Shania Twain says her Lyme disease battle was 'devastating'.The Man! I Feel Like a Woman! hitmaker contracted the tick-borne illness in 2003, and was forced to undergo open-throat surgery after her voice was damaged by the effects of dysphonia as a result of the disease.
And now, Shania has said she 'mourned' the loss of her voice, because she thought her disease would mean she'd never be able to sing again. 'It was devastating… I felt I had no other choice but to just accept it - in that I would never sing again.
I was mourning the expression of my voice,' said the star. Her battle:Shania Twain says her Lyme disease battle was 'devastating'.
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