOL... I haven't had any problems, I did a local show here in Austin and had no problems under the 300 degree lights, I had Water at a reach and I found I could hold notes longer since dropping 50lbs and I had a really high range now that I didn't have before LOL Maybe I need to come out of retirement! LOL

Try singing around your house.. see if taking that gasp of air to hold a note hurts or not.. if it does.. relax and try a few days later...

Thank you! And yes come out of retirement!!

This post was great -- I'm a singer and a music therapy student, so my voice is my life. Glad others have the same questions I do.