About us
Life After Lary
Life after Lary is an organisation in the UK, created by people
who have lived every brutal, frightening, isolating moment of life after a total
laryngectomy.
Until now, there has been no national charity focused solely on what happens after
surgery. People are discharged into a world that no longer works the way it did the
day before.
Their voice has gone. Their breathing, eating, sleeping and confidence all shift
overnight. And the truth is this. Most are left to cope with that devastation alone.
Follow up support is inconsistent, minimal or completely absent.
Life after Lary steps into that void because nobody else ever has.
This is not another neat, well behaved health charity. It is a lifeline built by the people
who actually need it.
It is powered by lived experience, by scarred necks, by lost voices, by the courage it
takes to rebuild a life from the inside out. That authenticity is why people flock to it.
For many, it is the first time they have found somewhere they do not have to pretend
they are coping.
The need has been ignored for decades. Around 700 people in the UK lose their
natural voice permanently every year. The physical operation ends in a matter of
hours. The emotional recovery takes years.
Isolation, stigma, fear, embarrassment, identity loss, relationship strain and the daily
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