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Heard on the news he'll need to take a mixture of drugs the rest of his life to keep his body from rejecting his new face. I wondered if some of that puffiness and drooping will subside some weeks after the surgery.

The poor soul probably would have settled for just about anything other than his disfigurement. Breaks the heat to think of having to go through life like that.

There was a young man who lived in my city neighborhood who had been terribly disfigured in a fire. His face was really quite a mess, his nose gone - just tragic. I did not know him personally but he always tried to cover up his head when he was outside his home. No way to live but one can imagine the unkind reactions he had from folks. These new procedures will really change lifes.

I understand how it would feel, to walk in their shoes.

It will take me many years to pay off my insurance deductible, and my portion of medical co-payments, but I am able to pay for the radiology treatments required to keep a nose on my face.
I am extremely fortunate in that my particular skin cancer is curable, that I have health insurance that will pay for 80% of the charges, and that I was able to adjust my work schedule to come in early, and make up the time required for my scheduled daily treatments.

All that money and effort just to save my nose!