James' Ramblings

A few more days have gone by and the Bell's Palsy is slowly and steadily getting better. At least, that's what I like to think. Really, though, I do seem to have more control over various parts of my face. I'm able to almost close my eye now, but still having issues with smiling and other, more difficult facial movements. Eating is still about the same. Since I can't still move my lips, it's hard to open wide enough to put food in. My vision has been a little blurry/foggy the last couple of days. Hopefully, there isn't permanent damage going on. I've been using eye drops liberally, so I hope that helps. The last couple of nights, I've had issues with taping the eye lid shut. Dunno why. Maybe it's because I have some control over my lid vs. no control at all? It's harder to keep taped down or something. The other thing is that once every night or every other night or so, I'm waking up with night sweats. Last night, I woke up and I had to change my shirt since it was so wet. It was cold too. I'm hoping this is a side effect of the Palsy and/or the meds that I am taking. I read a few people on the support boards mentioning insomnia and night sweats with the Prednisone, so that made me a little more relaxed about it. I'll probably mention it at the doctor's appointment that I need to set up next week. I have a few more days of meds left and I'm done. The last few days I've also had a lot of twitching and stuff around my face going on, mostly around my lips and chin. The left side of my face is also sore. I think that's a good sign. I still do think that I have at least a week or two before even coming close to normal again, but I just hope that none of the loss of movement is permanent. I can only wait.