Bell's Palsy

[03ozwhip]

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Happened to a Co-worker on his left side. He's all right now.

Ehhhhhhh heh

[SJW]

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Happened to a Co-worker on his left side. He's all right now.

I don't say I love you nearly enough to you.

[Gman.45]

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The Family Guy one isn't about Cerebral Palsy, it's about a Stroke anyways. He must mean the other GoT one. I never watched that.

Yes, I meant just the GOT video, not the Family Guy one.

How you doing now Schurchill39, any improvement yet? If you want to talk about how mine progressed with me, feel free to shoot me a PM, I'm happy to explain how it went for me, and a couple others I know who described their "journey" with BP.

[JRSC00LUDE]

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I don't say I love you nearly enough to you.

That takes ball's, palsy! I hope it works out for you

[ThePenIsMightier]

So much sharing in here is good. Sharing is caring.
I can feel it in my plums.

[schurchill39]

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Yes, I meant just the GOT video, not the Family Guy one.

How you doing now Schurchill39, any improvement yet? If you want to talk about how mine progressed with me, feel free to shoot me a PM, I'm happy to explain how it went for me, and a couple others I know who described their "journey" with BP.

Thanks for checking in man. Not much change yet, today is the 1 week since symtoms were in full swing. I don't have the pain behind my right ear anymore but I am way more sensitive to sounds on that side which is bizzare. Two days ago the right side of my tongue went numb which sounds like it matches up to a usual symptom, its just weird it came that many days after the rest of them. Thankfully I am able to close my eye when I sleep but its been a lot of eye drops and manually closing it this last week. My vision is definitely blurry because of that. I spoke with the doctor and he wanted to continue with the prednisone and start to taper it off over the next week which I am looking forward to because its made me all sorts of anxious, shaky, and depressed so it will be nice to get that behind me. I cant say that it or the anti-viral really did much but maybe they just stopped it from getting worse.

I was supposed to be de-stressing by working from home but thats probably had the opposite effect on me because its easier to get work done here so I do more and it seems like this week was just filled with "super top priority I need this right now" horse shit.

I appreciate everyone sharing their comments here. I think I've mentally prepared myself for this to take a month or more to clear up which seems to be in line with a lot of people who can't relate it back to a medical reason for it to have started in the first place.

[schurchill39]

Quick little update today: I can twitch my right cheek a bit and if I focus really hard I can close my right eye now but it still doesnt blink normally. Its not much but its WAYYY more than I've been able to do.Tongue is still numb and not able to smile. I'm definitely still fucked up but a step in the right direction.

What I also learned is that this causes crazy sensitive hearing in the ear on the affected side. I took my kid to the NJ vs Flames game on Friday and it sounded like someone was screaming as loud as they could directly in my right ear all night which I did not expect. Turns out thats a pretty common symptom though.

[Pacman]

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Quick little update today: I can twitch my right cheek a bit and if I focus really hard I can close my right eye now but it still doesnt blink normally. Its not much but its WAYYY more than I've been able to do.Tongue is still numb and not able to smile. I'm definitely still fucked up but a step in the right direction.

What I also learned is that this causes crazy sensitive hearing in the ear on the affected side. I took my kid to the NJ vs Flames game on Friday and it sounded like someone was screaming as loud as they could directly in my right ear all night which I did not expect. Turns out thats a pretty common symptom though.

Looks like things are heading in the right direction. Interesting about the sensitivity to sound. I had TMJ where my jaw was really sore, which caused tight muscles in my face and was pressing on a nerve. Felt like my ear was plugged but I would be in the kitchen unloading the dishwasher and the sound of dishes lightly clanging together was painful and extremely loud. Irritated nerves are no fun.

[JRSC00LUDE]

I like that you're you're not letting it stop you from taking your kid out, good stuff. That's awesome.

[schurchill39]

Another update: I have about 50-60% of movement back in my face now but its still pretty weak. Still have a bit of a crooked smile, but I can blink and my face is less droopy. The whole in-ability to blink was the most annoying part because it fucked with my vision. I am still blurry for the first little bit of the day but using eye drops lots which seems to help

Thanks beyond for coming along this shitty adventure with me!

[SKR]

I've been trying not to use one side of my face to show solidarity.

[killramos]

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I've been trying not to use one side of my face to show solidarity.

[CompletelyNumb]

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Thanks beyond for coming along this shitty adventure with me!

You should have come to the pizza meet up so we could all support you emotionally.

[killramos]

No pictures would have been taken at all. Promise.

[ExtraSlow]

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No pictures very few pictures would have been taken at all . Promise.

Ftfy

[schurchill39]

No one needs to see a pasty white ginger with a droopy face. Lets save the picture taking for public night at the Art Room or when Zypher decides to come back