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Jun 18, 2011, 1:03 pm
It's been about 4 months of Bell's Palsy and I want to put another update up here. The biggest thing I notice about my face that still hasn't cleared up is that I can't squeeze my right eye shut tight like I can my left. This bothers me a little bit, mostly when swimming without goggles on. When I l... Comment - Like
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Apr 24, 2011, 8:31 pm
If you've read this blog for many years you know that I love to attend Easter services. Today I went to the Old Fort Baptist Church nearby for their morning service. I enjoyed watching their reenactment of Christ's resurrection (a short clip of the passion play they've been presenting this week), si... Comment - Like
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Mar 16, 2011, 10:07 pm
This is going to be TMI for some of you...
Today I read about something called "Bell's phenomenon" which is an upward rolling of the eye when the eyelid tries to close. This is actually a benefit right at first because it protects the eye when it can't close. But then it begins to be a habit, and e... Comment - Like
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Mar 15, 2011, 11:17 am
This is my one-month report. I am amazed at how well my recovery from Bell's palsy has gone. My right eyebrow and forehead work almost the same as they always have. (Downside is, I've lost the Botox effect, and my forehead wrinkles are back.) My eye closes and doesn't dry out at night. The blink ref... Comment - Like
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Mar 7, 2011, 1:34 am
I'm well enough that I can "fake" normalcy when I go out in public for short periods. So I thought I was going to get away without telling the whole ward that I was incapacitated. I did tell my Primary class, because it was very obvious the Sunday after I got Bell's Palsy. But then we had Stake Conf... Comment - Like
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Mar 3, 2011, 11:09 pm
Day 16. I'm feeling much better about my face today. Now that there is a little more tone on the right side, it doesn't droop so much. Even though everything is still crooked, I can live with it. The only think I really, really need to improve is the muscles surrounding my eye. It is inconvenient an... Comment - Like
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Feb 28, 2011, 8:58 pm
It's true that when I first came down with Bell's Palsy (14 days ago!), I felt like crawling in a hole. I wanted to climb into bed and not get up until I was back to normal, if, indeed, I ever DID recover fully. I did have that option, and I seriously considered it. Dr. B. told me I didn't have to w... Comment - Like
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Feb 27, 2011, 4:33 pm
The other night my friend saw my Bell's Palsy photos here; and she said, "Honey, you could have at LEAST combed your hair!" So I pulled myself together, and had my daughter do a photo shoot in the back yard. I'm glad I had these done. Hopefully it will soon all be a distant memory, and I'll only h... Comment - Like
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Feb 26, 2011, 9:15 pm
I'm starting to feel more pain in my face and especially right around my ear. It hasn't been too bad, because it feels sort of like when you work out a lot and the next day your muscles are sore. It feels like a good pain to have. But right at night when I'm trying to go to sleep it gets a little to... Comment - Like
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Feb 23, 2011, 10:30 pm
I think my face looks a little bit better today, but maybe it's just because I've stopped wailing and crying over it so much. Amazing how the puffiness tends to go down when that happens! I can't notice any movement or improvement, though.
I found that it is WAY easier to torture myself and punish m... Comment - Like
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Feb 21, 2011, 8:30 pm
I want to document how I am treating this condition and how it progresses, so I'm just going to throw it up in this post. I will add to it periodically.
2/11 Thursday. First noticed pain in the right ear, thought I was getting swimmers ear.2/14 Monday. Around 9pm Loss of muscle control on right sid... Comment - Like
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Feb 20, 2011, 7:38 pm
You really are invisible when you teach Primary. I was never so glad of the fact as I was this week. We got to Church just as the opening song was being sung, and sat in the overflow. No one noticed me, and I went right to my Primary class after Sacrament Meeting. I took the first few minutes to exp... Comment - Like
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Feb 19, 2011, 11:00 pm
My supervisor has persuaded me to teach Saturday swim lessons, since there is no one else available to do the parent/infant classes. I'm going to take a 2 week break on the weekday classes. The session started today, though; so I found myself having to explain to a whole new crop of parents why I lo... Comment - Like
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Feb 19, 2011, 7:23 am
Friday: My first grocery shopping expedition since BP. I put on my big, big sunglasses and my game face. I drove my son to school. Then, since I was out, and we had no food in the fridge, and we had a paycheck in the bank, I stopped by WalMart. No shopping list, but I'd just pick up a few things.
Fi... Comment - Like
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Feb 18, 2011, 8:42 pm
When I finished having my 8 children, I had gained a bit of weight! One summer day I had a difficult time when getting ready to take the kiddos to the pool. I love water sports more than anything. I adore swimming, sailing, water skiing, kayaking, sailing, whitewater canoeing, anything in and around... Comment - Like
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Feb 18, 2011, 6:53 pm
I'm still deep in the throes of self-absorption. There's a lot that I want to thrash out, but I'll have to do it a little at a time.
