Pain in the neck

I know I have said that I am going to write more often but over the last couple of weeks it has not really been feasible. Back on June 23rd or 24th I started having this neck pain that was really horrific. I popped some Ibuprofen and went about my days though because I'm a man and that is what we do. Then on Sunday the 27th I woke up and the left half of my face would not work. It was kind of lame but I decided maybe I should go to the hospital.A CAT scan showed that my brain was normal (or as normal as my brain ever is) so they decided I had Bell's Palsy, put me on a steroid pack and an anti-viral and sent me on my way.

Tuesday the 29th, I went back to my doctor and she told me to stick with the medicine and to come back in a week to be reevaluated. She also sent me for blood work to check for Lyme's Disease which came back negative. So this past Tuesday I went back and we did see some progress; I can now almost get my left eye closed but there is now lots of numbness in my lower left arm. Weird. So she ordered an MRI and CT scan of  my cervical spine to rule out crazy nerves or something. She also referred me to a Neurologist who I just got back from seeing. He doesn't think it is Bell's Palsy and referred me for more tests, blood and brain.

So for now I am just an extremely tired, numb, achey-faced jerk who can't do much of anything. But I'm keeping my spirits up and I figure I'll be okay. Hopefully, sooner rather than later. :-)