Been awhile since my last entry. I have been feeling better and better everyday. More stamina and positive feelings...there is a light at the end of the tunnel!! My eye, although still dry and tearing at times is not as drooped. I can even put some makeup on the left eye now. My mouth is still crooked and still having difficulty with certain letter pronunciation and food spilling out of my mouth but it doesn't appear as crooked a smile. Today I started my Yoga practice again and it felt so good. I am being very careful with any neck manouvers. I am also stopping whenever I feel tired and not putting pressure on myself. I was helping my kids move last week and realized that I was doing too much. I stopped and they can manage on their own, it is too stressful for me. This is the one thing I need to learn to manage better and am hoping that now that I am back to Yoga it will help. So...this journey continues. I am not back at work yet as I do counselling and my speech still needs to improve. I will be taking a few days of vacation which should help with my morale and confidence. I have been going out now and seeing more people and do not feel as self conscious as before.