WHAT STARTED AS A HOBBY HAS BECOME A WAY OF LIFE FOR SCOT T FLANAGAN ‘07 Scott Flanagan was dealt some misfortune in 2017, but that hasn’t stopped the 2007 Midland University graduate from becoming a renowned quilt pattern designer and national speaker. Flanagan, a native of Longmont, Colo., woke up on the morning of June 6, 2017 with what he thought was a bad case of laryngitis. After two weeks it got significantly worse. He eventually went to a doctor where he was prescribed prednisone. “Two weeks later, it was even worse,” Flanagan said. “I couldn’t talk on the phone at all. I could barely talk to someone sitting next to me.”
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In August of that year, a specialist made the correct diagnosis of spasmodic dysphonia – a neurological voice disorder. Surgery was conducted in 2018 to correct the problem. Flanagan said it worked for two years, but then the disorder returned. “Now every three months I go and get botox injected into my vocal cords,” Flanagan said. “That makes me sound somewhat normal for about two months out of the three.” The disorder hasn’t stopped Flanagan from being a national presenter and educator on quilting. He travels to speak to quilt
