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Retro-retrospection - 2008-10-06
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1:03 p.m. - 2004-06-30
Even with the pills the headache wound up again last night. I napped in 2 hour chunks. This was actually a good thing. The muscles in my neck are horribly inflamed. I needed to wake up every little while and change positions. I haven’t gotten a lot of sleep this last week, so when I do get to sleep I sleep HARD. Then earlier this morning I stretched out on the couch. I was surprised and grateful. I found a position to lie in that didn’t hurt. Oh, it was bliss. I was talking to Alex and raised my arm to point to something. I felt something at the base of my skull ‘give’. Everything was quiet for a second and then all hell broke loose. Tears started gushing out of my right eye (which has been blurry and swollen all week), the ringing in my right ear stopped and I could hear again, the skullcap of fire went out and the top of my head unknotted, all wonderful except something also happened to my face. It felt like I’d been to the dentist. My tongue was huge in my mouth and my left cheek blew up. I tried to say something to Alex and couldn’t talk. He was staring at me and finally said, “Mom? Are you okay? Something funny happened to your face. Does it hurt?” No, it doesn’t hurt. At least compared to the headache, but I’ve been hit with Bell’s palsy. It’s terrible! Only half my face works! And the half that works is swollen and lumpy. The non-functioning right side of my face is tender and numb at the same time. The eye is still flowing. I’m out of patience. Enough garbage from my body. Now I can go around for the next couple months looking like Quasimodo’s sister. Helplessly biting my tongue and the inside of my mouth over and over. CRAP!!!!!!! I’ll be sulking in my room, ~LA
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