I met a young woman yesterday who is having surgery today on vocal cord nodules and polyps. She teaches cycling classes at several locations and that use of her voice caused the problem with her vocal cords. Her voice sounded very raspy and it hurt my throat just listening to her. I asked her what kind of post-operative speech therapy or voice coaching was recommended by her physician to help her avoid this problem in the future. "None" was her answer. This made me very up