There may already be a thread on this ... this man's face is being completely consumed by a tumor that started some 35 years ago because he wouldn't accept a blood transfusion that was needed to remove the tumor:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/03/wface103.xml
Now a doctor is willing to help him without the use of blood. This poor man has been suffering for so many years, most of his life!