Trying to Save Marty’s Voice

For the last eight years I have battled a slow growing cancer in my throat. I never smoked in my entire life but this is where I am now. After numerous surgeries, the final prognosis was a total laryngectomy. Once knowing that my only option was to lose my voice I started becoming depressed and very frustrated. My wife could see that I was struggling with the prognosis. After many hours of research she found a groundbreaking transplant program at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. After doing some more research and speaking with my local doctors, I decided to look at my options at the Mayo Clinic. In August of 2022, Gina and I visited the team at the Mayo Clinic. We spent two weeks speaking to doctors and I received numerous amounts of test and exams which, in the end, concluded that a was a fantastic candidate to have the larynx transplant surgery. This transplant has only been done successfully 4 times in the world. I am excited to be number 5!