LAST WEEK I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING A STROKE. NUMBNESS IN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE. VISION BLURRED WAY MORE THAN USUAL, COULDN'T CLOSE MY LEFT EYE. WELL, AFTER A VISIT TO THE E.R. THEY SAY I HAVE BELLS PALSY. AN INFECTION OF THE MUSCLES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE. AND IT SEEMS TO BE ALL UP IN THE AIR HOW OR WHY THIS HAPPENS. STRESS IS A FACTOR TOO. I HAVE DONE ALL THE RESEARCH I CAN DO BUT WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY GONE THRU THIS PERSONALLY OR WITH A FAMILY MEMBER SO I HAVE SOME IDEA WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW. THE MUSCLE CONTROL IS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AT SOME POINT. IS IT WEEKS OR MONTHS.?? ALSO WHEN IT GOES AWAY, DOES IT COME BACK REPEATEDLY. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. ...... 1|1|Went thru this with my DH a few years ago. He is fine now, never has flared up again, only he|Mackiesmudder|Mackiesmudder@aol.com|12:27:07|05/06/2010|
and I know that his eye sags a tiny bit. No one else sees a thing. It is very scary at first, I thought he was having a stroke.
Cathie
2|1|cye|melpaul|Melpaul199@aol.com|22:36:44|05/06/2010|
cye 3|2|H1N1 Vaccine Linked to Bells Palsy|Beaglesfly|lmllr77@aol.com|22:51:56|05/06/2010|
I just read about this today, so when I saw your post, I just thought I'd post in case you had the vaccine....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/23/AR2010042304965.html
4|1|THANKS FOR THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK|forkliftr|edirienzo2006@comcast.net|08:11:05|05/07/2010|
IT WAS SO GOOD TO HEAR THAT THIS CONDITION IS NOT PERMANENT. IT HAS BEEN A WEEK AND NO CHANGE YET. ONE NEW THING I NOTICED THO. FROM THE STEROIDS I AM CRAVING TOMATO SAUCE AND CHOCOLATE. THAT'S DIFFERENT. I'LL BE LOOKING FOR JENNY CRAIG AND WEIGHT WATCHERS AS SOON AS I GET BETTER.........LOL.......MANY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO REPLIED. RIGHT NOW REFUNDING HERE IS SLOW SO MAYBE WHEN I GET GOOD SIGHT BACK WE WILL GET REALLY BUSY....ALL THE BEST TINA 5|1|my cousin has this|crazymomx2|crazymomx3girls@hotmail.com|14:31:26|05/07/2010|
it could stay gone for a while and come back anytime ,sometimes the flair ups are more sever than others ,stress intesifis the affects ,her eye is still sligthly droppy and sometimews she has such terrible pain and numbness and others its milder its tough at 1st ,but its something that you must get use to,as it could comeback also try not to have fans ,air conditions or blowing of heat directley poijnted at you my sister use to sleep with the fan directley on top of her and her doctor says that iit bad to sleep like that is shoud be a moving fan not staition in one place hope thisw helps teri 6|2|My daughter had this when she was 18|LindaOh|Martinl3@roadrunner.com|16:39:17|05/07/2010|
it was right before she graduated from high school.the poor thing looked so bad she wasn't under stress no sleeping with a fan just came out of no where, the only thing I remember is her ear hurt just before it lasted a couple of weeks and then she was fine they told us no one knows why you get it or why it goes away she has never has it again and it been close to 20 years one of her eyes does droop a little bit hope you get better soon Linda