A woman with a curable brain tumour is refusing surgery because it will ruin her looks.
A woman with a curable brain tumour is refusing surgery because it will ruin her looks.
Martha McBrier, 46, says that she’ rather die than have an abnormal face.
About Brain Tumor
Brain tumors are the abnormal growth of brain cells that may be benign or metastatic. Brain tumors account for about 2.4% of all the tumor diagnosesandare most challenging due to their critically delicate location.
Brain tumors are the abnormal growth of brain cells that may be benign or metastatic. Brain tumors account for about 2.4% of all the tumor diagnosesandare most challenging due to their critically delicate location.
But one thing always makes me smile - when I look in the mirror I see my normal face.
Doctors insist they can cure me but the surgery that would save my life could paralyse part of my face.
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My fear is that surgery might leave me ugly with a paralysed mouth where I can’t eat or talk properly. Or my eye won’t close properly or will constantly twitch.
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The thought that doctors might remove part of me along with this tumour terrifies me," she added.
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