Laryngectomy

Hi are there any people on here who have had a laryngectomy?I know from what my consultant says its a very small amount of people who receive it and then its mostly men.I would just like to talk to people like me I have a speech valve which let's me speak (if only the outside world understood this)admittedly i sound like Darth Vaderbut most people think I've had a lobotomy and im deaf neither is true.I have all my faculties and I would love to go back to work unfortunately my age 65 and the word cancer puts prospective employees off.