This had a devastating impact on the singer’s mental health.
But I never thought that my voice would leave me, because it’s so inherent to my nature.
It was my identity," she told The Guardian.
“So when I couldn’t sing, that was unbearable.
There were times I couldn’t even get out of bed I was so depressed.”
“I felt an unusual hoarseness that prevented me from singing,” she told fans on herwebsite.
“The doctors detected that there had been a hemorrhage in my right vocal cord.”
And despite vocal rest, the problem persisted and the tour had to be postponed.
But Shakira wasn’t prepared to do that.
“It was too dangerous,” Shakira toldCosmopolitan.
“Either I needed surgery or divine intervention,” Shakira toldThe Guardian.
And fans are thankful too!
