I had had enough.  I told my husband I
was going to the doctor.  My Sargeant thought
I was trying to get out of staying at the picnic,
but I insisted.  I loved my time in the Army
but some of the Sargeant's could
be real BUTTHOLES!!!
He knew what was going on
yet because he couldn't leave
he was going to deny me going
to the Doctor!  Needless to say
I went!

I was explaining to the Physician
Assistant  on duty what I was there
for and  He didn't pay much attention
to what I was saying after I said earache.
I was not happy with the Physican's
Assistant on duty, He started writing
prescriptions for the EARACHE.  I said whoa!!!
Will this make my FACE MOVE?!?!
CAN I WINK AGAIN?!?!
CAN I MAKE MY FORHEAD WRINKLE??!?!!?
He finally listened to me and sat back
in his chair with a strange look on his face
and immediatley said
"You have Bells Palsy."
He had never seen a case before!
So he didn't put it all together
until I got mad and he started
listening to me!
Doctors have a way of just listening
to parts of what you say!
 

Just like that my life changed.
He got on the phone to schedule me
with the neurologist, immediatley.
They were talking damage to the
7th cranial nerve and other things
my brain couldn't comprehend.
Stuff I didn't have a clue about but
would soon learn.  I was still in shock!
I couldn't get past the word palsy.
I was shaking in my shoes!
Bell's palsy is a form of facial paralysis
resulting from damage to the 7th (facial)
cranial nerve.