What's going on here?

Interestingly enough, my voice has been good for weeks now. Of course, now that I've said that, I noticed that my throat has tightened up a bit today, but I haven't spoken with anyone yet this morning to verify that it's worse again. The mornings are usually a quiet time, as I am often working before my children wake up, and my husband is either at work (he will often leave before I get out of bed) or he is sleeping.

I had a friend coming over more often lately, and she had commented the other day that my voice is the best she's heard it been for years. This friend of mine I've known since sixth grade, and we've seen each other at least once a year since I got SD in 2003, spoken more often than that on the phone, and definitely a lot more than that this year because we live within four blocks of each other. However, it's still infrequent enough that it's not a daily, or even weekly thing. So, it means something if she notices it, as she's not used to hearing me every day and she takes notice of what I sound like every time.

Normally, I'll have my voice be better for a little while. Maybe it'll be good for a few days, or sometimes up to a week, but then it'll be bad for a while again. I remember, back when I was working retail, that I had a period of time where my voice was barely above a whisper for over a month.

The thing I've noticed lately is that not only have I been able to continue a conversation for well over an hour without my voice cutting out, but I've also been able to yell to someone who is in another room or upstairs. That's a huge accomplishment for me. Now, I haven't done anything different than normal, so I'm not sure what caused this to change. My voice is typically at 40-60% on a given day usually, but I'd say it's been a solid 85-90% lately with just the occasional period of my voice cutting out. My voice has been so good that I've considered doing some extra work on the side, even working with the public.

But then I thought about that. What if I would get a job on the side? When interviewing, would I even want to mention that I have SD? If I did, and I wasn't showing symptoms, then it might seem strange. But if I didn't, and then my voice did (as it would eventually) get worse while on the job, then that could make me look bad for not mentioning something earlier.

I'll probably just look for another job from home or one that doesn't involve much talking :).

Sure enough, my toddler just came down the stairs, and as I was speaking with her, there my voice cut out with, "yes, of course you'll be getting lunch today." Ah well. It was nice when it lasted!