Bells Palsy Day 11.12.13

Yep still here...  I found that the chicken egg rolls taste good!!!  Oh to have something taste good is such a gift...  I had a Pepsi yesterday...  It still didn't taste good...  I am just moving forward...  Meds are done...  My knee hurts again...  Maybe the steroids is what helped my knee...  Oh my smile is a little bigger...  I can move my eyebrow a little...  Is this the beginning of it all getting better?  I noticed that I can drink the water out of the glass and it works...  Still tastes funny but, tada, I can drink out of a glass...  I know what I am celebrating today!!  Find something to celebrate everyday!!!  I am!!

Bells Palsy Day 10

Day is almost over and I have no pictures...  I worked on the computer today grateful that Bells palsy does not hamper anything except smiling, eating, drinking and talking...   I am uploading videos and notice there is a difference in my voice and a sniffle...  Another symptom that would have gone unnoticed is the nasal drip from the over active watery eye, if I had not caught it in the video...   I am on the verge of a breakdown though...  Frustrated would be an understatement...  I keep thinking it will be all better when I wake up...  And there it is the crooked smile, watery eye that wont close and twitches, and the earache...  I wonder if it will be like this forever...  I wonder what is my lesson here?  hmmmm...  Find something to celebrate everyday!!!  I am!!

Day 9 Bells Palsy

Yep still here...  Crooked smile... bad taste...  twitchy watery eye...  funny feeling face...  lil earache...  and this happens...

lol... I was supposed to put the coffee in the canister and I accidentally put it in my cup...   Coffee was already made in the pot but I hadn't poured mine yet...  Yes, I am tired and I am going to rest today!! 

Bells Palsy Day 8

Well it has been a week...  I am exhausted...  I woke up in Ojai today...  Looking forward to spending the day with my mom...  We will be working in her yard...  My face is still funny...  The taste is still here...  Checking my face wasn't the first thing I did this morning...  This was the first day that it just kind of seems like it is part of life to have this over watery eye, funny feeling on the right side of my face, funny metal taste, lil earache...

It was great to spend the day with mom...  We got some of her entry redone...  Tom picked me up and drove us home...  Because of the over watery and twitching eye driving was a little scary and Tom changed his plans to come to Ojai on the motorcycle and drove me...  I am so grateful and exhausted...  Find something to celebrate everyday!!!  I am!!!

Bells Palsy Day 7

The Journey continues...  Today is the wedding, I will be helping with the flowers...  I have looked forward to this for months and it was never a doubt for me that I would be here to do these flowers...  Even through all this medical situation...  I still have a crooked smile...  I can still taste the metal, waxy taste...  I have my shirt picked out special to hide any dribbles...   It is still a learning curve on eating and drinking... especially drinking...  Amazing how our muscles work to keep our mouths closed when we eat and drink... 

I am so grateful that I can still help with the flowers...  It is a busy special and I want to enjoy every minute of it...    Find something to celebrate everyday!!  I am!!!

Bells Palsy day 6

Good morning sunshine!!!  There was a crooked lady, with a crooked smile...  Yep it is still here...  I was up till the wee hours of the morning working on the wedding album then slept in till 10am...  I am very tired and can feel it in my face... 

So you would think that since things don't taste good it would be a great diet, but what I have found is that I want to taste everything looking for something that is going to taste good...  So I haven't lost any weight, haven't gained either though maybe because of the steroids I feel huge and uncomfortable...  I have finished the wedding album, hooray...  it is beautiful and I am very proud of it and grateful that I had it to really keep my mind off my medical condition most of the time this week...  I packed and have us ready to go spend a few days in Ojai...  Looking forward to it...

St Patrick's Dinner Party at St Thomas was so much fun...  I got to see many friends that I grew up with...  Here you can see that I still have the crooked smile...  Many people said that my smile looks so much better than the first picture they saw...  I have many people praying for me...  They also said they could not hear any difference when I talk...  I am still very embarrassed but didn't want to miss out on this eve's festivities and chance to see old friends...  I'm so glad we went...  I enjoyed the time with my family shown here... 

So It has been quite a week and tomorrow is the wedding...  The daughter of two of my very long time friends...  I will be helping with flowers...  Today was great and I am so excited for what tomorrow holds...  Find something to celebrate everyday, I am!!!

Happy St Patricks day and Day 5 Bells Palsy

Top of the Morning to ya!!!  Rainbows and pot of gold?  Lucky?   Well its still here...  I can actually feel the difference in the sides of my face...  But what is really strange is that it is the sensation of the good side that I can feel...  My right side (the affected side) feels very cold when I touch it...  hmmm...  I still can not close my right eye all the way it leaves a sliver open...  I pulled out a mirror that has a 4X closer image (ha scary) yep the crooked smile is still here. 

This is a picture of my face when I am not smiling no make up.   You can see that there is a difference to each side.  The effected side has less wrinkles. It is resting...  hmmmmmmmm....

 I was able to work on the wedding album all day.  I made the best corned beef and cabbage ever today... I could taste it, still had a metal taste and coating but it was good...

Tom and I went to the park to listen to our friend Marks band.   We danced on the infield of the baseball diamond and had a great time...  Here you can see our selfie and my crooked smile...  I was tempted to not go out because I am feeling self conscious...  It looks better than the original picture, but it feels different and I notice it more and I don't want to eat in front of anyone...  I actually went shopping for something to wear to the wedding sunday that has a print on the front so if I dribble it wont be as obvious...  I am moving forward, I am still so grateful that it really only has effected my face, my mind is great, I can move and dance and make things and still enjoy life...  Happy St Patricks day!!!!  Find something to celebrate everyday,  I am!!!