Do you see me as human?
Scrolling through The Times this morning, there was video of a LGBTQ individual asking Trump one poignant question: “Do you see me as...
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glossectomygirl
Oct 112 min read
FRAGILE.
In the nearly three years since I fought for my life and lost my natural voice, I feel like I’ve come a long way. I work hard to frame...
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glossectomygirl
Jul 261 min read
Glossy goes to Denver - NRG oncology 2024
I am incredibly honored to have taken part in the NRG oncology 2024 summer meeting. The head and neck oncologists here are not only...
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glossectomygirl
Apr 204 min read
Travel tips + tricks
Traveling as a lary/glossy definitely is a different experience. I am a travel light kinda gal and it has increased the load, but I've...
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glossectomygirl
Apr 17 min read
Glossy Girl - a creation story -
Today is April 1 and we are kicking off Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month. So i thought it fitting to share my 'creation story' with...
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glossectomygirl
Mar 203 min read
The Plan
I have always focused on my life plan. I’m a list maker. At age 8 I wanted to be an architect and though this sometimes fluctuated...
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glossectomygirl
Oct 28, 20231 min read
Me, the Obturator and the EL.*
I have grown accustom to not speaking. My thumbs tire of tapping. My fingers flimsy at the end of the day. Sloppy spelling betrays my...
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glossectomygirl
Aug 29, 20238 min read
non-verbal, non-speaking, dysphasia-aphasia-dysphagia; augmentative alternative communication (AAC),
speech generating device, text-to-talk, AI synthesized voice; disabled, handicapped, impaired; HAVE cancer, HAD cancer, cancer free,...
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glossectomygirl
Apr 21, 20232 min read
Costa Rica
There was this moment. It seemed like immunizations were the answer. We were feeling almost normal again, starting to venture to...
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glossectomygirl
Mar 9, 20231 min read
Lymphatic (massage) Touch demonstration
just a quick disclaimer that i AM NOT A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL. this routine was designed for me by a SLP who is a specialist in Lymphatic...
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glossectomygirl
Jan 5, 20232 min read
Liquid Diet on the Go
*only read if you are interested in liquid diets, otherwise you will be bored to tears...okay, you might be anyway but at least you were...
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glossectomygirl
Dec 24, 20223 min read
It's a Wonderful Life...
It was a year of loss. we lost my dad, my tongue, my larynx, the girls lost some of their youth, my mom lost more of herself...
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glossectomygirl
Nov 8, 20223 min read
The day my tongue exploded.
I heard a piece on NPR about a woman Hannah Palin, whose mom had a massive stroke. After months of hospitalization the mom emerged a...
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glossectomygirl
Oct 16, 20225 min read
Speaking of...
So why can't i speak and how do i communicate? This is an excellent question. Like most people, i didn't pay much attention to the...
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glossectomygirl
Aug 24, 20223 min read
Me and the Phone
The rotary phone sat in our apartment kitchen on a low bookshelf. I would stand there with the yellow pages to the side of it, anxiety...
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glossectomygirl
Aug 1, 20222 min read
I Am The Walrus
Yesterday I met someone new. I had given them a heads up that i spoke via type to text. As soon as he greeted me he spoke a little...
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glossectomygirl
Jul 7, 20222 min read
GIFT of slow.
Cancer is diabolical, sinister, evil. Yet... I find myself thinking about the gifts it has given me. It's twisted, i know. I mean it has...
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glossectomygirl
May 30, 20223 min read
5 months : 1 month : 2 days
now august (reference: my before) WHOOP! I'm 5 months post surgery, 1 month post radiation, and 2 days from moving home! After surgery my...
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glossectomygirl
May 18, 20222 min read
Going Home
This phase of our journey is coming to a close. We have been in San Francisco for 5 months, it went fast and slow. We built a little life...
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glossectomygirl
May 4, 20222 min read
The Stockdale Paradox
https://medicine.yale.edu/media-player/ed-yong-normal-led-to-this-on-two-years-of-covering-the-pandemic/?tab=info&mibextid=ATveJy A...
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