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4 yrs later
by: me on Thu, Sep 11 2008
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It happened in my 7th month of pregnancy. friday morning (feb.2004) i woke up everything seemed fine I got ready for work and went on about my day. around mid afternoon i noticed a tingling sensation on the right side of my face. I asked a coworker if she noticed anything wrong with my face, she said no, so i dismissed it. later that evening while having dinner i was having a little difficulty chewing my food and drinking from a straw so i asked my husband if he noticed anything wrong with my mouth he said no so again i dismissed what I was feeling.

the next morning i woke up went to the restroom looked in the mirror and realized that i was unable to blink my right eye or move the right side of my mouth. i ran to my husband very scared and said i think something is wrong. i went to see my doctor she said i had BP. she said there was no cure but she would give me some medicine some sort of steroid and told me that i would hopefully recover.

it has been 4 years now and i am able to blink and drink through a straw but i do have a crooked smile my vision is blurred and my eye tears excesivly when i chew i experience cramping twitching and sorness on the right side of my face witch makes it hard at times to carry a coversation or even read a book to my children. i feel like this is as good as it is going to get. is there anyone out there that has had BP longer than i have and has had a full recovery. is ther still hope for me?
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September 2008

  • bells palsy!!! who? - by elaine b - (Mon, Sep 29 2008)
    i woke up on fri morning to a nice cup of coffee. i got such a fright when i dribbled it all down my face and realized one side of my face wasn’t working properly! i got out of bed looked in the mirror and realized i couldn’t pucker or lick my lips- they just twisted to one side. i thought i’d had a mild stroke!! [more..]
  • Unaware - by LM - (Wed, Sep 24 2008)
    I saw my Primary Care Physician on Friday, Sept. 12th for a regular check up and complained about my ears bothering me. [more..]
  • My problem with BP - by Brenda - (Tue, Sep 23 2008)
    I started having a slight headache behind my right ear last week. It lasted for 2 days and I thought it was a strange place to have a headache, but really didn’t think much about it. [more..]
  • My Recovery From Bell’s Palsy - by Beth - (Mon, Sep 22 2008)
    Hi, I woke up one morning 5 years ago when I was 28, two months after giving birth to my 2nd child and thought I had a stroke when I looked in the mirror. [more..]
  • Almost 20 years later !!! - by SJA - (Fri, Sep 12 2008)
    I had Bell’s Palsy back in March 1989 which lasted until June 1989. Last week (Sept. 4, 2008) I woke up and started brushing my teeth and low and behold I couldn’t brush properly or spit. I checked my face out and knew right away it was BP. [more..]
  • 4 yrs later - by me - (Thu, Sep 11 2008)
    It happened in my 7th month of pregnancy. friday morning (feb.2004) i woke up everything seemed fine I got ready for work and went on about my day. around mid afternoon i noticed a tingling sensation on the right side of my face. [more..]
  • 24and so sad - by JR - (Tue, Sep 09 2008)
    I was diagnosed with bp on christmas day 2006. I was 8 and a half months pregnant and I started feeling my tongue numb since the day before, then my ear hurt, the right side of my face couldn’t move. [more..]
  • In Labor - by candie reece - (Tue, Sep 09 2008)
    well it was August of 2007 and i was in the hospital at the time and they were trying to induce my labor, and at that time i had high blood pressure and it was out of wack [more..]
  • 16 year’s old - by DaLena - (Fri, Sep 05 2008)
    I was 16 when I got Bell’s Palsy. I was scared out of my mind when my eye wouldn’t close and I couldn’t hold a smile. [more..]
  • Just like Dad - by JML - (Wed, Sep 03 2008)
    My BP began July 11, 2008, I knew what it was because my dad had it, twice, once on each side of his face. [more..]
  • Vacation attack of Bell Palsy - by MZC - (Wed, Sep 03 2008)
    I am 71 yrs old and was on vacation. I woke up in the morning and my rt. cheek and chin felt like I had had novacain. I was sleeping an unusual amt. I went back to bed and my husband woke me up at 3 pm. [more..]

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