Face Transplant

[lokiiago]

"A Spanish man who underwent a partial face transplant in January has appeared in public for the first time, hugging his surgeon and thanking the donor's family.  The patient, identified only as Rafael, spoke in a labored voice Tuesday at a news conference at the Seville hospital where he underwent surgery.  The patient's age was not given. Doctors

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[proudduckling]

I once saw a picture of a woman who'd undergone a full face transplant. She looked like an illustration from a "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" book. On the other hand, she previously had had a huge jagged hole where most of her face was supposed to be, and so she was happy. I was still a bit freaked, but was happy for her. On the other hand, I can't imagine being a face donor. . . I'm signed up to be an organ donor, but I'd still like to be recognizable for some kind of funeral service. I dunno.

[lokiiago]

Yeah she was bitten by a horse wasn't she? I think she was English but I don't know if that's the same woman.

I'm not an organ donor but I donate blood every chance I get. I have this thing where I want to go into the Earth whole. No cremation, nothing missing, etc. I can't justify it logically.

[proudduckling]

My mom feels the same as you. I can understand it, but I also can't shake the thought that if I needed an organ, or if someone I loved did, I would appreciate one being available. I'd like to be cremated, for other illogical reasons.

The woman I was thinking of was American, and got shot in the face.

[deborahkla]

You can always donate all your organs before being cremated. That's what I'm going to do.

[deborahkla]

I wanna see the pictures now!

I always thought a face transplant would kind of look like leatherface from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre or like Hannibal Lecter when he had that dead officer's face on top of his face.

[lokiiago]

He kinda does.

Click the linkies.

[deborahkla]

It's not as bad as I thought it would be. Roger Ebert's reconstructed face is waaaayyy scarier because he lost his entire jaw. He can't even eat any more, he has to take liquid food directly into his stomach. Ebert has the same cancer my Dad had. It's always fatal, unfortunately. :-( And he's a good film critic - he won the Pulitzer Prize for film criticism.

[lokiiago]

He's the thumbs-up thumbs-down guy right?

I'm so sorry about your dad :( How long ago was that?