Tag Archives: bell’s palsy

From Friday until today my nerves sucked in all the steroids and grew back just as they were supposed to. My mouth and eye just seem to move on my command. The doctors were right that about 2 weeks would … Continue reading →

I don’t have long to post, but I have noticed significant improvement today from earlier days. I can move my left eyebrow on command. It moves about 1/2 as much as the right side, but any movement is better than … Continue reading →

It’s been 9 days since the failed emergency room visit. Nothing is different today. I thought my taste might be coming back since a snack I had seemed to be very different. I can’t remember what the snack was but … Continue reading →

I got my haircut today. That’s the first time I looked in the mirror for a long time without making a bunch of weird faces at myself. I looked in the mirror to see if I would notice someone else … Continue reading →

I went to the doctor and to Tuscaloosa on Monday. It was a new doctor that I was interviewing. He did a good job. He didn’t change any medicine and just said let him know what’s going on after a … Continue reading →

I never knew how often I pucker my lips and blow air out of my mouth. Lettie generally serves molten pasta for dinner, and I have to blow on that to cool it down. Jackson is currently big on bubbles, … Continue reading →

I took my face out to the public today. I like this picture because it shows my goal of keeping my open eyeball out of the sun. I have found that the sun is brighter when my eyelids don’t work … Continue reading →

I started putting eye drops in my eye this morning. It turns out that they help. I didn’t know how much I needed them until I started. Now that’s something else I’m addicted to. I dreaded putting the drops in … Continue reading →

From what I’ve read, symptoms seem to increase for 48 hours after muscle twitching. This is what I’ve seen today. My swelling has come back a little on the left jaw and my eye blinks are a little worse. My … Continue reading →

Today I was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy. If you aren’t familiar with it (why would you be at 23/100000 odds of getting it) you can find some information here: http://www.bellspalsy.ws/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell’s_palsy. In looking for information, I found a few … Continue reading →