Bell's Palsy

[livingwith]

One morning I woke up with tingling in my jaw, and my ear was hurting, and my words were sounding slurred. I went on with my day and by that night my mouth was drooping and I thought I had a stroke so I went to the hospital. They ran the stroke tests and they came out all ok so the dr said to me, “You have Bells [Bell’s Palsy].” I had never heard of this! He gave me steroids and I was on an emotional rollercoaster! I went to another dr and she told me that I could stop taking t...Read the full article

[Mae]

It is interesting you are going thru alot of stress and this has happened. My doctor said that is most likely the cause of my Bells Palsy (BP). Which side of your face is affected? I wanted to reply to you because i want you to think back if your face has ever swelled up on that same side, but without the paralysis. My face swelled up 7 years ago, same side as my BP now, but was never paralyzed. Plus that went away after a few days and no treatment. I was going through a divorce and financial worries at that time. This time around, my stress is through the roof.