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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rockcity68" data-source="post: 7022480" data-attributes="member: 250998"><img src="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00412/disjose029_412258a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />"CHILDREN see  me and start crying," Jose Mestre mumbles sadly from behind the  monstrous 12lb growth that is eating his face.  "They probably  think I'm an animal. Why me, why has this happened to me?" Jose has one of  the most extreme facial tumours ever seen in medical history. And the  51-year-old, from Portugal, is in danger of being suffocated by it  unless he undergoes drastic surgery in 2008. Unemployed Jose  is blind in one eye as a result of the giant weeping growth that has  consumed his features.  Lonely ...  JoseFor years he has  struggled to eat properly or carry out everyday tasks. The tumour has  taken over his mouth and tongue, ballooning his lips, twisting his gums  and breaking his teeth off. The deep, 15cm  long growth - which started as a birth mark when he was just 11 - was  sparked by abnormalities in his capillaries and veins. It started to  get much bigger when he hit 16 and has been expanding ever since. It also bleeds  frequently and most mornings Jose's pillow is covered with blood from  the night before. "My face is ugly  but my heart is not," he pleads. "I just want people to understand who I  am. "I don't like to  speak very much because I dribble all the time." Jose lives in  Lisbon and spends most of his days sitting in one of the city's main  squares watching the world go by - as well as being gawped at by members  of the public and quizzed about his face  Many take photos  on camera phones of the man known locally by the hurtful nickname  'Stained Skin.' And his looks  have also made him an unlikely 'celebrity' in the area. Jose's condition  went overlooked for years as a mixture of misdiagnosis and personal  problems saw the years roll by without medical attention. After his mother  died several years ago, Jose's younger sister Guida, who has a  9-year-old daughter of her own, became his primary carer. She balances  life as a hairdresser with looking after him, ordering his food and  being on call 24/7. And Guida wears  her heart on her sleeve when it comes to her views on his treatment. Recently Jose  flew to the UK to discuss the possibility of surgery to remove part of  the tumour. But because his  mother was a Jehovah's Witness, he refused any surgery because his  religion means he can't have blood transfusions. This made Guida  fume and her brother's stubbornness led to her storming out of a  surgeon's surgery. <img src="http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/man-with-no-face.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Carer ...  sister Guida looks after him"Die alone, not  with me. For me, finished," she yelled as her frustration boiled over  and her calls for him to take blood fell on death ears. But soon after  she was feeling much better as it seemed there was finally a light at  the end of the tunnel. Doctors in  London came up with a plan to remove parts of the growth bit by bit -  without transfusion. And after days  of uncertainty, Jose finally agreed to go under the knife after  returning to Portugal to think it over. He is expected  to come back to the UK soon once a date is set for the operation which  will transform his face - and his life - forever. "I feel sad and  annoyed," he says. "If it wasn't for the blood inside I would cut it  myself. "I get upset  because people come up to me, take a photo and go. "I want to be  able to talk to my friends, speak to everybody and feel my eyes. "And I would  love to travel and see the world." ·JOSE'S unbelievable story was  recently told in a Discovery Channel Documentary The Man With No Face. poor fellow..</blockquote>

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