Day 21: I think I can...

"..I think I can, I know I can, I will!" Yep, I'm still chugging right along. There's been more progress within the last day which is really surprising. There's more movement in my cheek that yesterday. There's still not much going on with my forehead or eyebrows which is odd because that's the area she said comes back the fastest for more people. Guess I'm not using my forehead muscles enough (frowning,lol). My eye didn't feel the best today. That could be because I didn't sleep much last night and it was tired. It had the gritty feeling most of the day which is very uncomfortable when I"m trying to lubricate it and close it. (moving around under the eye lid did NOT feel good)

Anyhoo, I'm impressed with how things are moving along this week. Funny store though, I was talking to one of the clients today and in mid sentence he asked, "Bells Palsy?" and I'm like, yeah, three weeks now. It's amazing how people can immediately recognize it. I'm sure it's more in my eye that gives it away and maybe some of the pull on my lips. But yeah I thought wow!

But err um yeah, that's all I have to share tonight. Tomorrow is therapy.

Day 20: Smile...Pucker...Smile...Pucker...

Another day of therapy has come and gone. Three more (scheduled) appointments. I have a feeling she's going to kick me to the curb after that, lol. Maybe not. If I had to give myself a number, I'd say I'm about 10 - 15% back. That's not a lot but it's something. The measurement of my eye has gone down to 4. 4 what, I don't know but it's 4 something. Maybe 4mm, from 10 on the first day. And with a little tightness I can make it close all the way. So kudos for that. My dimple is much more noticeable, my upper cheek moves, and the area above my eye brow moves a little as well.

We also did the E-Stim. remember when I first started talking about it, I said its like the power of a 9volt battery. Well, that 9volt battery hurts somethings. LOL Actually, it only hurts when she hits a section that either wasn't really affected (like the middle of my forehead) or doesn't have the gel on it (like ultrasound gel). My face is getting a good reading though so that's another positive move in the right direction. I'm debating on whether or not I want to make doctor's appointment for my ear. Did I mention that the other day about it feeling clogged? I think so. The therapist suggested I at least get it checked to make sure there's no inner ear issue or fluid. She said something about the #8 nerve being close to the #7 nerve and something, lol. hmmm, does the below help you? yeah neither me, lol

I also got a little face massage today, that was nice. LOL as side note, maybe I just can't see! But the optometrist didn't say that. Some parts of the day it's good, some parts it really sucks. Even with the glasses on, sometimes things are really blurry. What dat be bout? Another random item, I was playing a video game this weekend (DJ Rapstar) and I had to say the word "me" in the lyrics only I wasn't getting points for it. I'd have to put EXTRA emphasis on the "m" to really get the word out. So instead, I started saying "be" to make sure I got my points. haha improvising, lol.

Anyway, no video tonight for real. My head looks a MESS and I'm not g... no! Goodnight!

Day 19: Overall Good Day

I actually don't have much to say today. It was a pretty decent day. My eye was a little dry throughout the morning and I didn't want to look like a pirate at church so I had to do drops a couple times but I managed. I have to make sure I keep a peppermint or something in my mouth though (or near) because that side dries easily. There's still some blurriness but yeah. Still it was a pretty decent day.

My daddy told me to "make sure you're using the nutmeg" lol. He's obviously it reading my blog to see my concerns. And it may just be ingesting the nutmeg that's bad for you *shrugs*

Anyhoo, tomorrow's another session of therapy. I'm about to do my exercises for tonight and lay it down lay it down! LOL I wasn't going to do a video but I figured I would really quick so that you all could see some progress (not that many of you are reading).