LIFE+TIMES

Scrolling through The Times this morning, there was video of a LGBTQ individual asking Trump one poignant question: “Do you see me as...

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...

I am incredibly honored to have taken part in the NRG oncology 2024 summer meeting. The head and neck oncologists here are not only...

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...

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...

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...

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...

speech generating device, text-to-talk, AI synthesized voice; disabled, handicapped, impaired; HAVE cancer, HAD cancer, cancer free,...

There was this moment. It seemed like immunizations were the answer. We were feeling almost normal again, starting to venture to...

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...

*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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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