Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome I presume?

Let's just say that last week the right hand side of my face swelled up like a cauliflower, then went numb, and now ya'll can just call me 'droopy face'.

After experiencing these strange symptoms for a few days, visiting the ER, then my family Dr, then a different ER, I wound up in hospital for a few days.

The aftermath of the whole experience is that the right hand side of my face is now paralysed.  I look pretty goofy, and talk like a pirate, but I'm ok.  Full recovery from the facial paralysis is expected in less than 50% of cases...so I"m hoping I'll be one of the lucky 50% that actually recovers.

List of things I can't do until further notice:

1. Drive a car
2. Operate a sewing machine
3. Use scissors
4. Watch TV
5. Use a computer (well I can but it HURTS!)
6. Read

basically anything that involves hand/eye co-ordination - because my right eye won't blink or focus by itself, so it drives me nuts to do anything that involves these types of skills.

posted by: blytheswideshut at February 10, 2006 08:30 | link | comments (2) |

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#1  11 February 2006 - 02:44

 

holy cow Karyn - GL and FX!!! --Sara

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#2  18 February 2006 - 23:46

 

I just hopped on over here from your Flickr stream, and read about this. Can't be nice. :( And here's hoping you'll be in the lucky 50%!!! Goooo Karyn!

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