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Fiona and Kayla's Ride the North 2026 for Life After Lary

Fiona Work is raising money for life after lary
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Ride the North 2026 · 29 August 2026

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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Kayla and Fiona are fund raising for a small charity called Life After Lary who have supported Kenny, a family member whose life has been impacted by removal of his voice box because of cancer. The charity has been a great support. Kayla and Fiona plan to ride 110km on the Ride The North 2026 event from Glamis Castle: Home - Ride the North

Life After Lary was created by people who live with a laryngectomy, for people who live with a laryngectomy. A laryngectomy is surgery to remove the larynx (voice box), usually for advanced throat cancer, resulting in breathing through a permanent neck opening (stoma) and a change in voice, though patients learn new ways to speak

Founded in July 2023 originally as an online support group dedicated to helping people affected by laryngeal cancer and a total laryngectomy. The charity has a valued network of supporters from volunteers, patients and their loved ones, to leading doctors, medical professionals, and other charities who have helped us to help individuals.

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