By the time I got my CT scan results and blood work and the doctor had given me the OK to go back to work, I had only missed one day (Tuesday). I was so emotionally ex... Comment - Like
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Jan 5, 2011, 10:12 pm
This isn't reflective of me, really; except I'm a little blue, I have a lot of friends who are breaking up, and I heard a whale song today. It's the most mournful sound I can imagine. It really pricked my heart, so I wrote this:
Sea-Sighed Villanelle
I heard a whale song's mournful tone
The day the... Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2010, 1:29 am
According to ancient Greek myth, Scylla was a creature who was rooted to one spot in the ocean, and regularly ate sailors who passed by too closely. Her appearance has varied in classical literature; she was described by Homer in The Odyssey as having six heads perched on long necks along with twel... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2010, 11:05 am
When I put these glasses on,
There are blades of grass
That before I could not see,
And petals when I pass.
I see each point of starry light
Away up in the sky--
Shapes and shadows not discerned
with my imperfect eye.
O might I put some glasses on,
The face of God to see?
Or little indications that
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Oct 4, 2010, 1:11 am
I haven't posted here in quite a while, so I don't know if any one is still checking this site out. But if you are, I'd like your input. Last week, as you may be aware, there was quite a debacle over at Mormon Matters, a blog which I've been co-administrating for the past 2 years. John Dehlin,... Comment - Like
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Aug 26, 2010, 7:34 am
OT SS Lesson #33 -- originally posted at Mormon MattersIf your ward happens to be just a little bit behind on the Sunday School lessons, you might experience the synchronicity of having the Book of Jonah read on Yom Kippur. This year, the Jewish holiday falls on September 18 (close enough to Sunda... Comment - Like
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Aug 19, 2010, 7:47 am
OT SS Lesson #32 -- originally posted at Mormon MattersAfter the Satan figure is given permission to afflict Job as a test of his faithfulness, three of Job’s friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, come to visit him, sitting with him in silence for seven days. On the seventh day, Job speaks, beginn... Comment - Like
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Aug 14, 2010, 8:19 am
OT SS Lesson #31 -- originally posted at Mormon MattersFeminist readers of the scriptures are well aware of the passages in Proverbs 8 which personify Wisdom (GK Sophia, HEB Hokhmah).
These passages affirm that Sophia was there when God made the earth and acted as a partner with God in the creatio... Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2010, 8:26 am
Posted on Mormon Matters 5 Aug 2010I recently had my temple recommend renewed and I’ve been thinking about the temple initiatory for women and wishing I could discuss it from a faithful, feminist perspective. Unfortunately, there are some obstacles which stand in my way of doing this. Number one,... Comment - Like
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Jul 29, 2010, 8:31 am
OT SS Lesson #29 -- originally posted on Mormon MattersThe prophet Elisha is introduced for the first time in 1 Kings 19. Elijah has recently had his encounter with the 400 prophets of Baal and the still small voice of God on Mt. Horeb. On his way from the mountain to the wilderness of Damascu... Comment - Like
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Jul 24, 2010, 11:06 am
Posted at Mormon Matters on July 24, 2010It has only been in recent years that I have slowly become aware that not every convert to the Church shares my deep identification with the Mormon pioneers. I have loved the epic story of the trek to the Salt Lake Valley. I appreciate its archetypal connot... Comment - Like
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Jul 15, 2010, 11:25 am
OT SS Lesson #27 -- originally posted at Mormon Matters“Take an old piece of clothing,” our SS lesson advises, “or a piece of paper that is cut in the shape of a piece of clothing and tear it into 12 pieces. Explain that toward the end of Solomon’s life, the prophet Ahijah prophesied that ... Comment - Like
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Jul 10, 2010, 11:29 am
OT SS Lesson #26 -- originally posted at Mormon MattersOur Sunday School lesson this week attempts to deal with the conundrum with which we are faced when considering that Israel’s King Solomon, who was a paragon of wisdom having received this gift from the Lord, could make the decidedly unwise ... Comment - Like
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Jul 8, 2010, 8:37 am
from a post on Mormon Matters
You may not be aware of this if you grew up Mormon, but the LDS definition of morality is rather different than that which is generally accepted. Morality is very easily defined to Mormons — it means not having sex. That’s all. End of discussion. Immorality means ha... Comment - Like
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Jul 4, 2010, 8:42 am
Originally posted at Mormon MattersYesterday’s activities began with a Pancake Breakfast over at the Church, followed by a softball game. We loaded up several of the kids from the Ward, my children’s friends, and hauled them all to the beach in both of our vans. Arriving home at 5:00, we joi... Comment - Like
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Mar 20, 2010, 1:37 pm
It was rather a synchronicity that the Tarot card picked for today's group creativity experiment was "The Devil." Last night my daughters and I attended a play at the Covey Center for the Arts, "Brothers," about the human side of two famous siblings, Lucifer and Jesus. I'm planning on reviewing th... Comment - Like
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Mar 18, 2010, 3:04 pm
Today's Tarot creativity project -- The Hermit: which has the key words of introspection, searching, guidance, and solitude. The card that was drawn for today also had the Kanji character "aki" meaning "autumn." I used a picture from a photo shoot my daughters and I did yesterday, and we had s... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2010, 1:05 pm
There's something about a Utah sky--
Overarching canyons and clouds,
Framing mountains and mornings--
That clears the confusion in sinus-blocked nostrils
A breath of freshness
To the unbalanced wanderer.
There's something about a Utah day--
Manifesting seedlings and springtime,
Teasing flowers with... Comment - Like
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