What A Difference A Day Makes: If I’d lost my singing voice I’d have lost my identity too

Musician Linda Plover tells Helen O’Callaghan about what it was like to lose her voice due to surgery, about the regrets she had – and how its total recovery has made her supremely grateful for a second chance.

Linda Plover, pictured near Daly's Bridge in Cork city. Picture Chani Anderson

I had a nodule on my right thyroid for years. Thankfully, it was not cancerous, but it was getting larger and I had to decide to have it removed. 

But I had this big fear: The surgery risked damage to the vocal nerves. You can end up having a hoarse voice and not being able to sing.