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by: sylvia on Thu, Aug 28 2008
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Well it’s been since July 22, 2008 since I woke up with BP. You can see my story in July’s archive!

Anyway, I’m slowly getting better. Can raise my left eyebrow now and my left cheek can raise up a bit now when I smile. Lip is less twisted.

What I’ve been doing is chewing LOTS of gum on the effected side and it helped enormously! Also I’ve been massaging BOTH sides of my face after putting a warm compress to the effected side. It is also very important to keep your effected eye moist, throughout the day with Natural Tears (drops) Do NOT use VISINE! It will harm more than help you!

I tape my eye shut everynight before bed after putting drops in, so that my eye gets used to the idea of closing again. I use my finger to manually lift and lower my eyelid, 15 reps times 3, per day. At home I stretch both the corners of my lips outward and make myself practice talking normally without the twist and that helped too. Don’t give up hope! And stay away from stress!!

Just wanted to share that with some of you who may not be aware of some things you can, should and should not do, to progress. Good luck!
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  • Update - by sylvia - (Thu, Aug 28 2008)
    Well it’s been since July 22, 2008 since I woke up with BP. You can see my story in July’s archive! Anyway, I’m slowly getting better. Can raise my left eyebrow now and my left cheek can raise up a bit now when I smile. Lip is less twisted. [more..]
  • 7 years post - by Deb - (Wed, Aug 13 2008)
    My belles palsy appeared one morning when I awoke with severe pain behind my left ear and numbness in my lips. Eventually it got better but I still cannot totally open my right eye. Does anyone have any success stories regarding this [more..]
  • 20 yrs After Bell’s Palsey - by Cathie - (Mon, Aug 11 2008)
    In 1988 I developed BP on the left side of my face and now 20 yrs later I have a significant droop of my left side of my lip. [more..]
  • My sad son - by Felisha - (Wed, Aug 06 2008)
    My 8 year old son was playing around in his room and I never heard a sound. Him and his little brother rough house all the time, during the play, my son hit his face on the wall but said it didnt hurt. [more..]
  • Roberta’s story - by Roberta - (Mon, Aug 04 2008)
    I have had bell’s palsy for 8 years now, symptoms are soreness in my face and lack of a blinking eye, I am still very much self conscious about this. [more..]

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