I am now in the middle of week being in hospital after having my larynx removed and a stoma an prosthesis installed. It's all going well so far, and hopefully I may be speaking again next week. Cannot fault the support I have been receiving from the Macmillan Staff and the hospital Staff. You have to be positive in my situation, and realise that you are not the first going through this. Tommo
Morning Tommo. Glad you are pulling through this and getting looked after. My first husband had a laryngectomy years ago and made a brilliant recovery. Hope yours is too.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Pleased to hear it went/is going well Tommo, do you have a swallow test scheduled yet?
Metastatic SCC diagnosed 8th October 2013. Modified radical neck dissection November, thirty-five radiotherapy fractions with 2xCisplatin chemo Jan/Feb 2014. Recurrence on larynx diagnosed July 2020 so salvage laryngectomy in September 2020.
Good luck with it, my failure was somewhat more serious, so I ended up tube fed for five months; hope you avoid a similar fate, sure you will.
Metastatic SCC diagnosed 8th October 2013. Modified radical neck dissection November, thirty-five radiotherapy fractions with 2xCisplatin chemo Jan/Feb 2014. Recurrence on larynx diagnosed July 2020 so salvage laryngectomy in September 2020.
Thanks for this positive up-date Tommo, its a big operation to recover from both mentally and physically, like you i have always found the hospital staff very good and understanding like dieticians, speech and language therapists. Hope all goes well with the speech valve and swallow test. All the best.
Chris
Its sometimes not easy but its worth it !
