By April Dembosky, KQED, KFF Health News

When doctors told her they had to remove her tongue and voice box to save her life from the cancer that had invaded her mouth, Sonya Sotinsky sat down with a microphone to record herself saying the things she would never again be able to say.

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“Happy birthday” and “I’m proud of you” topped the phrases she banked for her husband and two daughters, as well as “I

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