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By Bill Brummel, as told to Jo Cavallo  / November 25, 2022

A Laryngectomy Altered How I See Myself in the World

There is a 2-decades-long separation between the time I was diagnosed with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in 1996 and my laryngectomy in 2016. The surgery was necessary because of the long-term damage to my larynx from the radiation therapy I received. In 1996, I had a low-grade sore throat...