Anti-Smoking Speech To Kids
I gave my Anti-Smoking speech at a 5th and 6th grade intermediate school today for 500 students. It was so gratifying for me to be able to go back to speaking since my second head injury (slip and fall) and my heart operation. I talked into the microphone without my artificial larynx and there was no voice. [...]
My Larynx Cancer and Nutrition Experience
I am Holly’s father, a laryngectomee (my larynx or voice box is removed), and I speak with an artificial larynx. I have visited many throat cancer patients in the hospital after they had an operation where they lost their voice, and I always give the patients the Eating Well Through Cancer Cookbook. After I had [...]
I love to give out Eating Well Through Cancer cookbooks
Several weeks ago I bumped into a woman I knew and gave her the book, Eating Well Through Cancer, for her mother. Her mother at the time was going through radiation and chemo treatments and having side effects and losing weight. When I saw her the next time I asked her how her mother was doing. She said “very [...]
Daddy and Larynx Cancer
My Dad is my hero-he had larynx cancer 9 years ago and has to speak with an artifical larynx–and talks so much he usually goes through two batteries daily. (You can see his artificial larynx around his neck-the way he communicates). He was the inspiration for my cookbook, Eating Well Through Cancer as he enjoys food [...]
