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

Being diagnosed with cancer

I was so devastated and shocked that I dropped the phone. I could not hear what the doctor was saying because, at that moment, all I was thinking was, "I have five children, I have a husband, and I've just been told that I have cancer in the center of my face." It felt like there was an expiration date stamped on my face, I thought that cancer was synonymous with death; that was my immediate feeling.

I then thought that I would have to say goodbye to everyone that I love and that I was not going to watch my kids grow older. Not only did it feel like my life had flashed before my eyes, but it also felt like my children's lives had also flashed before my eyes.