Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Norfolk, VA
Bells Palsy Posted: 06-08-05 14:01pm
Hello everyone, i'm 21 years old, live in
norfolk, va - usa
i recently quit my job and currently have
no health insurance, I am posting in hope
that someone can give me insight and
advice on what to do, cause i'm alone
right now, and wouldn't know how to
explain to someone I know at the moment.
I think I have bells palsy,
three days ago, I noticed a numbing
sensation in my mouth/tongue, I found
myself scratching the roof of my mouth and
biting my tongue to "diagnose" myself, I
figured it was no big deal and it was all
mental
pretty much the same thing two days ago,
yesterday, I went out, everything was
fine, walked around alot, I get back to
eat dinner, and nothing tasted right, at
all, unless it was on the back of my
tongue, the tip of my tongue is pretty
much dead to taste.
Today, I wakeup, and I can "wink" my right
eye, i've never really been able too, my
smile is curved to the right, and the left
side of my lips just kind of sit there,
i've had this pain on the left side, below
the ear, at the end of the jaw, all around
the soft spot there.
I can close my eyes but it feels like my
right eye is closing before my left, when
I pucker to whistle, the hole between my
lips isn't symetrical any longer, it's to
the left, I guess cause the right is
over-powered.
I can't really raise my left cheek, maybe
just a little, my lips feel like they are
swollen.
Definetely bells palsy?
What would be the best method here, go to
the e.R. Of a hospital and just pay them
what I can montly? Or do that with a
doctor?
I'm confused, should I wait and beef up on
water, vitamins, and exercise..
I hear all this talk about steroids they
give you, i'm cool with that, but,
damn this pain is so annoying, it doesn't
even hurt bad, it's just this constant
reoccuring pain to the back of my left jaw
bone.
I don't mean to wimp out online the
internet, but I am somewhat scared, hope
someone is online today to post
thank you
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Kimchi
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Massachusetts
Posted: 06-17-05 09:47am
I was diagnosed with bells palsy 8 weeks
ago in the emergency room. My symptoms
started with a numb/tingly tounge followed
by severe pain behind my ear. I was given
prednisone and antiviral medication by the
doctors which really didn't help me at
all. I would suggest however that you do
see a Dr. Of some sort. There should be
free clinics in your area if you do not
have health insurance. It's better to be
safe than sorry. Make sure that b.P. Is
really what you have and that it is not
anything more serious.
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incucrash
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Norfolk, VA
Hey, Been a While Posted: 08-20-05 03:10am
Was posting on another forum, but got
banned for no reason at all, I violated no
terms/agreement or anything, but anyways,
I was prescribed the anti viral med, and
no prednisone, none of it seemed to do
anything but make me $175 more broke. I
just been taking alot of b12//water//multi
vitamins and trying to relax, it's coming
up on three months and symptoms are 10x
better but still not even 90% recovered.
Smile is probably 60% (50% right side, 10%
left side), eye still gets dry and needs
frequent supply of visine, all though
lately i've been seeing very small tears
from it. Cant raise eye brow (right side
just pulls it up).
I'm real close to working so, i'll be
getting a full blood test and physical
soon, and I am going to get a lyme disease
test real soon as well, to anyone with bp,
make sure you don't have symptoms of lyme
disease (search for them), I have a few,
but it's a hard diagnose so, hopefully get
some antibodies in me incase of that.
I've tried something about 4x recently
installed a new shower head, has alot of
pressure and a pulsating massage mode, so
been doing my entire face with it, neck,
around ear, forehead, cheek, it's actually
helping but make sure you dont blast your
face, a light pressure is fine :-)
take it easy!
If anyone who reads this with bp needs to
talk, share tips or anyting like, that,
please email me @ incucr
ash@hotmail.Com
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incucrash
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Norfolk, VA
Thanks For Reply Again Posted: 08-20-05 03:13am
Thank you for replying kimchi, meant alot,
even though I read it late, appreciate it,
if you ever see this, thank you
