I went to bed one night, about a year ago, and woke up with what seemed like a stroke. The right half of my face was completely and utterly unmovable. On the right half of my tongue the taste/feeling was effected. The hearing in my right ear seemed to reverberate everything.

I was totally freaking out, but still tried to go to work, but once there, my boss took a look at me and said you need to go to the hospital, also thinking I must have had some sort of stroke. I took his advice and went home, got a bit more sleep, and went to the emergency room the next morning, I was working overnights btw.

The nurse in the emergency room, seemed to know exactly what was going on with my face, and set me at ease, as to how common it was. Although, in my 32 years of life, I have never met anyone, or heard of the term Bell’s Palsy. I was sent to a neurologist and she prescribed some anti-viral medicine along with some steriod pill. The pain was actually quite bad for awhile after I started the medication. It was as if my face muscles were “cramping” or something. Almost unbearable at times. The pain is now long behind me with this problem. Although my face muscles or nerve, I don’t think have fully recovered. I still can’t smile fully on the right side.

I had almost forgot about the Bell’s Palsy that effected me last year, but as of late my hearing in my right ear has had a sort of loud, high pitched buzz in it, and it is effecting my sleep. I am thinking the two are related now, and will seek again medical attention in regards to it. I went to the doctor about the hearing and being congested, and he felt that it was just severe congestion on that side, but after 3 weeks of decongestants taken regularly the symptom of hearing is still almost EXACTLY the same.

Just thought I’d share this, in case anyone has had Bell’s Palsy, and later had hearing loss, that they should probably get back with their doctor and or neurologist.