my name is liz and i am posting this on behanf of my husband brian as he has just joined and doesn't feel confident ebeough to post on the site yet.
he had a laryngectomy 2 weeks ago, and has been fitted with a stoma voice box, and only got home on friday. he told me this morning that he is afraid to go out and face the world but does not quite know why. i don't know if he is feeling bad about the stigma, or of getting in a pickle operiting the voice box under pressure. but he says he doesn't have the confidence to go out in public.
another problem he is finding is a technical one ... the baseplate. he says it is not sticking very well, and keeps coming loose from the skin when he tries to speak. often when he tries to talk to me, all i hear is the sound of a rush of air. this panicks him too.
his name is brian.