PDF-(BOOK)-My Voice: A Physician\'s Personal Experience With Throat Cancer

The book captures three years of the authors life following a diagnosis of throat cancer and tells the story of how he faces and deals with medical and surgical treatments and adjusts to life afterwards As a physician with lifelong experience in caring for patients the author shares his insights and perspective on these events as he undergoes the effects of a severe illness through the eyes of a patient He endures the consequences of radiation surgeries and prolonged hospitalizations He confronts medical errors discrimination following loss of his vocal chords and struggles to regain his ability to speak again and find new meaning to his life The author shares his anxieties frustrations failures and ultimate adjustment to life with continuous uncertainty about the future Through the authors insights health care professionals may become more aware of what their patients actually experience and patients who face similar hardships may find out how to cope with them The book was endorsed by the American Academy of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery Read excerpts of My Voice at Brooks blog dribrookblogspotcom. 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The book captures three years of the author\'s life following a diagnosis of throat cancer and tells the story of how he faces and deals with medical and surgical treatments and adjusts to life afterwards. As a physician with lifelong experience in caring for patients, the author shares his insights and perspective on these events as he undergoes the effects of a severe illness through the eyes of a patient. He endures the consequences of radiation, surgeries, and prolonged hospitalizations. He confronts medical errors, discrimination following loss of his vocal chords, and struggles to regain his ability to speak again and find new meaning to his life. The author shares his anxieties, frustrations, failures, and ultimate adjustment to life with continuous uncertainty about the future. Through the author\'s insights, health care professionals may become more aware of what their patients actually experience, and patients who face similar hardships may find out how to cope with them. The book was endorsed by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Read excerpts of My Voice at Brook\'s blog: dribrook.blogspot.com You have been given a diagnosis of globus pharyngeus. This information sheet to help explain more about the condition. WHAT IS GLOBUS PHARYNGEUS? Globus pharyngeus is a medical term used to describ www.coastalearnoseandthroat.com 3700 Route 33 Suite 101 Neptune, NJ 07753 732 - 280 - 7855 HoarsenessInsight into voice changes Vocal Hemorrhage: If you experience a sudden loss of voice following a ASSIST. PROFESSOR. INDEX NURSING COLLEGE . INDORE. INTRODUTION. Laryngitis is an inflammation of your voice box (larynx) from overuse, irritation or infection. Inside the larynx are your vocal cords — two folds of mucous membrane covering muscle and cartilage. Normally, your vocal cords open and close smoothly, forming sounds through their movement and vibration..