Former Sen. Coleman has Bell’s Palsy
Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 10:14 pm
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Norm Coleman has Bell’s Palsy, a paralysis of the cranial nerve that affects the muscles in the face, according to the inaugural story by BringMeTheNews.com, former KARE anchor Rick Kupchella’s just-launched news site. In a video posted Thursday night, Coleman — his face visibly affected by the nerve condition — says he first noticed symptoms during a Sept. 2 flight from Washington, D.C., to Minneapolis. He noticed the paralysis in the left side of his face while drinking water, when he says he “realized something was dribbling out of one side and not the other.”
He tells Kupchella that the nerve paralysis won’t affect his future plans and should disappear within two to eight weeks.
“It puts a lot of things in perspective — my smile is a part of me. I love to smile, and to all of sudden — part of your face isn’t working as it used to — the good news is it will.”
He joked about two-faced politicians: “I’m one of them.”
Kupchella’s new enterprise officially launches Sept. 13.
6 Comments
Comment posted September 10, 2009 @ 11:00 pm
I hope he has insurance, because I’ve had this and it’s very expensive to treat. You can also be left with permanent damage. I wonder if he feels fortunate that he has the insurance that he would deny others who have Bell’s Palsy.
Comment posted September 11, 2009 @ 10:14 am
I think Bell’s Palsy is much more common in people with forked tongues and people who speak out of both sides of their mouth.
Comment posted September 11, 2009 @ 10:48 am
Based on that Tan it looks like Coleman has been hanging with George Hamilton since he dropped out of the race.
Comment posted September 12, 2009 @ 2:26 pm
Jena, I,ve had this & I was told that there is NO treatment for it. Only time will heal…even now 15
years later I still have tearing in the left eye. It can affect movement of ones eyebrows,eyelids not to mention smile and shape of ones mouth. Good thing is that there is NO pain with this ailment!
Comment posted September 14, 2009 @ 8:00 am
No pain? I’m glad that you had no pain. I had a horrible stabbing pain the first 3-4 days and moderate pain that faded over 2-3 weeks. After 6 weeks I can twitch one muscle under my eye, so I hope his recovery goes faster than mine is.
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