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Old 08-28-2003, 10:20 PM   #1
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I was just talking with a man who had "bels palsy" and he was describing how it limited his ability to even swallow a drink of water... this must have about done Gordon in. He really must have overcome tremendous difficulties...
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Old 08-29-2003, 06:05 AM   #2
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I have an employee who has an attack of Bell's Palsy every four or five years. When it happened at work, it really startled me, because I thought he'd had a stroke. He was sitting at his desk, typing away, and all of the sudden the right side of his face became paralyzed. He couldn't blink with his right eye, couldn't close his mouth all the way and had no feeling in the right side of his face at all. He was out of work for 3 months, and even when he came back, he had to have his eye taped closed, with an eyepatch covering it. It took about 8 months before his face looked normal again.
There are different levels of severity. Some people only have slight cases of it. One of Mom's friends has it, and he just feels a tingling sensation on one side of his face, but his facial movements aren't affected.

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Old 08-29-2003, 10:28 PM   #3
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man that sounds frightening,,,and artist would have to be terrified by an event like that.
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Old 08-30-2003, 10:29 AM   #4
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no joy...did any of you read "surprised by joy" written by C.S. Lewis? An incredible read.
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Old 08-30-2003, 10:56 AM   #5
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Didn't Gord have a Bels Palsy attack while singing on stage once? And wasn't the doctor there to diagnose it?
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Old 08-30-2003, 06:02 PM   #6
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Yes, during one of his Massey Hall concerts in 1972:

"On stage at Massey Hall in March, Lightfoot feels a numbness on one side of his face. It is diagnosed backstage as Bell's Palsy. He completes his Massey committment, but he is then forced to cancel some shows and take several months off to recover."

As I recall reading it somewhere or other, his own doctor happened to be at the show, and gave him shots of cortisone (to reduce nerve swelling) enabling him to finish the show.
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Old 08-31-2003, 11:28 AM   #7
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Gwen Snyder, I have not read "Surprised By Joy", but I have enjoyed other C.S. Lewis books. I going to have to look for it.
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Old 09-02-2003, 07:28 PM   #8
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You know,that means when Gord had that attack back in '72 that,had they had taken the situation even more seriously and really been able to do something about it,Gord may not have had to go through all he did in the last year. Think so?

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Old 09-02-2003, 07:37 PM   #9
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Nope, no relation between Bell's Palsy and aneurysms of any kind.
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