HI all,
Sorry for this cross posting but I just wanted 
  to update you all on
whats going on with me and to THANK all the many 
  people that wrote such
kind notes to me, they were and are MUCh 
  appreciated.
Well as in my earlier post this week, I went in on Tuesday 
  morning and
had the MRI done and because my new doctor was concerned I had 
  had a
strke maybe because of the partial facial paralysis I am having and 
  the
pain in my right leg. WELL folks I found out it is NOT a stroke but I 
  do
have the BELLS Palsey and also a massive viral infection running thru 
  my
body which is what caused most of the nerve damage and triggered 
  the
BELLs palsey. Now what makes this even a little more serious than 
  it
should be is because of my Hiv status and this will compromise my 
  immune
system even more than normal, BUT thank god that I have been living 
  with
that now for almost 17 years and all my counts are normal almost so 
  I
shouldnt be in too much trouble in that area.
NOW comes the fun part, 
  My doctor said I should under take therapy to
TRY and restore se of the 
  facial movement on the right side and I am
gonna use some of the exercises 
  that they have been using for mother in
the nursing home for her speech 
  therapy, the director of  mothers
therapy said those exercises were as 
  good as most of them for what my
doctor wants me to do.
SO for me things 
  will be SLOW going for awhile but they will be moving
FORWARD and Brent and 
  I and my family are trying to maintain a healthy
outlook for 2003 which is 
  just around the corner now.
I MOST definently plan to continue my doll work 
  albeit at a little
slower pace, so to those I have my swaps and who I have 
  to get dolls
done for the Convention next august and then want to try and 
  get my
entry done for a winter contest thats coming up soon.
SO my dear 
  friends I apologise for the length of this post and I want to
thank all of 
  you dear people for being here to listen to my troubles.
THANK YOU 
  ALL!!
TTYS
Kevin

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