‘I am profoundly moved’: Delta Goodrem thanks fans for their support after revealing a serious health condition left her with nerve paralysis
Delta Goodrem has thanked fans for their support after revealing she was left unable to speak or sing after complications following the removal of her salivary gland.
On Sunday, the Australian musician, 35, revealed for the first time that she’d suffered paralysis of a nerve in her tongue back in October 2018. (She has since made a full recovery and is now releasing new music.)
In a post shared to Instagram on Monday, the Voice coach said she was ‘profoundly moved by all of your beautiful comments, messages and the amazing stories that people have shared with me of their own journeys’.
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‘Your responses have blown me away!’ Delta Goodrem has thanked fans for their support after revealing she was left unable to speak or sing after surgery complications in October 2018
She continued: ‘Your responses have blown me away and inspired me wholeheartedly! from my heart to yours ❤️ …! Delta Xx #ALittleStrengthInside.’
This comes days after the songstress surprised fans by sharing her heartbreaking personal struggle on Instagram.
Delta had kept her surgery a secret until Sunday, when she decided to announce it as a way of explaining why she had not released music in 2019.
Devastating: On Sunday, the Australian musician, 35, revealed for the first time that she’d suffered paralysis of a nerve in her tongue back in October 2018. (She has since made a full recovery and is now releasing new music)
Gratitude: In a post shared to Instagram on Monday, the Voice coach said she was ‘profoundly moved by all of your beautiful comments, messages and the amazing stories that people have shared with me of their own journeys’
‘It’s been a strange process not actually sharing it straight away, but I just didn’t know if I was ready yet,’ Delta said.
She then shared footage from 2018 in which she struggled to speak and expressed fears she would never be able to perform again.
‘I don’t want to go out, I’m super embarrassed,’ she said in the video. ‘I’m super embarrassed, I’m just over it! I’m just trying to stay positive.
‘My livelihood is my sound… I’m trying to decide whether this is getting any better or not. It doesn’t feel like it.’
‘My livelihood is my sound’: This comes days after the songstress surprised fans by sharing her heartbreaking personal struggle on Instagram
Heartbreak: Delta had kept her surgery a secret until Sunday, when she decided to announce it as a way of explaining why she had not released music in 2019
Delta went through months of rehabilitation with daily speech therapy to get her voice back, and has since made a full recovery.
When a nerve is damaged there is no predicting if or when it may recover.
Almost two years after waking up without her voice, Delta said she wanted to share her journey so fans could better understand the meaning behind her new single, which is aptly called Paralyzed.
‘I share this with you as an artist sharing where the poetry in this song comes from, and as a human who deeply feels and understands that everyone has their own story and their own challenges,’ she said.
‘You never know what someone is going through and this is an extremely hard time for people. So I send this story to you with the message of hope and love.’
This year, Delta has released the first two singles from her forthcoming sixth studio album, Keep Climbing and Paralyzed.
Fighter: Delta went through months of rehabilitation with daily speech therapy to get her voice back, and has since made a full recovery