Bell's Palsy

[Ned]

Did any of you have Bell's Palsy prior to diagnosis for AN.

[Suu]

Hi Ned
No I didn't but ended up with facial palsy post-op.

Do you have Bells?

Regards,
Suu

[arkansasfarmgirl]

I had Bell's Palsy 10 years prior to my AN being diagnoses.  Which may, or may not have actually been a facial neuroma.

[Ned]

I had BP about 10 years prior to diagnosis, same side as my AN buddy.  My face was horrribly distorted for about a year, still can't smile on my right side and the entire right side of my face feels bruised all the time.

[cindyj]

Had it about 19 years prior to my diagnosis, it was on the opposite side from my AN, though...I just knew from that experience that I wanted to avoid facial paralysis w/ my AN if at all possible...Still have some residual nerve damage from the Bell's Palsy, but very minor...left eye drains tears when I eat and the left side of my nose runs a bit just about all of the time...

cindy

[Cindyswart]

I did, that was the first bout of facial numbness i had. And actually, my face did not completely "wake up" till after surgery.