Coping With Bell's PalsyThis section is a place to share stories about Coping With Bell's Palsy Below are entries of those who have already shared their stories. We hope that you find their experiences helpful to your own situation. You may also Help others by sharing your story. To quickly access health information from your website's browser, download YRS WiTH BELL’S PALSY BANG! CLASH! My parents closet mirror scattered around their bedroom floor. My fathers hands bleeding heavily and my mother yelling at the top of her lungs, “GET 0UT!” I couldnt understand why my mother was telling my own father to leave our house. The one place where we ate and slept together. I was 5yrs old when my first series of bell’s palsey took hold of me. This one agruement is one of the many I remebered as a child when my parents marriage was leading to a divorce. Tension between them worsened and my stress management wasn’t improving. I could feel the back of my head start to tingle as if someone kept flicking water at me. My eyes became dry and the nights when I would sit on my bed and try to understand what was going on I would tear up. Only this time my left eye would not let my tears out. The next day as I sat on the dining table my mouth would not move with me. The food I ate became tasteless and I kept trying to wipe my drool. As I sat there, struggling to eat, I noticed my mother giving me a strange look. I wasn’t sure if she was mad at me for not eating properly or if she was mad at me because of the arguments with my father. With a sudden movement of her hand, she placed it on my face and asked me to smile for her. Confused and afraid I did what she asked. Moments later we were off to the hospital. After a year or two of trying to figure out what had happend my mother and I finally got our answer. I had bell’s palsy. Since it hadn’t happend to me once or twice but multiple times the doctor diagnosed me with Chronic Bell’s Palsy. As a young child and through my teen years, I was ridiculed for the deformation bell’s palsy has left my face. But I have learned to accept that this is what defines me. Comments
May 2007
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