I can feel it. I can feel it when I try to smile, when I try to eat, when I am stressed, when I am still talking at the end of a talk-ridden day. I can feel it when my eye drips unexpectedly or when my pocket of Kleenex to wipe my runny nose runs out. I can feel it now as I type this and try to focus on the screen with tear blurred eyes.<\/p>\n
I have so much water still inside me. I can\u2019t lift the eyebrow on the affected side of my face. So, it\u2019s still there. The Bells\u2019 Palsy. I think it\u2019s waiting to go away. It\u2019s tired of me too. There is something about myself I haven\u2019t cured or discovered or figured out yet. Something that I haven\u2019t changed. I can feel that too.<\/p>\n
I get compliments that it looks like it\u2019s gone \u2013 from looking at my face. The droopiness is gone. I don\u2019t have to hold my face to talk more clearly. I can sip from a straw. I can spit. I can smile, but I don\u2019t want to. That\u2019s when I can still feel it. So, I have to force myself to do what used to come naturally. Smile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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