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I am 56 yrs old, female, active. On 8/27 during the night I walked into the edge of the door leading from my bath to bedroom, at point above eye at brow towards brow pitch or temple. I immediatly put ice on it and went back to bed. Next day, mild headache on that side, but went about as normal. Then a few hours later felt severe pain into ear, behind ear, and into jaw line. Got into see the PA and he said I hit on sensitive nerves and was having muscle spasms. He prescribed Skelakten. Thus the initial injury. 8/28 felt better, and other than a small bruise fine. On 9/3 layed my belly at beach and on side of injury, pain intense and soreness. I also notice the face being sore to the touch washing. On 9/5 and 9/6 especially, started having ear pain around edge, eye watering, and tonge numb. I went to doc on 9/7 and she could see my fallen cheek and eye. CT scan ruled out a stroke This is 9/9 and it seems to be worse, speech, mouth movement, and unable to blink. I will pray and have faith in my (our)) God. I have read all prognosis, and was a pretty vain lady, but now I would easily trade some wrinkles and loss of elastisity for a normal smile, a wink, and to be able to brush my teeth without it falling out all over the place. So a wake up call from God? Perhaps. However, I know I will take this experience and make some good out of it for Him. I am pretty active in my Catholic faith, lector, ministry leader, fundraiser. Other than my self-conciensious feeling now, I know that all the prayers coming my way for recovery and just sitting in the presence of God at church and reading scripture, prayers and worship music remind me of His power to heal. I look at the gifts I do have from Him, my ands & legs work, feet work, arms work, and I can see, taste and smell. And this is not life threatening, there is hope for recovery and I haven’t heard of anyone who had 0 recover. So it is rough now but I will now allow this to stop my life and His work. So, I knows he expects me to do his work and make some good out of it. If we all look deeply perhaps we have learned fo be more compassionate to family or friends. I would always tell them to look at the good and not wallow in the present and still believe that way. However, I now know what fear of the unknown when it comes to one’s health and the weakness I have felt. I apologized to my brother Friday night, expressing I could have been more sympathetic to his Abodominal Aorta Aneuryism he is to have removed. Although I realized the danger, being he is such a real weak person at handling health issues, I tried to talk positive to him which only made him angry. So I hope I have learned a bit at knowing some people just need that real “sorry and compassionate words” and they don’t want to hear a positive. The good thing for the discovery of his AAA is now he wants to have a connection to God, which he was not with before. Praise the Lord! A bad thing resulting in a powerful good with him. He will admit being a selfish Bob first person, and has been even with his children (now adults) resulting in much alienation. So take this with the attitude their will be a good, God never lets anything bad come without a good thing in its place. FYI - my father also had this when he was in his early 40’s, one article I read said it could be inherited. I’ll include all of you in my prayers, have faith. Blessings.
September 2007
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