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Day 36 - Friday 12th September 2003 |
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There was one huge improvement when I woke up. There were no headaches or throbbing pain behind ear. There are still neck ache but its getting better. |
I don't see any improvements in bells palsy. I have visited one of my friends. It's been long time, I haven't visited any of friends and since I
am feeling better, I have resumed going to friends place. It wasn't painful or giving me any trouble. |
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Day 37 - Saturday 13th September 2003 |
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Again there were no headaches, no neck ache when I woke up. Overall, my body language is getting better and I do feel normal. I can say I am almost 75-80% better. I was feeling lots of twitches and vibration on forehead and lips. |
Even I spent most of my day out, I had no headaches or throbbing pain behind ear. This is most welcome change in my body. Once I have my eye blinking back, I will be pretty much normal. |
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Day 38 - Sunday 14th September 2003 |
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I have been sleeping well. Again there were no headaches and neck ache when I woke up. I will not mention this again unless I will have headaches and neck pain. I have visited two more friends without any trouble. |
I had lots of twitches on lip and facial muscles. There wasn't any visible improvement in bells palsy. It's getting cold in Chicago since we are
approaching in fall. There will be lots of allergies in the environment and I will have sinus problems soon. I hope it won't affect any recovery. |
In the evening, I had some minor sinus headaches. Took two Tylenol sinus tablet to reduce the headaches. Felt much better after half an hour. Watched NFL Sunday night game and Chicago bears lost again. |
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Day 39 - Monday 15th September 2003 |
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Today is my birthday. I am 31 year old. Woke up and checked my condition as always in mirror. There weren't any sinus problems in morning. Seems like bells palsy recovery has been stopped. Twitches and tingling haven't been stopped so, may be there are recovery but its not fast enough. |
Start another week at work. I am pretty much normal at work. Working hard on open issues and able to handle pressure effectively. |
After lunch, I was feeling lot of muscle movements on mustache and cheek area. This was again very frequent and last for 5-10 seconds. |
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Day 40 - Tuesday 16th September 2003 |
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Woke up with feeling much better. I have noticed some improvement in eye blinking. I can blink my eye almost 50%. My affected eye is still bigger
compare to other one. Neck pain started again but lasted until I took bath. |
I have been staying out either at work or to shop wide screen TV. I usually leave around 7.30-8.00 PM and come back 4.30-5.00 PM. After dinner, I leave again for shopping TV at stores. That might affect my nerves. I had a throbbing pain behind ear in the evening. Its may be because of sinus too. I am having little on and off sinus problem since last couple days. |
There was no tingling or twitches during a day. Another thing I noticed that even I put ointment once in a morning; I had no itches or dryness in my eye. I think it's because of blinking. I am getting enough moisture in eye. I am still sleeping with eye ointment. Since I can close my eye since last week, I am not putting patch during nighttime. |
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Day 41 - Wednesday 17th September 2003 |
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Woke up with little neck pain. Again it lasted until breakfast. Another improvement in my personality is I am not constantly checking my face in
mirror when I go to rest room or wash my mouth. I do check once in a while but not constantly like first four weeks. |
About bells palsy, I am not sure how much I am recovered. I would say might be 80%. If I notice my face closely then smile and eyebrow raising ability has little room for improvement. If I smile, my face is still little bit stretched towards non-affected side but its not noticeable even for people who knows my condition. Eye blinking is recovered 50% but it's not constantly bothering me. Forehead wrinkles are almost 90%-95% recovered. I am still waiting for some wrinkles to come out far right side of forehead. Again, it's not noticeable. |
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Day 42 - Thursday 18th September 2003 |
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I am going to stop keeping my diary from now on. I do feel occasional tingling. Since I can blink my eye, I do feel pretty much normal. I am still
little sensitive to light and get tired if I stay out door for longer period of time. I will put my most recent picture in a week. I would give special thanks to my wife, daughter, parents, relatives, friends and colleagues for supporting and believing in my recovery. Very special thanks to Rob and his team for maintain this wonderful site. |
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