Hallmark star Kimberly Williams-Paisley is doing quite well after a scary medical situation that kept her out of the limelight for about two years. She opened up about the situation and how she is doing now in an interview with Craig Melvin of “Today” on March 24.
Kimberly Williams-Paisley Loves Being Back at Work
Williams-Paisley said, “I feel great and it was so nice to go back to work after a long time of thinking, like, you know, when you’re in the middle of a weird mysterious kind of health scare, it can feel like it’s gonna go on forever.”
She explained that during a benefit event for the Alzheimer’s Association, she was on stage and suddenly could not speak. Williams-Paisley joked she was “the belle of the ball, the theme is 90s, and I come out dressed like Cindy Crawford looking fantastic.”
However, she continued, “Then I open my mouth to welcome everybody, and nothing came out. I had, like, just nothing. My throat was completely clenched.”
She spent more than a year trying different things to try to bring her voice back. Her doctors eventually determined that one of her vocal cords was paralyzed.
Looking back, Williams-Paisley noted, she had experienced some issues with her voice whenever she got sick. “But this was the first time that it completely went, and then the next morning I still couldn’t really talk.”
After a couple of procedures done at the voice center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Williams-Paisley regained her voice.
The Hallmark Star Now Has a Permanent Implant to Prevent Further Issues
Initially, doctors worked to “plump up” her paralyzed vocal cord so it could touch the other one and Williams-Paisley could speak again. She had filler at first, “So I looked 20 years younger on the inside,” she joked.
After the filler, doctors placed a permanent implant in that allowed Williams-Paisley to have her voice back.
“I’m just so relieved that…I’m on the other side of it,” Williams-Paisley said. She continued, “I’m stronger, I understand my body more… I came out the other side.”
Fans are thrilled for Williams-Paisley.
One fan comment on the “Today” show Instagram page read, “So happy you are doing well! Beautiful on the inside and out! 🌸🩷🌸🩷🌸🩷🌸🩷🌸🩷🌸🩷”
Another shared, “My surgery is in a few weeks. So glad @kimberlywilliamspaisley shared her journey. Makes me feel less alone!”
“Scary! Never knew this could happen! Such a sweet actress, ❤️” someone else added.
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Kimberly Williams-Paisley Feels ‘Great’ After 2-Year Medical Ordeal