One year on!!!

Most of you will know I don't really like posting pics of myself, but as this is my photographic 'journal', I must document my progress with my Bell's Palsy.

It has been exactly a year since I was 'struck' with this very horrible disease which paralyses one side of your face.

I started treatment, acupuncture, electrical stimulation, meds and massage straight away which was very helpful. I think I am 90% back to normal, as you can see from the right photo. But it is still there. Those who know me well can see it still, but most can't.

In the picture on the left, I am trying to smile but the right side of my face just wasn't moving.

In all the health challenges I've had over the years, this really was the hardest for me.