Kimberly
Engstrom
Dear Dr. Cooper,
In 1995 after giving birth to my first child I slowly noticed that
my voice was different. At first I thought it was a result of the
difficult delivery that I had and 20 hours of labor. Gradually it
began to get worse and people began to notice. I eventually went
to see a ENT and he said if it doesn't get better I would need to
see a speech therapist. Well, it didn't get better and needless
to say that started an endless search going from doctor to doctor
to hypnotist to chiropractors to psychologist in an effort to get
help. I finally ended up at the 4th best head neck and
voice center in the country.
Again I went through seemingly the exact steps I had went through
with the other therapist and doctors. But this particular place
offered Botox, and I took the chance that it would snap my voice
back into action, because at this point I refused to talk on the
phone and communication was getting to be a series of gestures and
hand signals.
The doctor concluded that I had both abductor and adductor and
proceeded to give me two shots over two months. Well, needless to
say again my whispery voice became more whispery and I was very
discouraged.
I now was ready to give up and accept what I had all the articles
on the Internet said; that this was a hopeless condition and I was
never going to talk normally again. Until my mother-in-law gave
me some hope. She saw this doctor on the Maury Povich Show who worked
with patients like me. She got his name and I went to work to find
him. I found his books on the internet, read them over the weekend,
called Dr. Cooper and after waiting 6 months to see him because
I was pregnant with my second baby as they say, I picked up the
family and moved to California for a month.
My time with Dr. Cooper ended the middle of July and I am now again
a speaking member of society. I work, I talk on the phone, and best
of all I can read to
my little boy. Dr. Cooper was everything he says he is and with
a lot of hard work and a belief that this can be done, I feel anyone
can benefit from Dr. Cooper and there is hope.
I had a talk with my girlfriend the other day who has MS. She is
starting a new drug and told me that everyone said that there was
no treatment for what she had. I found that it had given her hope
that this might be the treatment for her and her time to find something.
So, it's nice to know that Dr. Cooper can give hope not just for
people with voice problems.
Sincerely,
Kimberly Engstrom
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