Guest guest Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Acupuncture pretty much rocks for Bells PalseySubject: Q: Bells PalsyTo: Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 12:54 PM Any suggestions? 81 yr old man Sweet, happy, inlove with his wife, alert, friendly guy Only complaint about serving in WWII was that the ines was a dirty place and europe was clean (?!). Plays trumpet in three jazz bands Very much alive April '08 noticed he was having trouple hitting the high notes Facial paralysis continued until entire right side of face paralyzed - eye lid dropping, and drooling a problem. No pain in face No trouble swallowing sensation of face present tongue deviates to R Easy going Family man, no fears to speak of loves his pie Does not lke to drink anything except his ensure (I know, I know) HX: He has no stomach - few years ago bleeding ulcer such that total removal of stomach warranted No gallbladder - didn't have much info about this - a little bit difficult to get info from him (nothing seems to bother him much) Heart attack such that part of heart tissue is dead - no pacer, no meds except mod dose of beta-blocker Cataracts - removed a few years ago BPH - had a "rotor rooter" no sys since sleeps well - only pees 1x at night if that BP controlled lots of moles and scarring from various surgeries Tested neg for Lyme (Bells a big sys)didn't respond to tx per another doc Too sunny for the single remedies taht come up for Bells (causticum, Silica, Bell, Plb) Phos looks like a maybe except he isn't fearful and isn't thirsty Oh - $$$ is an issue (fixed income, very small savings) Thanks for your time Willette RN ND Maine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 ,B 12 IM 3x week or even daily for a few days, than three times weekly. R/O b12 deficiency, esp at his age, this can be a causative factor.Sheila-- Sheila M. Frodermann, MA, ND, FHANPNaturopathic Physicianwww.providencewholistic.comProvidence, RI Any suggestions? 81 yr old man Sweet, happy, inlove with his wife, alert, friendly guy Only complaint about serving in WWII was that the ines was a dirty place and europe was clean (?!). Plays trumpet in three jazz bands Very much alive April '08 noticed he was having trouple hitting the high notes Facial paralysis continued until entire right side of face paralyzed - eye lid dropping, and drooling a problem. No pain in face No trouble swallowing sensation of face present tongue deviates to R Easy going Family man, no fears to speak of loves his pie Does not lke to drink anything except his ensure (I know, I know) HX: He has no stomach - few years ago bleeding ulcer such that total removal of stomach warranted No gallbladder - didn't have much info about this - a little bit difficult to get info from him (nothing seems to bother him much) Heart attack such that part of heart tissue is dead - no pacer, no meds except mod dose of beta-blocker Cataracts - removed a few years ago BPH - had a " rotor rooter " no sys since sleeps well - only pees 1x at night if that BP controlled lots of moles and scarring from various surgeries Tested neg for Lyme (Bells a big sys)didn't respond to tx per another doc Too sunny for the single remedies taht come up for Bells (causticum, Silica, Bell, Plb) Phos looks like a maybe except he isn't fearful and isn't thirsty Oh - $$$ is an issue (fixed income, very small savings) Thanks for your time Willette RN ND Maine Recent Activity 1 New Members Visit Your Group Meditation and Lovingkindness A Yahoo! Group to share and learn. Yahoo! Health Healthy Aging Improve your quality of life. Y! Groups blog the best source for the latest scoop on Groups. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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