also late to this party... great to find good news and happy posties...
I am about a month behind you (June surgery) Marci, but also started really noticing improvement around the 7 month mark.
I didn't know that improvement worked it's way up, but this makes sense to me and is encouraging. The first signs of life on my left side came a bit earlier...i forget... maybe 5ish months... and it was VERY subtle in my lower jaw. I can say that the improvement is slow, but picking up steam and noticable on even a weekly basis. And though my eye still won't close or blink... i can see more teeth
![Grin ;D](https://www.anausa.org/smf/Smileys/classic/grin.gif)
, wrinkles
![Wink ;)](https://www.anausa.org/smf/Smileys/classic/wink.gif)
, and movement
![Cry :'(](https://www.anausa.org/smf/Smileys/classic/cry.gif)
. Even annimation coming back to my eye area (slight movement - up - of my lower lid when i smile, and mini crows feet - bless those wrinkles!). Based on the "bottom-up" theory, I can only hope that the blink and eye closing can't be too far off!
I am now 8+ months and though i still have a long way to go, i feel like I have crested the top of a big mountain and am now cruising down the other side, at a nice pace, the wind in my hair and sun beaming down warmly on me.
Life is good...
Trish