The end of the Bell's Palsy Chronicles

Thankfully, this Bell's Palsy ordeal is just about behind me. Last week was tough. I signed up to volunteer at The World Series of Comedy, put on by my buddy Joe Lowers, but it was all I could do to sit through the afternoon workshops; there was no way I could attend the evening events. I felt fine while resting at home and just hanging out with Mike, but being out in circulation drained me.  I've discovered I must use pretty animated expressions when I talk, because when conversing with people I kept feeling this pulling sensation on the dead side of my face, like it was struggling to keep up with the good side.  And it was tiring me out.

I was really getting bummed--I'm a social being!--and I was like, am I ever going to be able to socialize properly again?  Saturday was the first day I felt like my old young self, and I've been pretty good ever since. 

Bell's Palsy is a weird experience, all right.  Yesterday I went to a chiropractor who said it was caused by inflammation, which is the result of my shitty diet.  I really liked the guy, though. He wasn't judgmental and he was very good about the look I shot him when he suggested I learn to cook with spices. HA-ha-ha!!!  Why don't I buy a friggin' juicer while I'm at it?

Look, I would give anything (not really) to be able to say, "Wow, that salad was delicious!" or "I could totally eat beans at every meal," but the truth is, I hate that shit. Corn is tasty, but that's bad for you.  I do like spinach and broccoli, but guess what?  I'm not supposed to eat broccoli because of the hypothyroid condition I've have for like 20 years and I don't know what's wrong with spinach, but that's on the Don't Eat list, too.  Eff moi.  I will, however, exercise till the cows come home, so that should count for something.

Anyway, he did say one thing that got my attention: Corn oil and soybean oil are to cancer what fertilizer is to crabgrass. That will get me checking the labels. So there goes my mayonnaise, but the last time I looked, there's none of that in Guinness.  God bless us.

Hey, here's another video I posted on Facebook last night.  This will probably be the end of the Bell's Palsy Chronicles, though I still have a little way to go before my eye is back to normal. 



Don't think I'm special--there are a ton of Bell's Palsy videos on YouTube.  And man, when I see some of them, I think how lucky I am that I had such a mild case.

Thanks so much for your support throughout.  I'm a very lucky gal!