Yahoo Lifestyle Kimberly Williams Paisley Shares Vulnerable Health Update After Surgery
We’re sending our heartfelt well wishes to Kimberly Williams Paisley!
On Sunday, August 18, the 52-year-old actress took to Instagram to let fans in on a personal situation that she’s been navigating for nearly two years.
“I’ve been going through a thing,” she started the caption. “Almost two years ago I lost my voice on stage at my Alzheimer’s event in Nashville. It was embarrassing and scary and it never quite came back.”
Ultimately, she found out that she had damaged her laryngeal nerve. No matter how much she tried to heal it, though, nothing was offering lasting relief, so she scheduled surgery at Vanderbilt Health in Nashville to address the issue.
“I was awake for the three-hour laryngoplasty to plump up my paralyzed vocal cord so it hits the other one (she’s so happy not to be doing all the work by herself anymore. She was EXHAUSTED),” Kimberly continued in the caption. “I watched a lot of it on a video screen above my head as it happened and all I can say is MODERN MEDICINE IS MIRACULOUS.”
Following the surgery, Kimberly has a curved scar across her throat and a renewed sense of self.
“I haven’t wanted to share about this much until now because it felt too vulnerable,” she admitted in the post. “I took for granted my ability to ‘use my voice’ before—for my career, for a good cause, for a timely joke, for SELF-EXPRESSION, for a loud dinner party. Instead, I’ve been the quietest in the room. I’ve felt meek. New people I’ve met thought I was a shy or reserved person. I’ve felt trapped in my body.”
Now, through trials and triumph, she’s learned to use her voice in a whole new way. “I’ve healed old emotional wounds,” she wrote in the post. “I’ve learned the strength and beauty of silence. I’ve become a serious meditator. I’m deadlifting over a hundred pounds. I’m taking better care of my body. I’m managing stress. I’m dissolving shame. I’m feeling more whole, empowered, and joyful.”
Her overall takeaway from the health crisis? “Was losing my voice worth it? Mm, not exactly,” she concluded her post. “Was it worthless? Not for a second.”
And her followers agree! After sharing the carousel of hospital photos to her feed, friends, family, and fans flocked to her comments section to share well wishes.
“Sending you a huge hug! So happy you shared so sorry you went through this and so pleased we are all here to support you,” Katie Couric exclaimed. “Sending you all the love and healing, Kim. What a pillar of strength. Glad you’re on the mend,” Mandy Moore chimed in. “I’m so happy you’re on the road to having your voice back. Very scary I’m sure,” Kristin Chenoweth wrote. “This will be a great new chapter. Also I will miss the silence,” Brad Paisley, Kimberly’s husband, joked. “Sending you lots of love and healing,” Martina McBride commented. And the messages of a speedy recovery just came trickling in. Here’s hoping Kimberly will be feeling like her old self again in no time.
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