I tell ya, the worry is worse than the pain. I walk around wondering if my face is about to shut down again. Plus the palsy ruined my hearing. After I had that my acoustic reflex became very poor, the right side was affected but the left became sympathetic. So both ears are a little too easy of hearing. The past few days my hearing has been extra sensitive. My daughter was talking to me a minute ago and I had to cover my ears. And I'm out of ear plugs, so church is gonna be hard today.