• After having throat surgery, Shania Twain was “petrified” to sing.
• She underwent open-throat surgery in 2018.
• She was concerned about whether or not her voice would sound the same.

The 57-year-old country singer underwent open-throat surgery in 2018 to help treat the problem after contracting Lyme disease in 2003, which left her with nerve damage to her vocal cords.

Shania has since admitted, however, that she was very concerned about whether or not her voice would sound the same after the procedure.

She told InStyle magazine: “After I had the surgery, I was petrified to make a sound. I didn’t know what was going to come out.

“It did scare me, but I just had to take the leap and make a sound.”

However, the singer’s fears were unfounded and she was so happy to have her voice back again. She went on: “I was so excited about what came out. It was a connection to the vocal cords and it came out very easily. I was really, really, really excited.”

She added of her health issues: “It’s a reminder, don’t take time for granted. Don’t take the opportunity for granted. It’s possible I might lose it, that it may not last. I guess any prosthetic or support that you get that is synthetic, your body still may give out around it. It could happen.”

After the procedure, Shania had enough confidence to go back into the studio and record her upcoming album, “Queen of Me,” which will be released in February.

Speaking on ‘Talk Shop Live’, she said of the record: “For me, this album means so, so much about my decision-making and the courage to get the operation, knowing that I may never even be able to sing again after the surgery. So that was a big decision.”

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