My new voice box(es)!
a review of small portable bluetooth speakers Bluetooth speakers are my new voice box! Currently I have settled into using my phone with...
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glossectomygirl
Apr 1, 20223 min
Anti Cancer (an old way of life)
Some of my early memories are of the smells of the health food store, coming home delighted to have 'candy' - honey and sesame seed...
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glossectomygirl
Mar 27, 20221 min
Family, Friends, Family, Friends....
This is a quick post to again say how very very important all the support from our family and friends has been. I think that before I was...
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glossectomygirl
Mar 21, 20223 min
ENJOY YOUR DAMN TONGUE!
I am closing in on 2 months without a tongue. Not having a tongue REALLY makes you appreciate what you took for granted. I have touched...
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glossectomygirl
Mar 12, 20221 min
Now and Then and In-between
This afternoon 3-12-22 vs August 2022 (ahhh...to have a neck...) Side view of war wounds 3-12-22. The swelling at this point is mainly...
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glossectomygirl
Mar 10, 20221 min
Glossy gets a fitting!
Glossectomy Girl, or Glossy as her friends call her, just got fitted for her new superhero mask! While sitting on the flat stretcher of...
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glossectomygirl
Mar 9, 20221 min
Normal
Two years ago our Normal lives were turned on end. We never could have imagined a day when donning a mask to go shopping would be Normal....
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glossectomygirl
Mar 3, 20222 min
I feel....
Like someone is slowly choking my neck 24/7. Tightness wraps my entire neck and it's numb to the touch. Rotating my head pulls on the...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 26, 20222 min
Cancer in the day of Covid
San Francisco, one of the most liberal cities on earth, just lifted the indoor mask mandate. For those of us who are immuno-compromised...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 25, 20222 min
Homemade Peg Juice
I tried to find recipes for Peg formulas in vain. I even bought one online recipe book and was so disappointed when it had ingredients...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 23, 20222 min
WATER
When you have a laryngectomy stoma (like a tracheostomy but when they have removed your larynx as well) water can be your enemy. Gone are...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 20, 20221 min
Ode to Dog
Until several years ago i wasn't a dog person. Until Harlee i wasn't THAT kind of dog person. The annoying one who takes their dog...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 19, 20222 min
Setbacks
Thursday night set me back on my heels. I was gaining confidence and feeling good about progress. Setbacks are to be expected, i get it,...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 17, 20221 min
My First 'Word'
My new anatomy is proving to have certain hidden talents! Now that my mouth is less swollen and they took the tube out, i am working on...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 16, 20222 min
A Whiff
A whiff of Trader Joes Pad Thai made me giddy! It hadn't occurred to me that smell would be another casualty of this cancer. But guess...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 15, 20222 min
Call me Larry
My face has evolved (3 weeks post surgery, 3x smaller) !!! Last night the girls realized that I no longer look like Ryan R - I have a new...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 14, 20221 min
FAMILY
I have spent a good deal of my life, like most people, working to be successful. First at school and then many years and countless hours...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 12, 20221 min
It's Gross
Siena and Ela tell me i'm wrong, but they are too nice. The wreckage left by this surgery is gross. I'm sharing the picture of my leg...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 11, 20222 min
Soup Smoothies and Water
Today was a good day. We met with the speech pathologist and Dr.Ha. AND we learned some new information that will impact my daily life. I...
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glossectomygirl
Feb 10, 20221 min
Ryan and I
Each day we are walking a little bit further now. You would think it was my leg (14" swatch of flesh extracted) that would be the...
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