Deborah,

I hated the mask at first also. I have it mounted now on a nice piece of wood and I have it displayed on a wall in my office. It makes a very good conversation piece. It's kind of my "badge of honor".

Anyway, when I first had my mask made it was solid. I almost had a panic attack while they were making it. I asked the tech's to cut out the eyes, nose, and my mouth area. After that it was not so confining and I was able to make it through all of the treatments.

I would lay there and listen to the "machine" work and imagine all of the cancer cells that it was killing. That was my focus.

Regards,

John