Category: Cancer Journey

My first speech therapy session was via video. This was during lockdown and when you are attempting to enunciate and project your voice, there are a lot of aspirants in the air and that is not good for the therapist! In later sessions I was able to go in person to Worthing. The speech therapist…

A couple of weeks later I returned to Worthing hospital to see the surgeon. He told me that everything had gone well. He then informed me that the tumour in my thyroid gland had grown out and invaded my recurrent laryngeal nerve. He had therefore removed the nerve and this now meant that my right…

In April 2021, Adrian drove me over to Brighton Hospital for my surgery. He wasn’t able to come in so he dropped me off early in the morning with my bag. After being put in a hospital gown and given various pre-op tests, I walked down to theatre which was good as I didn’t feel…

In Autumn 2020 I began to notice a change in my voice. Adrian also noticed and suggested that I contact the Doctor. This was during lockdown, but I was given a telephone consultation with the surgery. I was told that it was most likely something innocuous such as reflux, but as the voice symptom could…