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threemonkeysThere are probably no body organs that you want to lose the use of. Obviously losing some of them is rather life limiting, but others just a bit inconvenient. I mention this only because I have lost the use of my larynx for the last week or so. Which is to say I have had laryngitis from a virus and lost my voice. It’s funny, it isn’t one of those things that you would think of as being that big a deal – the fodder of old fashioned sitcoms really. But it is bloody inconvenient – I couldn’t even ring the doctor to arrange an appointment to get it looked at when it didn’t clear up quickly.
What is interesting though is how it seems to cut into my desire to communicate in other ways. No desire to write on this blog for example. There is a lot of evidence around how our verbal functions are tied into our general social interaction bits of the brain. Perhaps this is an example. On the other hand, I lost my appetite too – perhaps there is something else at work.
But here is the handy hint of the day. If you do have laryngitis, it is no bad thing to force yourself to go to work. Once your boss & colleagues hear you, they will be so busy telling you to go home that there will be no further chance to make a martyr of yourself and you have no trouble ensuring you can take a full recovery time to get over it properly. The sound of a rasping or whispering voice really kicks in the "unclean" response. For added emphasis, I asked my boss to make a doctor’s appointment for me (see above) as we go to the same GP.
What is interesting though is how it seems to cut into my desire to communicate in other ways. No desire to write on this blog for example. There is a lot of evidence around how our verbal functions are tied into our general social interaction bits of the brain. Perhaps this is an example. On the other hand, I lost my appetite too – perhaps there is something else at work.
But here is the handy hint of the day. If you do have laryngitis, it is no bad thing to force yourself to go to work. Once your boss & colleagues hear you, they will be so busy telling you to go home that there will be no further chance to make a martyr of yourself and you have no trouble ensuring you can take a full recovery time to get over it properly. The sound of a rasping or whispering voice really kicks in the "unclean" response. For added emphasis, I asked my boss to make a doctor’s appointment for me (see above) as we go to the same GP.