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In Memory of Keith Mellings

Louise Mellings is raising money for life after lary
In memory of Keith Mellings
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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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This Just Giving page has been set up in memory of Keith Mellings who sadly lost his fight against cancer. At Keith's request there will be no funeral, but he asked if anyone would like to donate in his memory. His chosen cause is Life After Lary a registered Charity. He was an active member of the Life After Lary support group. The LAL family is a wonderful community of Laryngectomy's, family/carers and professionals. Together Keith and Louise set up their own face to face support group for Larys in the local area, monies donated would go towards this local group, plus care packs for those undertaking treatment, and support for new Larys in the UK.

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£630.00
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£630.00
Offline
£0.00

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