 Why I Keep Winking At My Mother-In-Law |
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On Tuesday last week I woke up to find that the left half of my tongue felt strange...you know - like when you drink something too hot and burn it? Well...I couldn't taste anything either. Strange. Even stranger was when I woke up last Wednesday and the left side of my lips felt like I had just returned from the dentist - tingly and almost numb. My left eye also felt blurry and my left ear ached - and so a trip to the doctors for me! Turns out that I've got 'Bell's Palsy' (my dad, bless him, went around telling everyone that I had cerebal palsy - which is a trillion times more serious!) - you may have heard of it. Basically - one of the nerves from the brain to face STOPS...they're not sure why - mabye because of infection (well...my glands did come up the next day). This then means that the muscles on that side of the face DROP and you lose most of the feeling on that side of your face. Not serious. 50% of cases go back to normal within a month. 99% of people go back to normal within 6 months. It's just a little uncomfortable and awkward. Slurping coffee in Starbucks certainly gets me noticed...and my mother-in-law thought that I was winking at her because I can't blink my left eye properly! Not only that - ANY form of focused eye contact - ie whilst driving, working at my computer, watching TV for longer periods - makes my eye water and itch - as if I've got permanent hay-fever. I also have some fun-and-games trying to say words that have 'F', 'B', or 'P' in them! I've resorted to covering my left up whilst I am on my computer just so that I am able to squeeze a little more time out of it... (don't laugh!)...
Yes...I know I look a 'state'...Lesley told me that I should pull the window blind down when I'm working so that the neighbours don't think that I'm practicing being in some dodgy pirate panto! By about 4pm I need to spend some time with my eyes shut to 'rest' them. All good fun - I can tell you! It's certainly changed the way I use my day - that's for sure. I've suddenly had to become an audio (as opposed to visual) learner. Good job I bought an Ipod a few weeks ago! So far in the last week I've listened to 17 CDs-worth of spoken-word audio stuff about Spirituality and personal development! I still manage my daily stroll on the beach to give my eye some fresh air. The lessons I've learned from this? - Don't take what is normal for granted Thinking about it - these sorts of lessons can be applied by YOU whenever YOU maybe feeling a little under pressure or your situation has changed. To be honest - this is more of an inconvenience than anything else...and, of course - I WILL be in that first 50% that go back to normal within the first month. So...my apologies if I don't write too much over the next few weeks (what do you mean I haven't anyway?)...but I'll try my best to give you a continuing positive slant on my 'interesting' life. And...just for you - here's a picture that I've just taken of myself giving you one of my crooked smiles... To give you an idea of what my smile SHOULD look like - just cover over the right side of the picture!
And...no - my chin isn't inflamed - I've been growing my 'double chin' by natural means involving too much food and not much exercise! So...WHATEVER happens to YOU today - make the MOST of what you DO have going for you! It's usually a LOT more than you think! Posted by vurnumg
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