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My pretty smile that disappeared overnight
by: Cherese on Wed, Jun 06 2007
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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. One bright morning I was off from work and decided to take a trip to the mall and notice that my right eye was jumpimg and the left side of my lip and nose was jumps also . I thought that by my left eye jumpimg I was going to have some good luck.

So that evening when i arrived home hours later the jumping had not stopped so I became worried. I went to sleep and woke up that morning and look in the mirror and I just cried and cried and cried and cried. I had no control over any movement on the left side of my face, I couldn’t believe was i was looking at in the mirror, I looked like a monster.

I had a tooth that was bothering me so i immediately went to the dentist and told him my face was sore and my tooth needed to be pulled he then diagnosed me with Bells Palsy I was horrified. The was no medical cure or treatment that i could receive. But I am a christain girl and time and pray heal everything.

So my way of recovery was to wear a eyepatch at night, use eyedrops, exercise my facial muscles and make crazy jokes about myself. I also found out that no one really notice my bell palsy as much as me. I have recovered about 90% when I smile the left cheek is higher than the right, people say that it is sexy and then I really start to smile . So pray big strong and there is a bright side to this , you just got to find the bright side!


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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..]

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