Coping With Bell's Palsy

June 2007

• My story and a tip for Bell’s Palsy Sufferers - by Lorraine - (Thu, Jun 28 2007)
  I am 73 years old and 2-12 years ago I had a left earache and the next morning my eye would not close and my face dropped. My doctor sent me to the emergency room for tests to be sure it wasn’t a stroke and was, in fact, Bell’s Palsy. [more..]
• my strugle - by Tim - (Tue, Jun 26 2007)
  I was 15 whe I was diagnosed with bells palsy. I remember having an ear ach. i didn’t think much of it so I went to sleep. when I woke up the next morning I noticed that i was having trouble closing my left eye. [more..]
• Bell’s Palsey Onset - by Victor - (Mon, Jun 25 2007)
  I came down with Bell’s Palsey towards the end of 2 weeks of heavy application of Tobra and Cefaz eye drops. Can anyone else make this connection? [more..]
• Bells palsy while pregnant - by cici - (Wed, Jun 20 2007)
  Ericka, I read your story & I am suffering too, I was diagnosed 11/25/06 I was 6months preganant, my baby was born in March & I still have it. [more..]
• I had Bell’s Palsy too! - by Beatriz - (Fri, Jun 15 2007)
  I was 15 when I got Bell’s Palsy, My eye and mouth started tingling and then all of a sudden I couldn’t close my eye and my mouth went to my side, it took me 4 weeks to recover, [more..]
• Bell’s after going to the dentist. - by SHERYL - (Fri, Jun 15 2007)
  On may 25/06 i had a dentist remove a black filling to replace it with a white filling in my left upper incisor. This tooth had been previously root canaled. [more..]
• Just Had Baby and Dealing with Bells Palsy, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Guillain-Barre Syndrome - by rosy - (Thu, Jun 14 2007)
  i just had a baby by c section and after i had fever, blood infection. i stayed in hospital for 7 day. when i came home i got headache, dry cough and a very bad neck pain. i had pins and needles on my right hand when i was pregnant, but it got worse. [more..]
• Living with Bell’s - by mona lisa - (Tue, Jun 12 2007)
  I had to return to the hospital with my newborn daughter due to her jaundice, and while there, I woke up with Bell’s. [more..]
• Bell’s Palsy & Pregnancy - by Erica - (Mon, Jun 11 2007)
  Hello. My name is Erica. Reading your stories made me realize there are others out there that KNOW how I feel. I got Bell’s when I was 8 months pregnant. [more..]
• Bells Palsey caused by Lyme - by NA - (Wed, Jun 06 2007)
  I just turned 20 and it’s been 5 years since I have had Bells Palsey. It happened the summer between 8th and 9th grade. I was told by the doctor that It would recover in 3-6 months. [more..]
• bells palsy at 16 - by jessica - (Wed, Jun 06 2007)
  one day at a fair with my friends, my face stared tingling. i went to the bathroom and i saw my face wasnt working. and being 16 this was a tragedy. [more..]
• My pretty smile that disappeared overnight - by Cherese - (Wed, Jun 06 2007)
  I was 26 and under alot of stress, worked in the correctional facilty and was in a relationship with a young man that i thought I loved. so needless to say I was under alot of stress. [more..]
• waiting (not so patiently) for this to end - by Lisa - (Wed, Jun 06 2007)
  Hi my name is Lisa. My husband and I were on a cruise to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and I started to get a sore throat on my left side. This was followed a day later with a sore ear. [more..]
• facial exercises? - by Renee' - (Wed, Jun 06 2007)
  One night i went to bed and couldn’t sleep because my neck hurt and i couldn’t get comfortable. The next day i was fine except i had a headache, i thought nothing of it because i get high blood pressure and migraines. [more..]