Look for postings by Eileen -- either by going to the User List at the top of each forum page or using the Search box in the upper right corner. She had a total laryngectomy in 2001 and has been very generous in sharing her experience. If you click on her name in one of her postings, you can get her e-mail address and contact her directly.

Welcome to OCF -- there's a lot of wisdom here.

Leslie

April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.