Please keep my health recovery in your prayers, in particular right now recovery from another condition. My sinus allergy cold progressed to what thankfully appears to be a relatively minor, but concerning case of Bell’s palsy on the left side of my face. The main symptom is my left eye is weaker than the right eye, making it blink less fully, resulting in a red, dry, irritated eye, luckily relieved for the most part by eye drops.
It started Sunday, diagnosed that night in the ER, told was almost certainly caused by the virus causing my cold, and likely in addition by the state of chronic stress I’ve been under with my health crisis. I was put on steroids for one week. Reviewing the condition, thankfully almost everybody with this has it fully resolve.
The severity is usually determined by the end of the first 3-4 days after onset, Typically it begins to resolve within 2 weeks, and for most will resolve by 6 weeks, though for some longer, and for a very small percentage it does not resolve, but for then it very rarely worsens or comes back.
Therefore I have good reason for a state of high optimism this too shall pass soon enough, and is just another test from God, but I’m not going to lie, now having actual Bell’s palsy on top of everything else (neuropathic pains in extremities, fatigue, insomnia, all resulting in a state of clinical depression) has rattled me a bit the last couple of days.
But I know statistically speaking to expect recovery, but still have to pray it does. On a more positive note, I am experiencing a lot of reduction in my arm and leg pain, and state of fatigue, now with almost no back pain, My impression is my nerves are healing with time and supplements, and will continue to improve a lot in the weeks and months ahead.
If you’ve read through these posts about my health crisis, you might remember the synthesis of multiple doctors’ opinions is the pains started in May in part due to a state of extreme stress having GI illness, not being able to work, having our one car stolen, etc in s short period of time, flare up of arthritis in back, and very possibly B vitamin deficiency from some malabsorption from the GI illness.
Also, as you may remember reading, I had a very similar outbreak of the same symptoms 6 years ago in my arms and legs, fatigue , etc, all after a similarly extreme period of stress (work, school, back injury, facial nerve injury, tinnitus, extreme insomnia due to pain, all in 6 weeks), which thanks be to God I generally recovered from over six or more months, able to resume work, career, and normal living.
Therefore, my intuition is now telling me I am similarly recovering and have reason to hope for a similar, general recovery, time will tell, God’s will be done. Until then, I’m still recovering from a bad cold, enduring now through Bell’s paisley which appears to be very minor, and when my energy level is s bit higher will resume going to the gym daily to shoot hoops, bicycle, lift weights, swim, sit in the sauna and whirlpool, try and maintain a keto diet, which is too taxing physiologically to do when I have a bad cold.
Plus resume normal errands, taking my elderly mom who can’t drive shopping etc, and praying at the adoration chapel down the street from us. In due time, God willing, I resume at least part-time work, and then full time in physical therapy. Please pray for these intentions, and that ultimately God’s will be done. In due time, one day at a time.
PS If you’ve read recent posts, you see me sorting out my thoughts about aliens and UFOs, to the point it’s not good, at least for me right now, to seriously delve into whether or not they exist.
But today I’m writing a more theological essay on how a Catholic would be able to maintain their faith without contradiction if ever, hypothetically, government should ever fully disclose to us aliens are real and among us.
Apart from all the obsessions with sightings and government conspiracies, that seems to be the underlying paradox not only for already firm believers, confronted with the possibility, but for all moderns searching for what to think and believe. Imagining that hypothetical scenario can help maintain peace and faith now before it should ever hypothetically manifest, which some think is likely to happen in our lifetimes, while I still seriously doubt there is evidence they even exist, or are among us.