No change. Slight headache still. Got my eye patched and went to work. Very difficult to navigate with one eye on the uneven, crowded sidewalks here in Morocco. I don't drive, I walk everywhere...I feel a little unstable and unsafe. I think I will curb my going out to only the essentials. At least until I don't have to cover my eye. Got some acetaminophen for the headache, since NSAIDs can tear up your stomach like the steroids, so it's generally not good to take both together. It was really hard to work all day on the computer with one eye - it doesn't see so well on its own.
I did a full set of realignment stretches and static exercises from Pete Egoscue's book, Pain Free, just in case there's any misalignment of my joints that's causing the pressure or inflammation on this facial nerve. This method had worked miracles on other pain for me over the past 3 years, as well as many others I've recommended it to, and it's free and available to do myself anytime, especially where there are no chiropractors, etc. I'll probably keep doing it as regularly as I can. I did a combined set for head, neck and jaw pain, and dizziness/tinnitus.
I read some more online about Bell's Palsy and decided to take these weekly pictures, of the neurological test of facial expressions, to track my progress...I may switch to videos, but at least I've got a starting point recorded.
I definitely keep finding myself asking the question, "Why?! Why me? Why now? I don't have time for this!! This does not fit well with my job, where I have to interact with people, and it's not easy to take time off!" But then I read words that David wrote, like, "Whom shall I fear? What can flesh do to me? My hope is in God alone and I've already been rescued from death!"
I did a full set of realignment stretches and static exercises from Pete Egoscue's book, Pain Free, just in case there's any misalignment of my joints that's causing the pressure or inflammation on this facial nerve. This method had worked miracles on other pain for me over the past 3 years, as well as many others I've recommended it to, and it's free and available to do myself anytime, especially where there are no chiropractors, etc. I'll probably keep doing it as regularly as I can. I did a combined set for head, neck and jaw pain, and dizziness/tinnitus.
I read some more online about Bell's Palsy and decided to take these weekly pictures, of the neurological test of facial expressions, to track my progress...I may switch to videos, but at least I've got a starting point recorded.
I definitely keep finding myself asking the question, "Why?! Why me? Why now? I don't have time for this!! This does not fit well with my job, where I have to interact with people, and it's not easy to take time off!" But then I read words that David wrote, like, "Whom shall I fear? What can flesh do to me? My hope is in God alone and I've already been rescued from death!"
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