Aaron J. Wayne

HME Decorations

After being diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in September of 2019, I underwent surgery to remove the cancer. First I was given an emergency tracheotomy to open an airway so that I could breathe. Then, during the following weeks, I had appointments with several doctors who were members of a group of specialists dedicated to head and neck cancers. The group included an Otolaryngologist, a radiologist, a thoracic surgeon, and a psychologist, just to name a few. Together, they prepared me for the next step, a total laryngectomy to remove the cancer, and a partial thyroidectomy in case the cancer had spread.