a small announcement

[jamahir]

Dude forgive me , I seriously thought CIA is tracking you.

oh, i am too much a small fry ( at the moment ) for cia to track me.

Let's forget all those .. Start afresh with positive side,.

that is so.

Idiopathic bell palsy - mostly will get cured wit steroids & physiotherapy.

If there is any cause, correcting that is essential.

yeah, the neurologist prescribed steroids, vitamins and physiotherapy and a antacid tablet because the steroids will produce gas.

though i stopped the medicine course maybe a month ago as the face distortion is mostly removed as i have described above.

and the only cause of the palsy i think was my two visits to the cinema hall ( a cold place )... must have caught the virus there.

Get well soon!
I hope you've recovered already.

thanks, and oh yes... as i described to hinduguy above, the only remaining effect is the slightly wider left eye... i think i look like a sophisticated villain with it.

Participation on PDF should not come at the cost of your professional life.

All the best.

that is true, and thanks.

 

[livingdead]

suggestion accepted, just that you should have sung a roosi or punjabi song and said it.



agreed.



thanks... i will do my best.



yeah, i am now set in a direction where at least idea-wise i am able to do things that i like... it is another thing that materially there is much want.



first i must describe the effects of it... "bell's palsy" arrives suddenly and i found this one evening at home after returned from a tea-house meet with a friend... i went to the mirror to admire myself ( i get those urges sometimes ) and i found my luscious lips distorted... i then found that my left eye was wider than my right and the left side of the face drooping... and there was a pulsing headache in a small area somewhere behind my left ear... i also found that i couldn't form words properly... and there was a dull pain in the left eye and i wasn't able to close it completely.

immediately went to my regular doctor in the neighborhood and he told me that my face on the left side was paralyzed... it shocked me... he told me to visit a neurologist.

returned from the clinic and during dinner i found that the left side of the mouth had trouble chewing and in drinking water.

went to the hospital the next day and the lady neurologist examined me and one question was have i been to any cold place recently... i said no but days later i remembered that i had recently been to the cinema hall twice in a matter of two weeks or three weeks... she told me that it was "bell's palsy" and that generally it is curable but if treatment is not undertaken the condition may not worsen but some element of it may remain and there is no definite time of coming back to normal.

she said that there is one nerve for each side of the face and these two nerves control the muscles that actually control the face on a side and the nerve on my left face side has had a weakening and hence loss of control on that side and hence paralysis.

she prescribed five types of tablets ( a steroid, a vitamin, a digestion aid, two others i don't remember ) and a ten-day electrical therapy in which the left face nerve is electrically stimulated to strengthen it and this must be done by a physiotherapist... she also prescribed a eye patch for the left eye because that eye not able to close completely during sleep will make dust settle on the eye which could itself become serious.

so along with the medicines, i bought a airplane passenger eye mask which i wore only over the left eye for perhaps a month after that.

next day, went to the physiotherapist who also prescribed some facial exercises.

and these visits were some months ago... at present i am able to speak properly, there is no headache, no eye pain but still the left eye is slightly wider when open but i am able to close it properly.

on the internet too the descriptions about "bell's palsy" don't describe a duration by which the condition is completely cured.





that is so.



yours is a political statement and hence out of scope of this thread.

kisi ki nazar lag gayi... I blame the jealous mirror..
good to know it can be cured and may be slight imbalance will bring 'personality' to the perfect face. do keep us updated about the tech stuff you do. nothing wrong with political discussion as long as you dont think you are spending too much time or taking it too seriously.

 

[jamahir]

kisi ki nazar lag gayi... I blame the jealous mirror..

it is a almirah mirror so can't even replace it.

by the way, do non-desis understand "almirah"??

good to know it can be cured and may be slight imbalance will bring 'personality' to the perfect face.

ya, like i said to levina above, the slightly wider eye ( plus the tip-top dressing, the pencil mustache, the 30's hairstyle ) i think makes me look like a sophisticated villain.

do keep us updated about the tech stuff you do.

okay.

nothing wrong with political discussion as long as you dont think you are spending too much time or taking it too seriously.

that is so.

 

[livingdead]

it is a almirah mirror so can't even replace it.

by the way, do non-desis understand "almirah"??



ya, like i said to levina above, the slightly wider eye ( plus the tip-top dressing, the pencil mustache, the 30's hairstyle ) i think makes me look like a sophisticated villain.



okay.



that is so.

not sure about non-desis.. I know what almirah is...

 

[livingdead]

good Luck, i am new here but maybe one day will will be good Friend here.

we were expecting shah nawaz hussain... but a khan will do.. welcome to pdf

 

[jamahir]

good Luck, i am new here but maybe one day will will be good Friend here.

thank you and we may indeed find interests aligning.

and you should introduce yourself formally to the forum in the "new introductions" thread...

https://defence.pk/threads/new-introductions.333336

 

[RescueRanger]

 

[Nilgiri]

hello pdfians, i have a computing project ( one component being the design of a microprocessor of a radical design ) which shamefully i have not furthered for months because my mind was significantly occupied with political wranglings on pdf which only served to not only sadden me on many occasions but also left me drained ( and this again shows why the simplest form of political system, the third universal theory, is needed ).

and then there is the political participation in my town that i had discontinued a few months ago because of me developing a partial face paralysis condition called "bell's palsy" which had left me for some time unable to properly speak, and socialist participation does need good amount of talking.

my small announcement is that henceforth on pdf i will try my utmost to not get involved in political discussions and threads and will login generally for non-political stuff.

Try your utmost .

I will miss our heated banters...dishoom dishoom ...but we will still enjoy the plumpy pictures together

 

[jamahir]

hail mogambo !!

