声帯の不調とレッスンへの影響
I lost my voice last week, but I'm all good now.
Hello, I hope everyone is doing well and stayinghealthy. Let me tell you what happened to me last
Monday. After teaching some online lessons, I wenthome and soon after I had dinner, I noticed that I
could hardly talk. Oh no! I had musical theaterlessons to teach the next day, so the first thing
that came to my mind was, am I going to be able toteach tomorrow? I tried to utter some words,
only to find out that all I could do was whisper.Suddenly, I felt very scared. What's happening?
Is this something serious? Should I be concerned?The next moment, I grabbed my phone and texted
all the parents of my musical theater students tolet them know that I won't be capable of teaching
due to the condition of my vocal cords. Of course,everyone was kind enough to understand my
situation, encouraging me to focus on my healthand recovery. I was so touched by how kindly
医師の診察と診断
everyone responded to my message. The nextmorning, I was hit by a high fever, convinced thatI must
have caught a terrible cold. However, after adoctor's visit, I found out that I had a bacterial
infection. By the way, if you happen to live inChuo-ku, Sapporo, I highly recommend that you try
Kato Otolaryngology the next time you have a sorethroat. There were two things that made thisclinic
stand out from others. First, the moment thereceptionist noticed that I had no energy and
looked really sick, she took me to a small room inthe back, which had a very comfortable armchair.
Away from other patients' eyes, I draped myselfover the armchair, which was so comfortable that
I wanted to hug the receptionist afterward. Ofcourse, I didn't though. Second, the clinic had a
very small nose camera. This is super important. Ihave only been to hospitals with large nosecameras
before, where I always ended up moaning with tearsrunning down my face. Once, it was even worse.
I couldn't breathe for a long 30 seconds. KatoOtolaryngology had a high-end camera
that gave me almost zero uncomfortable sensationdown my throat. Also, the doctor and nurses
kindly guided me into a relaxing posture, whichmade the process super easy. No pain, nodiscomfort.
Anyway, back to my condition. The doctor showed mea picture of my vocal cords.
They were swollen. He also looked at the back ofmy throat and said,
this is a clear sign of a bacterial infection. Myfirst question was, is it contagious?
Should I quarantine myself? To my surprise, hetold me that as long as I didn't cough,
it wouldn't spread easily like the flu or COVID.He told me that quarantine was unnecessary.
That was such a relief. However, he warned me thatmy voice might not come back so soon.
治療と回復、そして蜂蜜
In the worst case scenario, it might take a month.A month? Of course, I couldn't even speakproperly,
so I just whispered in my raspy voice. He nodded.After that, I was prescribed some antibiotics to
clear up the bacterial infection, along with someother medicines to fight the symptoms throughout
my respiratory system and prevent coughing. Thesemeds worked a miracle. My fever vanished,
and by the second day after my doctor's visit, Iwas already feeling well enough to teach online
lessons again. By Sunday, I was singing anddancing with the kids. So this is a picture of thehoney
which was given to me by one of my student'smothers. This honey is sourced from Hokkaido's
beautiful acacia trees. It was specially selectedby a passionate honey hunter, someone who travels
around to source the absolute best honey with purededication. Isn't that cool? And it tastesamazing.
I ate a stick of honey this morning, and it gaveme a slight tingling sensation, which I believe is
proof that its antibacterial effect was kickingin. After a few minutes, the tingling was gone,
and it felt much easier to speak. I could tellthat my throat loved it. I was really touched by
this yummy sore throat remedy slash treat. Ialways learn so much from the parents. Everyone
is so caring, and they show it so discreetly.These parents are the epitome of kindness.
I'm so blessed to be surrounded by such warm-hearted people.
