My last diary entry was way back in July and to be honest I haven't had any significant changes in my condition.

Although it's been 9 months since I developed RHS I am still under the care of the ENT department. The amount of help and support I have received from the whole medical system has been superb and the doctors have always had time for me. Two big thumbs up for them!

I went to the hospital for a check up with my ENT consultant today and was told that I had made a near enough complete recovery and that there was nothing that they could do for my remaining mild symptoms... they may fade with time. Overall he was thrilled with my recovery and I was discharged! Woooo hoooo!

I'm pretty happy with everything that he said and agreed with fact that time is now the only healer. I'll have to see how things go in the future before we can validate that!

The tiredness has become a part of life now and I still get the odd touch of vertigo. The occasional dizzy spell and jelly legs crop up every now and again just to remind me that my balance isn't right yet. This worsens in the dark and I can't help walking into walls and doors after turning off the lights at night. Funny? Yeah, I laughed so much that I've got bruises on my arms, legs, shoulders... grrrrrrrr.

On the facial side my right eye closes when I yawn and my face feels either swollen or numb but I'm not sure. If you have had facial paralysis you will know what I mean.

There's muscle weakness above my lip and I can't puff out my cheeks and hold a mouthful of air without it escaping from the right side of my mouth. If I sqeeze my lips together tightly they twist to the left where the unaffected muscles overpower the weakened right hand side.

Recently, I have noticed a slight pulling below my lip when I perform certain facial expressions such as furrowing my brow. When I'm a bit tired the pulling feels more exaggerated and the face feels more swollen. Despite the way it feels it is not visible to other people but if I look in the mirror I can see unusual muscle functions below the skin which don't correspond to the action I am trying to perform. Mild synkinesis but nothing to worry about.

The twitches I reported in July have stopped but I can't see why they occurred at all. The twitching areas are exactly the same as before. No weakness, no improvement. Nothing. Another weird event to note.

My right ear is slightly scarred from the vesicles and I get sharp pains if I accidentally scratch the wrong areas. You won't believe how much it hurts! Makes my bloody eyes water! Hahahahaha.

The top edge of my ear has thickened slightly with the scar tissue and is about twice the thickness of my left. Again this isn't noticeable unless you know about it. I've still got tinnitus and I do get ear ache from time to time but I can cope with that.

Since my last diary entry we have received quite a few new diaries including one written in Spanish from Raul in Mexico City. We are hoping to extend our support to RHS sufferers world-wide so if you don't feel comfortable with English then why not write in your own tongue?

This week we have been listed on the BBC Health site as for Bell's palsy and RHS.

Thanks to all who have contributed to the site and best of luck with your recoveries.