33-year old Grammy award winning artist John Mayer was diagnosed a few months back with an inflamed nodule on his vocal cord called a granuloma. It is a non-cancerous lesion that occurs when there is constant strain on an area and can take months to go away.

Mayer recently underwent surgery to remove the lesion due to the gravity of the condition and is now recovering. His plans to release his latest record, "Born and Raised" was postponed and he was forced to cancel several of his tours in the past months under the advice of his doctors.

He is now on hiatus for a month or maybe even longer and says that he will be travelling around the country until he has fully recovered writing songs and conceptualizing other material for future projects. His new record was originally set to be launched this fall or winter but has been rescheduled to be launched next year instead.

Mayer sent out a message to his fans on his blog, saying:

"Hey all...

I wanted to give you an update on the granuloma just above my vocal cord. I had surgery this afternoon to remove it and am now on complete vocal rest for a month or more. It's been a very long process in waiting to see if time was an alternative to surgery, but even given two weeks' voice rest (along with many other approaches), there was no change for the better.

I should be frustrated but I can't seem to stop thinking about beautiful things... I never thought I'd be wishing I could do what I love again; I stay in at night, picking guitar parts off of records and dreaming of playing on the big stage. The only difference between now and when I was 18 is that now I have this beautiful, meaningful record waiting for me when I can sing it.

Until then, I'm taking off. Going to travel the country, look and listen.

sincere love

JM"

The singer gas got a pretty good attitude for someone who just went through such a serious ordeal, especially since his voice plays a vital part to his livelihood. He is a very talented musician and I'm sure he's going to be sharing a lot more of his music to the world in the future.

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