After losing her nose, the woman chose to discard her prosthesis

In everyday life, however, she still has to contend with some painful impairments. She reports: "To clean my nasal cavity, I sometimes had to put my finger in there - yes, that was painful."

An absolute no-go has been on her spice rack since the illness. Tina: "Pepper is my absolute nemesis. I love cooking with it, I love tasting it, but I have to be careful because of course it gets into the hole in my face."