Hello all. I'm a woman in my late 30s and I have been problems (hoarseness and pain, particularly on the one side) with my voice for 4 months. I am also a singer. Last week I went to ENT and the endoscope showed what the consultant said was 'an early vocal nodule'. I was given some leaflets on voice care, told that I would be referred for vocal therapy and sent on my way. I thought, great, vocal nodules, I'll have some rest and therapy which will sort it out sharpish. "Vocal nodules" are benign, easily treatable, occur in pairs and are quite common for singers. 

6 days later I got a text from the hospital calling me in for an a MRI. I thought it was some kind of scam or clerical error! I have discovered ENT used the term "vocal nodule'" to mean a single bump on my vocal fold and they don’t yet know exactly what that is. 

Confusing, right?!

Obviously I'm feeling pretty shocked as I thought everything was ok and I'm now worried that my vocal nodule may be malignant. I'm hoping it's some kind of benign polyp or cyst.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? I want the next few weeks to disappear, until I know the results of the MRI. I know it could be far worse but it's hard to forget about it when your voice is your work as well as everything else.