It has been 2 months my voice has been hoarse after surgery (cardiac cath) i ve been to an ENT therapist and he had a look at my vocal cords and said the left vocal cord nerves are very inflamed. He said it could take up to a whole year for my voice to come back. I m extremely upset about this because I hate going to school with a stupid voice like this. Everyone laughs at it. Even the teacher looked like she was about to laugh. I m actually crying about it while typing this. I feel so sad about it and no one is even helping me. I can barely talk and have to whisper to be heard. How can I go on like this for a year. I know there are a lot more people who are worse off but I just feel like crying.