After my visit to the doctor yesterday my symptoms seemed to get a bit worse. It was most likely all psychosomatic from thinking about it so much, and the hypochondriac's heaven that is the internet didn't help at all. As soon as I got home the accumulated mental exhaustion swept over me and I took a deep nap. J came home with dinner and forced me to eat (I still have no taste on the left side of my tongue and everything tastes a bit funny). With renewed energy from the food, I began to freak out again. "I'm pretty sure it's Bell's palsy. It's temporary in most cases, so that's good. Gawd I hope it's not Lyme disease...

This past Sunday, I noticed some tingling on my left cheek, with some occasional twitches. I ignored it. Monday through Tuesday, a numbness began to set in and progressively got worse. The entire left side of my face felt a bit dead and heavy. I constantly touched my face and checked mirrors to make sure nothing was drooping. It wasn't, but it sure did feel that way. I then noticed that when I smiled, it was lopsided. Then I began to lose taste on the left half of my tongue, and my left eye was constantly tearing up with no apparent reason. I think what really got me scared was this morning (Wednesday), when I was having my daily cuppa joe and the hot liquid began to dribble down...