Pin Cushion

This morning I posted that 'today was Day 6.' Well, I wrote that post yesterday, and just didn't get it posted until this morning.

So, today is actually day 7. I was thinking about how I felt yesterday, and how I felt this morning. And - I had written yesterday that I was feeling better, possibly because I had more motion. But I think I realized that it was more that I'm just becoming accustomed to what I do have. I'm still feeling a bit better. Although, I think finally being 'over' the sickness that's been bugging me for the last month has helped. Today I had my second acupuncture treatment. And besides feeling a bit like a pin cushion it was good. Even a little better than the first, mostly because I knew what to expect. And, the needles that hurt last time weren't so bad this time. I also wasn't left with any sore spots today.

I did my best during that 30 minutes to just relax, breath, and visualize little electrical impulses coming through the left side of my face. Occasionally I'd get side-tracked in thought about something else that I need to do, but I would catch myself and center back to my vision of full movement on that side of my face. When it was over I was kind of sad to let the peace and quiet go and get back to the 'real world' and face the day. But, I have it to look forward to next Tuesday morning.

Then, I went to have lunch with my mom. And while I felt like my palsy got worse during lunch - probably from talking so much with her before we left - when we got back to her house I got a 'familiar' twitch in my left eye. It was almost the same twitch that I had on New Year's Eve. I don't know for sure if that's good or bad - but I'll take it as a good sign. Those muscles are getting signals again! It also felt like my mouth was cooperating a bit better as well.

I'm going to be sure and set my time aside daily to relax and focus on letting my body do its work and I should be over this and back to my smiling self in no time!