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Bells Palsy

johnboy412000 said:
Went to the eye clinic yesterday morning and they first had me read a chart with one eye in turn blocked off i didnt do too bad with that part.Then i saw the Doctor and he prescribed me some drops and ointment.Eye drops every 3 hours or so and ointment twice per day.I tried to get an eye patch yesterday.Superdrug didnt have any in stock and Boots kinda looked at me silly as if to say whats one of those lol.Anyways a friend on facebook has suggested why not make my own.Good idea get some thin card and some string or elastic and save myself a few bob to boot.Gunna give that a go.Gotta go back to the hospital in 2 weeks time they will send me a letter.Back to the GP on Tuesday and see how things are.I think there is a slight change but i know its gunna be a long haul yet.
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Ouch!
Sorry to hear this, John.

I had never heard of this until a year ago, when a friend had it. Miserable experience.
Hope it clears as soon as possible!
 
Been to see my GP he wants me to wean off the steroids so tomorrow i take 10 then 8 on thursday 6 friday 4 sat and 2 sun end of em.Not recommended to stay on steriods for too long.Wants me to see him in 3 weeks time and if no change then he will refer me to ENT dept.Gotta tape my eye shut when i go to bed.
 
Only just seen this thread, so apologies for coming to the party late! :)

I had Bell's Palsy a couple of years ago, although I was lucky and only had a relatively mild bout. Like many others, I thought I might have had a stroke, which panicked me a bit, but my doctor was able to reassure me.

I was prescribed a course of Prednisolone (?sp?) and some drops and ointment for my eye, which became very dry. I was told by my GP that most people recover in time, and that steroids are prescribed because they increase the overall percentage of complete recoveries a little - but you have to start taking them fairly quickly after symptoms present themselves (iirc, 2 or 3 days) because otherwise they're not much help. In general, time is the great healer but it was several months before I was completely over it. Mrs Hay-Char claims that my face still has a bit of a droop when I am very tired but I don't notice it myself and certainly I haven't had further problems with my eye.

I did a bit of research after the event, and discovered that there is a higher level of Bell's Palsy amongst people with T2, and that one of the side effects of Prednisolone in diabetics is increased frequency of urination (which I could have vouched for, had I known ;)).

Hope you recover OK; my understanding is that for most people (and certainly it was the case for me) it's a temporary inconvenience and will pass in due course.
 
Just come back from seeing the eye clinic.Doctor examined my eyes and said it was doing ok.He said not to bother with taping it shut or indeed using the eye patch.He said that would do more harm than good.He gave me script for more eye cream and eye drops and said using the cream twice per day as originally prescribed and drops 4 times per day and he will see me again in 2 months time.I must admit i have noticed a difference i can close both eyes now where as a couple of weeks ago that was difficult.The sun hurt my eyes a bit so i had to wear my sunglasses.I can whistle a little bit now too.Still got the bunged up nose at the left nostril.
 
Almost 4 weeks in and i find i can now close the left eye but not without closing the right one as well.I can now whistle a bit as well.Ive still got a bit of slurred speech.I also noticed yesterday when i was cheering at the football results on the tv that my left ear didnt sound as clear as the right one.My nose is also still blocked on the left side.My smile is still a bit limp.Ill be going to see my GP on Tuesday im thinking that he may want to refer me to the ENT clinic to sort my ear and nose out.Left eye is much better than it was 4 weeks ago.I feel a lot happier now :)
 
Glad to hear you're progressing OK. There isn't a sudden moment when you're cured, but you will wake up one day and realise that the symptoms you have been suffering have gradually become an absence rather than a presence.

Well - that was my experience, anyway.
 
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