facial paralysis

**stealurface831** · 06-01-2021, 08:05 PM

while sipping my cheerwine through a straw this morning, i noticed that i was having trouble producing significant suction and making quite a bit of noise. i found drinking from a water bottle later in the day to be increasingly difficult. by dinnertime, i was having trouble chewing and constantly slurring words. looking in the mirror a few minutes ago, i gave a smile and discovered that the entire right side of my face is paralyzed. i have no feeling or muscle control. this shit happened to anyone before? i don't think i'm having a stroke but some shit is amiss.

**S_jenks** · 06-01-2021, 08:09 PM

I’d go contact a doctor if I were you.

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**Flyoverland Captive** · 06-01-2021, 08:24 PM

Could be migraine (lots of symptoms have nothing to do with headache), but yeah, call a doctor. How do you know it’s not a stroke?

Maybe someone actually stoleyourface?

**stealurface831** · 06-01-2021, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive

Could be migraine (lots of symptoms have nothing to do with headache), but yeah, call a doctor. How do you know it’s not a stroke?

Maybe someone actually stoleyourface?

well, i don't know for sure that its not a stroke but since i'm 19, i think that can be reasonably ruled out.

**abraham** · 06-01-2021, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by stealurface831

well, i don't know for sure that its not a stroke but since i'm 19, i think that can be reasonably ruled out.

Nope, go to a doctor. It's worth it on the off chance something happened. I've pushed someone to go when something similar happened, fortunately it was just bells palsy or something similar.

**hikesalot** · 06-01-2021, 08:31 PM

definitely go to a doctor. my son did develop these symptoms last year and was diagnosed as atypical migraine. Hasn’t happened since. Hope you’re ok

**North** · 06-01-2021, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by stealurface831

well, i don't know for sure that its not a stroke but since i'm 19, i think that can be reasonably ruled out.

Stroke symptoms ain't nothing to fuck with man. I'm 33, in above average physical shape etc. and checked myself into the ER for the first time in my adult life this spring after stroke-like symptoms.

**stealurface831** · 06-01-2021, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by abraham

Nope, go to a doctor. It's worth it on the off chance something happened. I've pushed someone to go when something similar happened, fortunately it was just bells palsy or something similar.

i'm out of town until tomorrow night. do i wait to get back home or should i go to the ER?

**splat** · 06-01-2021, 08:32 PM

Dude. Go to the fucking ER. I hope you have insurance, brother. It could be many things. But don't camp out on it. Go.

**abraham** · 06-01-2021, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by stealurface831

i'm out of town until tomorrow night. do i wait to get back home or should i go to the ER?

If you need someone to tell you what to do call the consulting nurse and they'll tell you to go to the ER

**Flyoverland Captive** · 06-01-2021, 08:40 PM

I just asked my wife, a 30+ year RN, what it could be. “Lots of stuff. Fuck, why isn’t he in the ER?”

**splat** · 06-01-2021, 08:43 PM

Post first. Then go to ER.

You better be on your way there.

**stealurface831** · 06-01-2021, 08:43 PM

now i just have to convince my dad to take me.

**Flyoverland Captive** · 06-01-2021, 08:50 PM

Half your face is paralyzed and you have to convince him?

**stealurface831** · 06-01-2021, 08:56 PM

everything i read says it is bell's palsy
old man doesn't want to go to er so i guess that settles that.

**::: :::** · 06-01-2021, 08:59 PM

Myasthenia gravis?

**ctsmith** · 06-01-2021, 09:13 PM

Friend had a similar situation, Bell’s palsy brought on by a tick bite.

**ex-powderbroker** · 06-01-2021, 09:27 PM

happened to a friend of mine after exposure to some darkroom chemicals. it went away after about 7 years.

hospital?

**stealurface831** · 06-01-2021, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by ml242

happened to a friend of mine after exposure to some darkroom chemicals. it went away after about 7 years.

hospital?

no hospital. maybe urgent care once we get back home.

fuck, i hope this isn't a long term thing.

**wannabe** · 06-01-2021, 10:23 PM

You live in tick central, have someone check you over for one of those little bastards, and go to the doctor

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**Flounder** · 06-02-2021, 06:07 AM

Originally Posted by stealurface831

everything i read says it is bell's palsy

Had this as one of the key indicators of an underlying immune disorder that was destroying my nerves. I went immediately to the hospital. With your TBI I’d be more concerned than your dad seems to be. He probably has a good life insurance policy on you though.

**m2711c** · 06-02-2021, 06:08 AM

So, what did the doctor say?

**Vt-Freeheel** · 06-02-2021, 06:52 AM

Originally Posted by m2711c

So, what did the doctor say?

He hasn't got his dad to drive him yet. Arm is paralyzed making reply difficult.

**buttahflake** · 06-02-2021, 07:15 AM

Have you tried a dick punch?

**ill-advised strategy** · 06-02-2021, 07:21 AM

“What should I do?”

Bunch of ppl say go get checked out right now.

“Nah, not gonna do that”

What was the point of the thread? Just stirring some drama up?

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