'I had Botox injected into my vocal chords': How John Mayer was left unable to speak after making drastic attempt to heal voice
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John Mayer says his ‘dreams have come true twice.’
The 35-year-old singer - who recently split from his girlfriend of seven months Katy Perry - was forced to use an iPad to communicate and worried he would never sing again after being ‘terrorised’ for two years by throat problems that left him with no voice.
The star explained that the experience became almost unbearable when he realise regular medication wouldn’t heal his tissue inflammation.
Healed voice: Singer John Mayer is grateful for his second chance at being a star
John told Billboard.com: ‘I thought I'd just take a pill and it would go away, but the problem got worse and worse and grew and grew.
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Share‘I probably had contiguously three, maybe four months of not saying a word. The endurance was tough for me, but I started a new life.’
Dr. Steven Zeitels – who also worked on British singer Adele’s voice - initially tried to treat the problem by injecting his vocal cords with a huge amount of Botox, which left them paralysed and him unable to speak for weeks.
Tough time: The musician was diagnosed with tissue inflammation in 2011
The musician revealed that he felt trapped in his helpless state but never gave up trying to get better.
He said: ‘I was forced to type on my iPad to communicate anything. It wasn't liberating. Is breaking your leg liberating? No. All complexity is gone when you don't have a choice.
‘I'm never a quitter. That's how my mind works. Everything I stand for is about fighting through and never backing down.’
Break up: John recently split from fellow pop star Katy Perry
Out now: John speaks to the latest issue of Billboard magazine
John then came to the realisation that he may never be able to use his dulcet tones on stage again.
He decided that expecting less would save his fragile mind frame in the long run.
He continued: ‘I spent so long being terrorised, I had all but shut down the fantasy of playing music again-just so I could, you know, survive.’
But John was relieved when the condition slowly started to improve when he took some time off and meant he didn't need to undergo surgery.
Now he feels like he got two chances at being a famous performer.
He said: ‘It's hard to believe that I'm healed, but just to make sure, I keep going back every two weeks for a look, and it's the same - if not better.
‘The greatest gift I now have in my life is the opportunity to play again, which is also the opportunity to dream again. My dreams were in escrow, but when I found out these things in my throat had receded, the most exciting thing for me was having a second chance at a new life. My dreams have come true twice. That's really cool.’
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