ruprecht and bells palsy and, yeah, i know it’s not funny, but sometimes it is…

In an effort to make light, this freaky little friend of mine has been telling me I remind him of Ruprecht when I eat. This makes me laugh. When I laugh, I drool a little. This makes me laugh more.

I never imagined I’d be pleased to have half my face feel numb. But that’s what I am today. Pleased. After being told earlier this week that I could look forward to my unilateral facial paralysis healing in six to nine months…I gotta admit, laughing at a Dirty Rotten Scoundrel joke and procrastinating with polyvore were the only things that kept me from depression.

But today I can feel the left side of my face burn. It’s still not working properly. I have a wonky smile. I’m still sporting an eye patch. Food is best served pureed…but not really consumed because it just takes too much time and effort and everything tastes like salt anyway (the taste buds on my left side have also been affected).

What started as a heavy cold and sore throat became a set of ear aches and a viral infection that spread to my cranial nerve and paralysed the left side of my face. A COLD, people. A COLD.

Let this be a lesson to all those who shun medical treatment because they don’t like the idea of playing pawn to pharmaceutical companies.

8 Responses to “ruprecht and bells palsy and, yeah, i know it’s not funny, but sometimes it is…”

1. Flynn says:

   25 January, 2009 at 3:50

   I love you.

   I finally went to the doctor. The surface of my eye is scratched and infected and my pharmacy was out of the medicine the doctor prescribed so I’m waiting in pain til noon Monday. You’ll be pleased to know that I, too, am not exactly fit for public consumption. It looks like one of my eyes smoked a bunch of weed and got really sleepy and the other one is normal. NOT COOL.
2. Michael says:

   25 January, 2009 at 13:00

   Don’t underestimate the common cold. I got one from someone at work and it somehow went into my heart and gave me cardio-myopathy which mean’t I had to pack in my job and now can’t walk more than 50 yards without doubling up with chest pains. So all those people who pride themselves on going into work with a cold and then end up giving it everyone else–DON’T.
3. Buffy says:

   25 January, 2009 at 18:46

   Please get well. I’m coming to see you soon. And always remember, I love you. Even if your eye does look like it’s got a Magic Bus contact high.
4. howie says:

   26 January, 2009 at 2:49

   6-9 months? i guess this isn’t something that the Euro could massage or rub away? hope you feel better soon
5. Buffy says:

   26 January, 2009 at 5:12

   Michael…..
6. Kristy says:

   26 January, 2009 at 23:05

   When I saw you sign your name Ruprecht from Tim’s comment, I gotta say I cracked up. Just a great visual.
   But now I feel like an ass for laughing at your sad, sad day. Polyvore the pain away.
7. steph says:

   27 January, 2009 at 14:19

   you still look pretty…eye patch and all
8. Night Writer says:

   29 January, 2009 at 5:52

   There’s been quite a bit of intrigue in these parts lately as the coach of the local college hockey team has been stricken with a mystery illness that caused severe headaches and the left side of his face going numb. The diagnosis here is sarcoidosis: http://www.twincities.com/ci_11577226