February, 2016
The neurologist said that whatever movement has come back might be as good as it will get. I can finally close my eye and not wear a patch anymore! The movement is not all the way there though, for example I can't raise my eyebrow at all, or pucker my lip on that side to whistle for example.
August, 2015
My eye barely started closing by itself a little bit, after a number of weeks of acupuncture. My face started being able to move a little bit, too. I still have to wear the eye patch at night to keep the eye shut all night long.
March 25, 2015
As of today, some new things have been happening, but the short story is that:
1) my ear pain is mostly completely gone, and
2) I still can't control my facial muscles at all.
That means I have to continue to wear the patch, all the time. TO wear sunglasses, I stick some gauze under the lens to hold me eye shut. That's how I did the entire motorcycle trip.
