Precisely....last month I developed Bell`s Palsy. It has been a month and there is a very slight movement on my left side. But I still keep getting swollen lips. This is how it was when it first started Bells` Palsy..!! First, lips got swollen several times...followed by severe headaches behind the left ear...and on top of my head. I also suffer from stiff neck pains often...! Especially it gets worst after going to the gym. I practically live on the painkillers..namely Paracetemol...!!
My left eye stays open and the top lid does not come down at all which makes the eye irritaded and red and watery...!!So I keep using eye-drops and at night I use a special eye ointment and keep the eyes closed through the night by wearing an eyepatch..like a PIROT!!
During the day time it is difficult to be outside in the sun. Today, I have decided to put a tape on the eye again...
Reading is difficult...eating is difficult as my mouth has gone to the otherside...and able to speak through the peculiar gap on the right side of the mouth. This morning I got up with a painful swollen lower lip with pain again...!! I am also keep getting peculiar shooting pain in my left lower arm and the left foot seem swollen too... My body is trying to tell me something...but I and the doctors do not know what it might be,,,,any comments???
I live on my own and I am 72 years old.
I am also prone to get panic attacks and a fast heart rate at times;and IBS too,!! I am in a mess really lately.
I enjoy going to the gym at least twice a week but now for the last 6 weeks that activity stopped...willy-nilly!!
I feel upset,lonely,aimless,and fed up to put it in a better way.!!
Thanks for reading. I live in Cambridge in the UK.
Coskun Toktamis.