Thanks Jeff. Recoveriing my voice is the main remaining concern. Last time this ENT Doc treated me for a similar issue, he inserted a camera up each nostril and down into the trachea. He diagnosed inflamed vocal cords, and prescribed steroids, which did the trick. He told me "I don't prescribe small doses like other docs". Instead of the 'normal' 2/day, tapering to 1/day, he started with 8/day. Hope this will be a similarly simple fix.