[Nan3cy]

Bell's palsy ain't fun, but it doesn't seem to be hard to diagnose. Twenty years ago last month I woke up on a Monday morning completely unable to move the left side of my face. I spent a minute or two convinced I'd had a stroke until I realized that my left arm and leg were working just fine. I called the doctor, who diagnosed it over the phone and told me as much as I heard a few days later from the neurologist I went to.  The doc on the phone told me to expect it to be six weeks before being back to normal, At that point I couldn't imagine having it for another six minutes, let alone weeks --but that is about what happened. It was a month before I could close my left eye.

[Nan3cy]

Bell's palsy ain't fun, but it doesn't seem to be hard to diagnose. Twenty years ago last month I woke up on a Monday morning completely unable to move the left side of my face. I spent a minute or two convinced I'd had a stroke until I realized that my left arm and leg were working just fine. I called the doctor, who diagnosed it over the phone and told me as much as I heard a few days later from the neurologist I went to.  The doc on the phone told me to expect it to be six weeks before being back to normal, At that point I couldn't imagine having it for another six minutes, let alone weeks --but that is about what happened. It was a month before I could close my left eye.