Coping With Bell's Palsy

September 2007

• BELLS PALSY AND TUMOR - by B. S. - (Sun, Sep 30 2007)
  In April I went to the emergency room because I thought I was having a stroke The left side of my face started drooping as I was washing my face. I could not speak, eat or drink properly. [more..]
• bells - by kim - (Tue, Sep 25 2007)
  One morning I woke up with tingling in my jaw, and my ear was hurting, and my words were sounding slurred. I went on with my day and by that night my mouth was drooping and I thought I had a stroke so I went to the hospital. They ran the stroke tests and they came out all ok so the dr said to me, “You have Bells [Bell’s Palsy].” [more..]
• 14 YEARS OLD AND IF THATS NOT BAD ENOUGH - by JAYDEEN - (Sun, Sep 23 2007)
  WELL WERE DO I START OMG WT A WEEK I WOKE UP ON TUESDAY AND I HAD A COLDSORE ON MY LIP DIDNT THINK OF ANYHING OF IT AND WENT TO SCHOOL AS USUAL DURING THE DAY MY EYE REALLY STARTED TO HURT N I MY M8TS WERE PICKING THINGS ABOUT ME THEY SAID YOU CANT TLK PROPERLY I WAS LIKE YEH I CAN AND THEN I GOT HOME AND LOOKED IN THE MIRROR I TRYED TO SMILE BT I COULD NOT I WAS SOO SCARED I COULD NOT MOVE MY RIGHT SIDE [more..]
• Like being 6 months pregnant isn’t bad enough - by Jennifer - (Fri, Sep 21 2007)
  I can remember it like it was yesterday. 5 years ago I was at my baby shower and my eye was twitching while I was opening presents. I thought I was just nervous about all these people in the room. [more..]
• 19 and Scared - by tw - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
  One day I was driving to see my boyfriend and I was drinking on a slurpee. Out of no where the slurpee began to dribble out of the left side of my mouth. I wasn’t immediatedly alarmed. However, as I continue to drink the slurpee from the straw it continued to happen. At this point, I was frightened. [more..]
• suddenly getting Bell’s palsy at 25 - by nichole - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
  I woke up yesterday 9/19/07 and when i was brushing my teeth i noticed my left side of my mouth was not closing. so i smiled in the mirror and the left side did not move. i was very scared. i had worked for dr’s and i knew these symptoms so i went to the ER. [more..]
• Is it really Bell’ Pasly? - by MEM - (Fri, Sep 14 2007)
  I woke on a Thursday with what I described as a “plastic tongue and roof of mouth”. On Friday, I woke and asked my partner if my lips were “swollen”. I could not feel them. When I brushed my teeth, I could not hold the water in my mouth, and later that day, it was noticed that I was not blinking my left eye. [more..]
• Unhappy - by DC - (Fri, Sep 14 2007)
  I came down with Bells when I was 8 months pregnant. I was only a month and a half away from giving birth when I got it. Now 18 months later and still have a mild case of it. [more..]
• I have had Bell’s twice - by Jim - (Tue, Sep 11 2007)
  I first had Bells Palsey in 2003 and like everyone that ever has had it the first time, I thought that I had a stroke. It scared the living heck out of me. [more..]
• Bell’s Palsy - by Ruth - (Mon, Sep 10 2007)
  I was eating lunch one day and was drinking a cup of tea. I realized the tea was running down my chin. I felt alright but thought I might be having a stroke. I called my doctor and was told to go to the emergency room. [more..]
• It Has Just Started 9-7-07 - by Debbie - (Mon, Sep 10 2007)
  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. [more..]
• BELLS PALSY FOR THE THIRD TIME!!!!!!!!!!! - by LIZA - (Wed, Sep 05 2007)
  I’M 29 YEARS OLD, I WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH BELLS PALSY AGAIN. I WAS 14 YEARS OLD THE FIRST TIME I GOT BELLS. IT TOOK 6 MONTHS FOR ME TO RECOVER. THEN WHEN I WAS 21 IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THAT TIME IT TOOK LESS THEN 4 WEEKS & I WAS BACK TO NORMAL. NOW @ 29 I’M BACK TO WHERE I WAS THE LAST 2 TIMES. THEY SAY THAT BELLS ISN’T GENETIC BUT MY DAUGHTER ALSO WOKE UP ONE MORNING WITH BELLS, SHE WAS 5 YEARS OLD, SHE RECOVERED WITHIN A WEEK. WE ARE THE ONLY TWO IN MY FAMILY WHO THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. [more..]
• Living with Bells Palsy - by Terri - (Mon, Sep 03 2007)
  My name is Terri and I am 25 yrs old. I have been living with Bells Palsy for 16 yrs now. I was eleven when I was diagnosed. My face was a gradual change. I was living nomal when my parents noticed a change in my facde expressions and soon took me to a doctor and they diagnosed me with it. [more..]
• Sudden Onset at 36 of Bells Palsy - by Chris - (Sat, Sep 01 2007)
  Hi i work as a development manager for a UK IT company in the indian ocean. I recently suffered from emphasema in the lungs and have been for around six months and have been left on tablets for a long time. [more..]