head and neck

hello everyone.  i just wanted to say hi to everyone. its  5 years after my laryngectomy operation  so  i think ive got used to my new life without my voice.  i started off with the tru tone electrolarynx. them days was difficult ordering a taxi.  i would say hello and they would hang up. so i had a valve fitted that was much better for me. now ive gone hands free . i just want to say to people never give up and that it will always get better for you. when i was going through  my radio therapy to help me switch off to what i was going through  i would  think of nice songs and i would always have a pen and note pad with me and i would write my own words to the tunes. i now have a dozen cancer songs and writing the words in waiting rooms realy helped me to get through my therapy and the three weeks i spent in hospital after my laryngectomy operation. i even took a pen and note pad to bed with me and i would jot words down that would ryme with the tune that was in my head. people have said why rite songs when you havnt a voice and i say that there are things like autotune and audacity on the computer if its good enough for pop stars to use them then i will try it one day and see if i can do it for cancer support thats been my plan now for the last five years.  ive heard they got a laryngectomy choir in london it would be nice to start one in the midlands area. so if your going through head and neck treatment good luck to you all and take care