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Got it, have for 8 years
by: Dustin on Mon, Oct 13 2008
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When I was 16 I was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy. I am 24 now and can still feel it under my ear behind my ear lobe right along my jaw bone. It feels swollen. Even though I have had it this long I look way better then when I first got it. I can notice it and feel it when I see myself in a picture my eye looks lazy, when I drink alcohol, and when the weather gets colder.

Today is the first day I have ever googled Bell’s Palsy. I was given no treatment ever. The doctor told me it was nerve damage of the 7th cranial nerve and that there was no treatment. So I went home and lived with it. He did say to tape and eye-drop my eye whenever I slept. I had it very bad for around 6 months. Then it just seemed to get better. I could watch movies again without my eye watering badly, drink out of a straw, blink and had 3/4 of my smile back.

I have had it for 8 year and would consider it slight now. I just wonder if there is anything I could do or my doctors could give me to make it any better? I should ask next time I go in.


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  1. Tue, Oct 14 2008
    I was in the 7th grade when i got BP. It has almost been 8 years and i still have not fully recovered. My eye twitches a lot and i still do not have a...Read

October 2008

  • Just came home from the ER - by Pat - (Thu, Oct 30 2008)
    When I woke up today my face did not feel right. I thought maybe it was from the sinus cold I’ve been battling for several weeks. My right eye will not close, it burns and waters. [more..]
  • It does get better - by Cathy - (Tue, Oct 21 2008)
    Sunday 10/19 I woke up with bells palsy. I knew what it was because I’ve had it before. About 10-11 yrs ago happened suddenly overnite. [more..]
  • combo triggers? - by Sonia - (Tue, Oct 21 2008)
    today is sunday and i did not go to church. tried but decided better to stay home rest and research this issue a bit more. yesterday i woke up in the hotel i had stayed at with my two little girls (7 and 5) because i had my home sprayed for fleas. i could not be in the home for 12 hours or so because i just entered my ninth month of pregnancy. [more..]
  • BP for me - by angela - (Tue, Oct 21 2008)
    I woke up on sunday Oct 12th and today is the 18th no improvement [more..]
  • 7 years of BP… - by Chelsey - (Wed, Oct 15 2008)
    I just started a new school and week after it started i was at school like a normal day and i noticed kids pointing at me and they would say stuff about my face and i was clueless to what they were talking about. [more..]
  • Got it, have for 8 years - by Dustin - (Mon, Oct 13 2008)
    When I was 16 I was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy. I am 24 now and can still feel it under my ear behind my ear lobe right along my jaw bone. [more..]
  • I can’t believe I got BP - by Estela - (Mon, Oct 13 2008)
    I was diagnosed with BP on October 2, 2008. Here it is the 11th and my condition isn’t any better! [more..]
  • not the same - by beth - (Mon, Oct 13 2008)
    i was maybe 3-4 when it happend i went to sleep like any nite i woke up not the same did not look like me [more..]
  • Bells Palsy - by Sue - (Thu, Oct 09 2008)
    I was diagnosed with Bells Palsy Sept. 15, 2008, the left side of my face, thank god it was a mild case, it went pretty much away with the medication within two weeks [more..]
  • BELLS PALSY - by ANA - (Tue, Oct 07 2008)
    I saw my face swollen and thought it was something I ate and had an allergic reaction so I took Benadryl. The following day I was worse my month was numb and twisted, my right eye was very irritated and I could not even blink. [more..]
  • Fully recovered in 2 weeks - by RS - (Tue, Oct 07 2008)
    I woke up September 17th and decided not to go to work because I didn’t feel well. What I didn’t know is that a Bell’s Palsy attack was beginning. [more..]
  • Just got the News - by michelle c.-fla. - (Tue, Oct 07 2008)
    I had been having pain on the left side of my neck around my ear for about 3-4 days. I had also been feeling very tired and somewhat lightheaded. [more..]

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