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Old 05-12-2012, 11:46 AM #1
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Numbness on the left side of my face comes and goes too.

Sometimes I don't realize it's happening unless I look in the mirror and find the whole left side of my face drooping and my left eye veering off to the outside.

Other times I'm aware of it. My speech is "funny," and I drool. Not pretty.
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Numbness on the left side of my face comes and goes too.

Sometimes I don't realize it's happening unless I look in the mirror and find the whole left side of my face drooping and my left eye veering off to the outside.

Other times I'm aware of it. My speech is "funny," and I drool. Not pretty.
Joan, that sounds more like Bells Palsy, than just a little numbness. I had that once, about 10 yrs ago and it scared the H out of me. I was relieved to find out it was not a stroke. Mine went away with no lasting SX.
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This has been happening off and on for over 25 years. It would be nice if it went away.
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This has been happening off and on for over 25 years. It would be nice if it went away.
My left side's kinda droopy as well. SallyC's not too far off with her Bells Palsy assessment though... when I was super super duper affected at one time by twitching on the right (everything pulling 'up') and numb on the left, the left DID look like Bells Palsy.

I was looked at by a neurologist at the time (pre-MS diagnosis) who didn't believe anything was amiss (Bells Palsy that is... he was completely ignorant to the MS but that's a whole other chapter lol).

Wouldn't it be nice if it went away?! Sigh... I can't imagine 25 years!
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