Went back to work and a very understanding boss! She did her best to make me feel at ease saying not to work too hard and take it easy and asked if I was ok to be in. Also suggested a half day.

I braved the day after waking up feeling like I had a hangover, a bit headachy generally but took an extra strength Ibuprofen tablet to last the morning at least.

Work went ok, I could speak fairly well and felt quite well. In the evening some very pleasing news; when opening my eyes wide there were wrinkles on my forehead on the affected side! That side did distinctly show some movement! Still no smile on that side yet though.

No real headaches of any sort today...

Noticed that I could raise my eye brow on the affected side some more, my forehead now wrinkles up quite a bit though still not as much as the other side. Slight movement when smiling on the affected side too. My eye watered a bit in the morning and there was still some pain when pressure applied to the cheekbone area.

The entrance to the ear canal feels very sore when touched. Some pain mid morning also behind the ear, a general achy feeling.

No real headaches as such, some pain under my jawbone and upper part of my neck on the affected side. Tingling feeling around the lips on that side too. Still feels uncomfortable when trying to sleep on that side.

Felt my eye twitching quite a bit. Mouth movement starting to show a bit. Some occasional pain behind my ear and a little pain opening my mouth really wide.

Lesions still much the same; still holding out from touching them at all. Feels like my eye closes better on that side too.

All seemed ok generally. No headaches or anything at all really. No real progress otherwise. Still biting my top lip on the affected side when eating which is quite annoying and painful.

Travelled accross the UK to my parents place in the evening. Feeling generally tired though.

Did quite a bit of driving around which wore me out a bit. My ear is now quite clear now and looks very much normal. In the evening I went to my cousin's wedding and although my forehead wrinkles up both sides fairly well, my smile is still quite lop sided.

One achievement was that I was able to blow air out to blow bubbles at the wedding reception!

Felt ok generally all day, went out various places. Following the success of being able to pout my lips to blow the night before, I tried whistling in the evening and found that I could! Must be a definite improvement. The smile doesn't seem very good though. My ear can be a bit sore to touch strangely, so too can my cheekbone area, if feels like it is bruised at times.