Day 6: There's That Twitch Again...

...but this time it's a good thing. As I mentioned yesterday I could feel a slight twitch in my face and the speech therapist saw it as well. Ok, so here's a recap of this morning's doctor appointments with relation to BP. The first was just a quick Q & A of how things are going, any pains, how am I sleeping, etc. I told her about my makeshift eye solution for keeping my EYE closed at night as well as the blurriness that I'm experiencing. She told me to get another type of eye lubricant that will assist in keeping my eye closed at night and some type of patch to keep it closed. So I'll give that a whirl. I'll have to take a picture of what I've been doing. ha ha ha!!

On to speech therapy. Today was more of a consultation of sorts. The pathologist and I went through a series of questions as to what happened, what I've been experiencing etc. She took a few measurements to see the differences between each side of my face. With a relaxed face, my mouth has a 5 degree difference. When smiling there's a 30 degree difference. She also measured how wide my mouth opens on each side and how much my eye remains open. We then went over some exercises to see how much movement I have in my face. Some of them were hilarious because she's telling me to do or not do something She said my speech is almost perfect but she can tell the words/letters that I'm having trouble with. I have homework now. Twice a day I am to perform these exercises and word phrases. She did say not to overdo it with the exercises. So don't hold the positions but rather short repetitions of each. She did mention that my TMJ could act up. With some of the motions she could see the muscles in my face moving. YAY!

The pathologist and graduate assistant that I worked with today were really great. She was so excited to take pictures with my cell phone so that we can track the progress, visually LOL. (see below)

*side note* She said getting a massage is O.K. so I will definitely be scheduling that appointment.

So I go to work today "taking it easy" as the doctor said. and I realize I am talking waaaaaaaaay too much because my mouth is beyond dry. I feel a twinge of ache above my eye but that may be because I'm moving it around more that normal. Anyhoo, the day ended. I scheduled my massage so I'm ready for that. My jaws hurt though. I don't like that.