Tag: vocal cords

• Menthal Cough Drops and Copper Pipes Up from the Floor – Thoughts from November 1, 2025

  

  I’m enormously tempted to tell you about the exciting information I learned recently, but I will tell the story of what I learned in the order it happened. When I read or listen to stories that are out of chronological order, I get confused. I won’t do that to you. This story begins with a…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 31, 2026

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  2025, active ingredient, attaching pipes, chronological order, conversation with a singer, copper pipe, copper pipe sticking up from the floor, cutting a pipe, doctor checkup, fridge water, leaking pipe, menthol-based cough drops, mobile homes, no signs of leakage, Patti, pectin-based cough drops, pipe ring, polyp removed from my vocal cord, singing again, singing in my past, soreness in my throat, thoughts, throat problems, throat surgery, time to heal, vocal cords

• Creativity and Shyness – Thoughts from August 19 and 31, 2024

  

  August 19, 2024 I’ve talked with several people about my throat. I told them about the polyp on my vocal cords. The singer I talked to said she has had them on her vocal cords. She had them removed with surgery. A former nurse said trying the dietary changes made sense before going right for…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 29, 2025

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• Singing in the Car was My Downfall – Thoughts from August 17, 2024

  

  The first thing I must talk about is my doctor’s appointment to look at my throat. I finally got the camera down my throat and saw an image of my vocal cords. They gave me a numbing agent in my nose that went down my throat. Before they gave it to me, they asked if…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 22, 2025

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  2024, alcohol, ball on my vocal cord, camera down my throat, carbonated drinks, cayenne pepper, doctor’s appointment, gradual change, gross, moratorium on singing, my first surgery, nasal passage, nodules, numb nose, numbing agent, Patti, polyp on my vocal cord, singing in the car, straining my voice, thoughts, vocal cords