let
me just start off by saying that its true, i cant move my face. well
just the right half of it. on wednesday my comp and i headed to lunch
and in the middle of lunch with this family we´re really tight with i
realized taht my comp, the family, and the two other missionaries in our
ward were all giving me weird looks when i laughed... and then i
started to realized that i couldnt blink my right eye, and that my mouth
only moved on the left side, so when i laughed my mouth was like on my
cheek.. (ill send a good photo). i guess when your face gets paralyzed
the first thing you do is laugh, and then you think holy crap am i
having a stroke or what?
well i waited until thursday morning
and it still hadnt gone away so i called Hna Díaz and she told me to go
to the hospital where a nice colombian nurse told me that i have Bells
Palsy, or as chileans often call it La Boca Chueca. i always made fun of
chileans because after drinking tea or something they would always
cover their mouth before going outside because they said theyd get the
boca chueca. i guess it was karma! no but in reality its a virus and
they dont know how it happens. but the good thing is that it goes away.
These
last few days i was supposed to be on complete rest to get rid of all
stress, but President gave us permission to go out for appointments. so
we just started calling a bunch of people to set appts. however i have
been to two physical therapy sessions to get my face massaged, (and one
time my back without my shirt on what?) and do some facial excercises.
yes my excersizes literally consist of me trying to smile, close my eye,
and breath through my right nostril. but im gonna tell Hna Díaz that
the phyical therapy really is not necesary. i can do all of the
excersizes on my own without somebody standing over my shoulder telling
me that the corner of my mouth moved a little bit more than the 200
other times i did it while looking in the mirror. if you wanna know what
it feels like to be a handicap in rehab, just get the bells palsy
virus.
its been good in some aspects. on friday
we found a super good family and gained a lot of confidence with them
because at teh beginning of the lesson my comp made a joke and i couldnt
stop laughing because everyone else was laughing at my face. its a good
fam.
really im fine. it goes away in 1-2
months they told me, and today marks the end of my mandatory rest issued
by Hna Diaz. so were gonna get back to normal work finally! it wasnt
easy being in the house during the day.. i seriosuly went crazy. it was
the first time in my whole mission that i wasnt able to go work because
of sickness or other issues... like paralysis.
Felipe
and Alda are trying to get a marriage date and were thinking of going
out to this place in teh boondocks to marry them legally so that they
can get baptized. theyre awesome!
love you guys, dont worry about me too much. have awesome week!
-Elder Allred - Chilean Version of Two Face
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