I saw the naturopath this week. She was very nice and had some suggestions. She wants me to continue with the lysine. I had been taking it when I had the shingles and it really helped the go away much more quickly than they usually do so I am going to start taking it again. She also said that licorice root is a natural anti-inflammatory and that it may help with the ear pain that have been having. I am not sure if it would have happened anyway but I have gained some facial movement during the last part of this week. When I try to smile I now have a slight upturn of the corner of my mouth and you can see the movement in my upper cheek and near my nose under the right eye. It is just a little bit of movement but that is better than none at all! And it is exciting because I have had such a lag in improvement. My brother is home now and that has been very nice. It is good to see him and is cheering me up. Moral has been a bit low lately.