Savannah Guthrie Provides Health Update Following Vocal Cord Surgery
Savannah Guthrie is recovering after undergoing vocal cord surgery.
On Monday, January 5, Guthrie, 54, provided a health update through Instagram, sharing a photo of herself in black-frame glasses, holding a whiteboard that read: “All good! Thanks for prayers and love!”
In her caption, the Today anchor expressed to her followers, “See you soon!”
Friends and fans of Guthrie filled the comments with supportive messages.
“Feel better my girlxxxx,” commented Hoda Kotb, while Sheinelle Jones, who recently took over Kotb’s spot as a cohost on the fourth hour of the NBC morning show, added four heart emojis.
A fan chimed in: “Keep that whiteboard coming!!!!! the challenging part is no whispering or talking….”
As part of her recovery, the journalist will not be using her voice for several weeks. She previously informed the Today audience on December 19 that she was taking a break from the show to address her vocal cord issues.
“Some of you may have noticed my voice has been quite scratchy and starting to crack a bit, much like Peter Brady during his changing voice phase,” Guthrie joked. “I found out I have vocal nodules, and now also a polyp. It’s not a major issue, but I will be having surgery early in the new year and will be off for a couple of weeks. So today is my last day for a while. Just wanted to let everyone know, and if you’ve been wondering whether I have a never-ending cold — I don’t.”
At that time, she told Jones, 47, and cohosts Craig Melvin and Al Roker, “You’ll love this. I have to remain silent for a couple of weeks, totally silent. Christmas is coming early for my family.”
Jones mentioned that she had had vocal cord surgery five years ago.
“The silver lining is that you get to be quiet for a while,” she said. “The house will be peaceful. The kids will want to help you out.”
Jones also shared her whiteboard used during her own recovery.
“I’ll be the one saying, ‘No, you can’t eat sweets in your bedroom,’” Guthrie joked about her communication with her daughter Vale, 11, and son Charley, 9, whom she shares with husband Michael Feldman.
Guthrie expressed her enthusiasm about the surgery, stating, “This has been an ongoing issue for years, truly.”
When Jones mentioned that Guthrie might emerge from surgery with a voice like Celine Dion, Guthrie humorously remarked, “It’s interesting. I used to be able to sing, then I lost that ability, and eventually, I couldn’t speak at all. Who knows?”
Guthrie joined the Today anchor desk back in 2011 and has undergone three eye surgeries since, including one for a retinal repair following a 2019 incident and cataract surgery in 2020.
“I’m seeing all the colors a bit brighter today 🌸,” she wrote in an Instagram update after the last procedure. “I’m so thankful that my surgery was a success! I’m still healing but already noticing significant improvements in my vision. Tears of joy fill my eyes!”
