Diagnosed Last Friday
Hello everyone
I joined your ranks of being diagnosed last Friday night with Bell's Palsy.
What started on the Friday before with me thinking I was getting a cold, progressed to severe neck pain that intensified behind the ear and jaw. I was not familiar with this condition, so there was no connection for me to consider it.
Last Thursday night, I started getting a numb jaw, and by Friday night, I had full right side facial paralysis. My sister kindly took me to the local ED, where I was seen by about 5 or 6 doctors who all confirmed BP. I was prescribed Prednisone & anti-virals.
The Prednisone worked very well, and I was amazed by how much I improved in those 5 days.
That said, I'm now 2 days post cessation of the steroids, and I'm feeling the original pain come back. Certainly not to the same degree as it was last week but definitely noticeable.
My question to you fine folk is - what is normal in the recovery process? I almost have my smile back. My eyebrow isn't so good. I can definitely feel the weakness in my right cheek, eye area and some in my lips. Forming any sort of suction with my lips is impossible. Eating anything too chewy or solid has me looking like Slimer from Ghostbusters.
Can it kick off again after the initial treatment? What are the recommendations for facial muscle rehab? I currently can't get back to my GP as the clutch went in my car after the night in emergency (of course, lol!!). So, I haven't been able to touch in there and get his thoughts.
Any of your thoughts and suggesting would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to read this!!