I had a classic case – first my food tasted funny then I couldn’t move one side of my mouth, then I couldn’t close my eye. Fortunately, my doctor made a correct diagnosis straight away, gave me pills and referred me to a neurologist.

Today, 4 months later, the neurologist signed me off – his receptionist congratulated me on graduating!! I still have residual effects – my eye is a bit weak and my food sometimes tastes funny (though this might have more to do with my junk food diet!) but I am at least 80% of the way back.

My experience with BP was less about the physical side. Luckily my face didn’t droop much so I don’t think people noticed I had it. I also found ways to get round some of the problems with speaking and eating. Unfortunately, I felt very ill for the first 2 months and the BP didn’t seem to get any better which made me very worried. It was this mental side, the whole “waiting game” thing that I found hardest to deal with.

I thought searching the internet would be a good idea. Wrong!! Many of the accounts I read were very depressing. The “official” websites were also fairly miserable. Your account of your own experience was definitely the exception. It’s written throughout with a sense of humor and, above all, a positive attitude. For people living through BP, I agree with the comments above – it’s the best resource on the web – many thanks. I think I read somewhere else on your site you were getting despondent with the lack of feedback – I hope mine and the other positive comments you received will encourage you to keep maintaining it.

All the best