What Next?

I want to be able to tell you super fabulous news about my new job, the location of that job and everything else that is going super fabulous in my life but let me take a minute to tell you what my currently reality is.

Today, after waking up early (woo hoo) and getting ready, I smiled in the mirror. Why would I do this, you might ask? Well, last night I thought I was having a stroke because I had trouble eating my food at dinner and the left side of my mouth was numb. When I called the nurse help line about it and explained to them that I was a bit concerned about this, they explained that if I could smile and speak with full sentences, I wasn't having a stroke but should be seen the next day.

Today is the next day. My appointment was for about 7pm tonight. After I smiled in the mirror and called the doctor - it changed. I can't close my left eye. My mouth droops on the left side of my face and no matter how hard I try eating is a pain in the badonkadonk.

For real.

So I call the doc and they tell me to come in ASAP. Like, right now.

So I did. Even only being here 3 days. (how cool are my new bosses??)

Anyway, so I go there and they tell me that I have Bell's Palsy and my face will only get worse before it gets better and quite possibly will never get better. . I'm like, SHUT UP!? The doctor then hands me this paper with a bunch of information about the virus/disease/whatever it is and I'm stunned.

Tomorrow I get to have a stupid MRI

Didn't I JUST get over Sub-acute Thyroiditis? Didn't I just acquire Hypothyroidism? Didn't I just have major surgery to remove my last ovary? Aren't I in full menopause???

I look RIDICULOUS. I mean, talk about self esteem issues - if the extra weight I have put on and my almost grey hair and recent wrinkles don't send me into the depressed category - I think the sagging mouth and open eyeball will do the trick.

I feel like I'm on a game show and the game show host is my doctor and I keep picking the wrong fricken' door. I mean, there is nothing wrong with a flippin' donkey.

I'll take the donkey.....