Film Critic Ebert Gains New Prosthetic Jaw
After battling thyroid cancer, film critic Roger Ebert who had cancerous cells removed and the cancer finally necessitated the removal of his right jaw—Ebert lost his ability to speak. However, with the use of a prosthetic, which he wrote about for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert has been able to recreate the lower part of his face and uses the prosthetic for some shots of his new television show.
The silicone prosthetic, which was created specifically for Ebert by a team of doctors from the Milwaukee area is composed of silicone and is similar to prosthetics used to recreate limbs for children.
Ebert acknowledges that many know his condition and that the prosthetic won’t fool too many people, but says, “Symbolically, it’s as if my illness never happened and, hey, here I still am, on the show with these new kids.”
Roger Ebert describes his cancer journey and a path to acceptance
The Guardian
By Roger Ebert
Guardian Note: Roger Ebert is regarded as one of the greatest film critics in the world. But after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in , he was left unable to speak, eat or drink. In an extract from his new book, Life Itself, he explains how his life has been changed.
OCF Note: We highly recommend reading Mr. Ebert book &#;Life Itself&#;. For those that read this news feed &#; whether you do as a dental or medical professional, or as a patient, survivor, or caregiver; it holds much wisdom that you can apply in your own world.
Life Itself: A Memoir
My secret as an interviewer was that I was actually impressed by the people I interviewed: not only by Bill Clinton, John Wayne or Sophia Loren, but by Sandra Dee, Stella Stevens and George Peppard. I am beneath everything else a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take the risks of performance. I become their advocate and find myself in sympathy. I can employ scorched-earth tactics in writing about a bad movie, but I rarely write sharp criticism of actors themselves. If they&#;re good in a movie
Roger Ebert Shows Off New Face
Following a battle with jaw cancer, Roger Ebert not only lost his voice, but the lower half of his face.
“I studiously avoided looking at myself in a mirror,” Ebert writes on his blog Wednesday.
Now, his jaw has been reconstructed. It was a “two-year process that has now resulted with my coming into possession of a silicone prosthesis,” Ebert, 68, explains. “This device [fits] over my lower face and neck and colored to match my skin.”
But Ebert, who has been open about the facial procedures he had to undergo during his painful battle, doesn’t expect people to think he’s back to normal.
“I will wear the prosthesis on the new television show – that’s not to fool anyone, because my appearance is widely known,” he says. “It will be a pleasant reminder of the person I was for 64 years.”
“Symbolically, it’s as if my illness never happened and, hey, here I still am, on the show with these new kids,” he adds. “When people see the ‘Roger’s Office’ segment, they’ll notice my voice more than my appearance.”
Would I want to start over with a new face? Would I like to eat, drink, talk, and look like a normal person? Even if that person were a stranger? In theory, this is now possible. I&#;ve been thinking of it, on and off, for the last two weeks. I regularly visit several science websites, and from New Scientist, the invaluable British magazine, I happened upon this story:
&#;Yesterday it emerged that a farmer in his thirties in Spain who accidentally shot away the lower part of his face has become the first person to receive an entire face transplant. According to yesterday&#;s press conference, he is
already recovering well. Previously, he could only breathe and eat through tubes. Now he is expected to begin relearning how to talk, eat, smile and laugh within weeks.&#; This didn&#;t involve simply placing a mask of skin over what was there, which is how I&#;ve always imagined such procedures. Keep reading:
&#;In a hour operation, a team of 30 surgeons at the Vall d&#;Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, led by surgeon Joan Pere Barret, started by removing what remained of the man&#;s face &#; skin, veins and arteries &#; leaving just his eyeballs and tongue.
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