Day 16. I'm feeling much better about my face today. Now that there is a little more tone on the right side, it doesn't droop so much. Even though everything is still crooked, I can live with it. The only think I really, really need to improve is the muscles surrounding my eye. It is inconvenient and painful that I can't shut my eye tightly. On Tuesday I went to the beach for a couple of hours, just to walk up and down in the sand. It was very windy, and even though I had sunglasses on it was uncomfortable to have it blowing in my eye.
If I rack my brain, I can even think of some of the advantages of having Bell's Palsy! (Pictures after the jump...)
Playing peek-a-boo is easier
Thin and thick lips at the same time! and without painful injections
Half-price on botox
Keepin' an eye out for ya.. at all times!
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BiV, good luck with this. I'm sure it is a very hard trial, and I wish you nothing but the best.
How do you keep your eye from drying out? Does it close when you sleep at night?
I have eyedrops and ointment I use at night. (I should mention that in my treatment post.) The first couple of days I slept with a headband around my eyes to keep it closed. But now it stays closed when I sleep (I think) and it's fine with just the ointment before I go to sleep. When I wake up, it's actually the other eye that feels dry!
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