So...after nearly four months, my Bell's Palsy has healed almost completely, but not quite all the way. It's easiest to show those final details in a video, and you can also see how far I've come! This may just be how things stay, since there hasn't been much improvement the last month or so, but who knows, maybe over time it will return completely to normal...but then what's normal? No one's face is perfectly symmetrical (I seem to notice that a whole lot more in others now that I've experienced it so severely with my own face). I'm just thankful for the healing I've been given!
I did make a trip up to Spain to see a neurologist there, just to get a second opinion and make sure there was nothing else that might have caused the paralysis. He was much more thorough, and ordered an MRI of my head, and whole round of blood tests, which all came back normal, thankfully! He said the rest of the recovery will just take time, if it's going to recover, and full energy should return with time as well.
In hindsight, if there was any way I could have, I would have taken off work in those first two months, so that I could completely rest and fully recover... As it was, I couldn't do that, and when we finally pulled out of our busiest season of the year with our artist residency, I just crashed and had to (was finally able to) take a full week of rest. I'm back to work now, but trying to take it easy and I'm slowly regaining my energy.
In those early days, I just wanted to stay home with a bag over my head, but I couldn't, so I had to keep walking to work everyday, past everyone in the community. There were so many people who asked what was wrong, and I had to explain, and listen to their advice, and share about the One who has absolute control and power to heal. I'm actually very thankful that I didn't hide at home with that bag on my head, because now, as I walk past all my friends, they get to see and hear me tell of how He has healed me and His name had been glorified!!
I don't anticipate that I'll be posting here any more ...maybe at the 1 year mark I'll check in. Thank you all who have followed this journey that I've been on, and thank you for all of your prayers and encouragement!
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