Life as a "Lary"
At my hospital I have the opportunity to work with the total laryngectomy community. You can look at my previous post here about TEP placements! There have been a lot of questions lately on private SLP community groups regarding working with individuals post total laryngectomy. Therefore, I decided that this month’s blog post should be a little unique. William Cross, an administrator of the WebWhisperers Facebook group and total laryngectomy, agreed for an interview. I truly believe that a patient’s perspective is invaluable. I have learned so much from Mr. Cross in his posts on the WebWhispers page. He is an invaluable mentor to so many individuals. I hope all of you enjoy his interview and wisdom he is sharing with all of us! Mr. Cross, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Could you tell me about your laryngectomy journey? I was losing weight and I had COPD and GERD. I actually had LPR, as it went to my larynx. If I didn’t have the COPD or LPR they should have se...