A woman says her facial disfigurement is a "badge of honour" after undergoing a "disaster operation" to remove her brain tumour. Maggie McMartin, 70, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in May 2005 after experiencing forgetfulness, exhaustion and dizzy spells.
While working in a call centre, Maggie had realised she kept asking people on the phone to repeat what they said and was so tired she was having to take naps in her car at lunch. Maggie was taken to hospital - where an MRI scan revealed a mass on her brain.
She had the tumour removed in 2005 but required surgery afterwards to lift her face after the surgeon cut through Maggie's nerves during the procedure - leaving her deaf in one year and with a drooped face. Maggie from Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay, in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, said: "The operation to remove the tumour was a disaster.
