hematoma granuloma vol 2

It was NINE months ago that the ENT DR at mighty Hopkins decided that I had a granuloma on the vocal chords and set on a course to address the issue. Over the summer and into the fall, very little changed except to learn that I had allergies that I never knew I had. Today I went to the Philadelphia Voice Institute after mighty Hopkins gave up trying to figure out what was wrong, and what to my wondering eyes was discovered? Well, the granuloma is back. These things sometimes go away and come back. Dr. almighty Hopkins was leaving to go somewhere else to practice and he couldn't decide after 5 look-sees down my throat, so he gave up. Well, apparently the reason he couldn't decide was because the granuloma disappeared and reappeared as they sometime do. Dr almighty Hopkins just couldn't be bothered to perservere on the case because he knew he was leaving. Now talk about being pissed!! So, on this lovely sunny day Dr. Beausoleil (I hope you read French) tells me I definitely have a granuloma and she says it requires aggressive treatment for acid reflux which is probably the root cause. I protested that I had been that route before at mighty Hopkins and it did not change anything much. She explained that I did not understand what aggressive means. So now I have prescription Nexium and another prescription AND she gave me a shot of somethign steroidal that is supposed to immediately shrink the granuloma. If this aggressive treatment does not do the trick the next thing is something to do with botox and after that then there could be surgery after which I could not sing for three months. I DON'T want to go there! Right now I am relieved to know that indeed it is something physical, but I am certainly angry at Hopkins!! AND as I write this, my throat is really sore from all the stuff that went down my throat and the extra numbing medicine I require because I have a gag reflex that beats the band! Unfortunately, I am well-experienced at numbing medicine and tubes going down my throat. Believe me, it never gets any better. But, AH, how soon will my song return?