Try your utmost .

I will miss our heated banters...dishoom dishoom ...but we will still enjoy the plumpy pictures together

absolutely... besides, @doppelganger is back.

 

[mpk1988]

Get well soon buddy.

Some friendly advice:

1. Follow the Doctor and if you feel that isn't enough go for other consultations.
2. Don't go to the internet for diagnosing anything. It will make you go crazy. It was one the reasons I got anxiety last year.

About your computing project?
Are you trying to build an emulator? What for if I may ask?

on a lighter note, i told Amit Shah the new BJP pres to contact Jamahir.. for a membership..BJP

But i would really want him in Arnab Show debates.. i am betting it would be a live wire..

if Arnab, Jamahir, @Parul and robinhood pandey is in panels, i am sure newshour would be a long long "intensive" debate

 

[Nilgiri]

Get well soon buddy.

I also forward my best wishes and prayers to your better health @jamahir. Please keep us updated when possible.

 

[jamahir]

Get well soon buddy.

Some friendly advice:

1. Follow the Doctor and if you feel that isn't enough go for other consultations.
2. Don't go to the internet for diagnosing anything. It will make you go crazy. It was one the reasons I got anxiety last year.

thank you, and yes, sometimes internet diagnosis will make one a hypochondriac, i suppose because of, (a). the huge amount of information, (b). this information can be conflicting, (c). the information will be written authoritatively.

but i am a bit old-fashioned so i prefer going to the neighborhood doctor and if necessary to the hospital.

About your computing project?
Are you trying to build an emulator? What for if I may ask?

the emulator will be for emulating the environment of the portable computer i have been designing and the computer includes design of a new clock-less microprocessor which will have a simplified alu and i/o ( asynchronous and serial ).

this emulator will be like the bochs emulator which emulates the ibm-pc/x86 environment and is available for linux and windows.

the reason of writing the emulator is simply because fpga boards, which can be used in processor design, are costly... last year the price of one xilinx fpga board was about 1.25 lakhs.

 

[my2cents]

first i must describe the effects of it... "bell's palsy" arrives suddenly and i found this one evening at home after returned from a tea-house meet with a friend... i went to the mirror to admire myself ( i get those urges sometimes ) and i found my luscious lips distorted... i then found that my left eye was wider than my right and the left side of the face drooping... and there was a pulsing headache in a small area somewhere behind my left ear... i also found that i couldn't form words properly... and there was a dull pain in the left eye and i wasn't able to close it completely.

immediately went to my regular doctor in the neighborhood and he told me that my face on the left side was paralyzed... it shocked me... he told me to visit a neurologist.

returned from the clinic and during dinner i found that the left side of the mouth had trouble chewing and in drinking water.

went to the hospital the next day and the lady neurologist examined me and one question was have i been to any cold place recently... i said no but days later i remembered that i had recently been to the cinema hall twice in a matter of two weeks or three weeks... she told me that it was "bell's palsy" and that generally it is curable but if treatment is not undertaken the condition may not worsen but some element of it may remain and there is no definite time of coming back to normal.

she said that there is one nerve for each side of the face and these two nerves control the muscles that actually control the face on a side and the nerve on my left face side has had a weakening and hence loss of control on that side and hence paralysis.

she prescribed five types of tablets ( a steroid, a vitamin, a digestion aid, two others i don't remember ) and a ten-day electrical therapy in which the left face nerve is electrically stimulated to strengthen it and this must be done by a physiotherapist... she also prescribed a eye patch for the left eye because that eye not able to close completely during sleep will make dust settle on the eye which could itself become serious.

so along with the medicines, i bought a airplane passenger eye mask which i wore only over the left eye for perhaps a month after that.

next day, went to the physiotherapist who also prescribed some facial exercises.

and these visits were some months ago... at present i am able to speak properly, there is no headache, no eye pain but still the left eye is slightly wider when open but i am able to close it properly.

on the internet too the descriptions about "bell's palsy" don't describe a duration by which the condition is completely cured.

Actually I had Bells palsy about a decade back, when I was in california. I had the same symptoms like you described. My doctor told me that it will go by itself and I may have slight distortion of my face after the recovery. It is usually caused in closed air conditioned rooms. I had it when I was managing my friends gas station and had to frequent the walk-in cooler room for taking stock of inventory in the cooler. I too recovered within two weeks or so and had to quit my job after that. I believe that the culprit is that most people ignore changing the filters in these air conditioners. It should be done on yearly basis or as and when needed. I wish you a speedy recovery.

P.S: I did find slight distortion in my face but not noticeable by others. Only one person that too a doctor noticed my distorsion up until now. So, nothing to worry.

 

[jamahir]

My doctor told me that it will go by itself and I may have slight distortion of my face after the recovery.

hmm, i must visit the neurologist and ask about the slightly wider eye on the affected side

It is usually caused in closed air conditioned rooms. I had it when I was managing my friends gas station and had to frequent the walk-in cooler room for taking stock of inventory in the cooler. I too recovered within two weeks or so and had to quit my job after that. I believe that the culprit is that most people ignore changing the filters in these air conditioners. It should be done on yearly basis or as and when needed. I wish you a speedy recovery.

that explains it then... so there should be government health guidelines especially for public and commercial places where air conditioners are operated... surely this suddenly arriving face paralysis is dramatic enough to bring rules.

P.S: I did find slight distortion in my face but not noticeable by others. Only one person that too a doctor noticed my distorsion up until now. So, nothing to worry.

well, a friend of mine said something similar, that my affected side won't seem affected to those who don't know me.

so tea three cheers for the death of the virus that has caused this change of face.