August 2021 within a few days apart I was DX with Bells Palsy & Trigeminal Neuralgia. Luckily they were both on the same side, left. Only having one kidney I only allowed my PCP to try a couple of pharmaceuticals. Daily living in the Midwest sucks. I felt my true self when I briefly lived in Scottsdale but had to move back to Kansas. I still have the metallic taste, shocking zaps in my face, sensory overload, partial numb tongue, sensitive hearing, swelling at times when the flares comes along with still loving my dark quiet cold rooms as I have the lasting effects of the Bells Palsy as it likes cold but my TN likes heat. People often ask: what’s my dream? I just want an entire week at the beach with front view waters waking up with a coffee in my hand. To have had both come at me within days apart was scary & still is.