So, what with bank fraud, a broken big toe, sunburn and a bad back (the latter two from a shoot at Bondi last Monday) all thrown into the mix, it hasn't been a great start to the year. I wasn't going to whige about it or let it get me down, but yesterday I woke up with the left side of my face paralysed and it was all a bit much.
According to the doctor, what I have is Bell's palsy. It's a bit like being a stroke victim - the left side of my face doesn't really move at all. I can make my cheek sort of twitch, but my eyebrow won't raise or scruch, my eye doesn't blink all the way closed and I only smile and laugh on one side of my face. It's the weirdest feeling. It freaked me out pretty hard yesterday before I went to the doctor!
I had a sore throat and was feeling a bit bleh at the end of last week, and they think that was a virus that has affected my cranial nerve somehow. It should last a few weeks or months and then come right on its own, apparently. In the meantime, I look like a retard. I have to put drops in my left eye every few minutes because it's all dry and not blinking properly, and eating is surprisingly hard. It's hard to get the food into my mouth because my lips don't want to cooperate. It's also very funny for anyone observing. :)
Thank goodess it was on a Monday though, and not sooner!
On Saturday I did a spot of modeling with some girlfriends for another friend who wanted practice at portrait photography. We had heaps of fun playing dressups and posing.. the results are at Arkady's Flickr . I guess these might be the last photos where I look normal for a while.
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