The Bell's Palsy that I have now doesn't cause me too much discomfort really, just the eye that will not close gets dry quickly, I have to drink all liquids through a straw and I have to push food in through the left side of the mouth, because the right side of my mouth I can barely move and cannot open wide enough to eat normally. My nose on the right side seems to have contracted slightly and it is a little difficult to breath through that nostril.
Other than all of that, things are fairly normal. Except when people see that one side of my face has dropped and they ask me what the problem is, I just stoop over and point to the distance and shout "It's the Bells! It's the Bells!" doing a Quasimodo impression to try and bring a little humour into my present condition.
Cheers for now, Legless.
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