Eye Troubles and Lack of Sleep I didn’t sleep at all well last night, perhaps because of the steroids. I was starting to worry about getting through all of my work as I have my own business so sick pay is an irrelevance. With disturbed sleep and getting up before … Continue reading
Physio Visit & Treatment Exercises Today was a good day because I felt like I made significant progress in terms of having direction in may actions to make myself better. I was impressed by the physio who, even though young, said she had loads of experience in treating Bell’s Palsy. … Continue reading
Protecting My Eye from the World Not being able to blink or shut your eye through the power of thought only becomes REALLY important to you when you can’t do it. Over the last few days by right eye had been getting more and more sore so I needed to … Continue reading
Today is what I am counting as day 5 of having bells palsy and it is the day that I got the blog organised – which if you are reading this you have managed to find. The idea of the blog is to keep track of my progress and then … Continue reading
Waking up Back at Home Waking up after a good night’s sleep in my own bed was great. It also meant that the reality of the situation was sinking in. The last few days had been all about getting confirmation of the diagnosis, understanding what I needed to do and … Continue reading
Day 2 – Oh No! Its Getting Worse! That was my reaction on Day 2. Waking up after another night in the high dependency unit of A&E, where I was probably the least sick person in there did mean that I wasn’t feeling sorry for myself. I did however start … Continue reading
Day 1 – Its Bell’s Palsy, not a Stroke What a relief as the night before they were saying in A&E that it was most likely a small stroke caused by a blood clot. Even though the initial CT scan didn’t show a clot that was their diagnosis, but then … Continue reading