article_snippet.sent: Surgery was the only option.
article_snippet.sent: Thankfully the operation, in July 2012, was a success.
article_snippet.sent: But my facial nerve, which was wrapped around the tumour, was damaged.
article_snippet.sent: After a year, it was clear the nerve would never work again so I was referred to Raman Malhotra, a plastic surgeon at the facial palsy clinic at the Queen Victoria Hospital.
article_snippet.sent: I had the operation under sedation and local anaesthetic in February a year.
article_snippet.sent: Raman Malhotra is a consultant oculoplastic surgeon at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.
article_snippet.sent: While many patients will recover, with symptoms easing within eight weeks, Lauren's facial nerve was too damaged to regain function.
highlights_snippet.sent: While the op was a success, the op damaged a facial nerve .
  