So apparently I have Bell’s Palsy. Developed quite suddenly saturday night. I have a mild case, but it is very annoying. What is more annoying is that fact that I would have had an extremely mild case if the stupid nurse practitioner would have done her job. She told me when I was there, “normally we prescribe steroids for this, but you have such a mild case that I don’t think I’ll do that this time.” She then explained that my case was mild because it wasn’t as bad as what she had a couple of years ago… That nice little bit of whatever you want to call it cost me. I found out that steriods stop symptoms from getting worse. I didn’t get sterioids. My symptoms got worse. Instead of just not being able to play french horn effectively, now, I can’t play at all, can’t blink my left eye, can’t open my mouth wide enough to eat a sammich, can’t spit after I brush my teeth… get the point? I went back to the doctor this morning, who immediately prescribed steroids and had some not nice things to say about that nurse… I think I’ll file a complaint. Can anyone else say malpractice? Oh yeah… this is the other thing that nice nurse gave me… extended recovery time. Instead of getting better in a few weeks (which I still might), it could take 3 months to a year for me to get my face back now.

In other news, I heard two great quotes today. The second one came from my business class, and takes a minute to fully appreciate. For those of you who weren’t in the class, the context is that a performance appraisal takes how well you do your job and rates your pay and compensation appropriately.

Quotes of the Day:

“A respectable fighter pilot should never want to get into a dogfight. He wants to get as high as he can, as fast as he can, shoot first, bravely run away, fly home, and get medals.” –British Fighter Pilot

“If you think about it, Performance Appraisals are the second oldest profession on Earth.” –MBA Student