On August 22, the famous dad of the show The Groulx family revealed on Instagram to have Bell’s facial palsy. Pascal Groulx spoke with us to explain more regarding what is overwhelming him at the moment.
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“I understand that it is often caused by a virus, like the chickenpox virus, which lies dormant in us and which all of a sudden wakes up and affects the seventh facial nerve.” Pascal woke up one morning with numbness in his face. “I was having lunch and I had difficulty eating. I went to see myself in the mirror and, making faces, I noticed that the right side of my face did not move. He was afraid of having a stroke. So he quickly went to his doctor. It was there that he was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy. “My mouth doesn’t work well. I have no control over my cheek and nostril. I can’t move my eyebrow. My right eye won’t close.” In everyday life, it affects him since it is sometimes painful. “Two weeks following my diagnosis, I was in extreme pain. Behind the ear and on the neck, I had pain and it was neurological. It’s sharp as pain. It persisted for 12 days.
Can it be permanent? “It’s possible. Currently, I am followed by my family doctor and a neurologist. I do acupuncture. I take vitamin B12, which can help.” The cortisone didn’t work for her. Luckily, he didn’t have to miss work. And his family is behind him. “He is my main support. When this paralysis happened, I was depressed… And the children made me a collage with words of love, and it did me good. We will find The Groulx family at Canal Vie in November. “We made major expansions at home, and everyone moved.”
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Read our interview with Pascal Groulx in the latest edition of the magazine Featured Echoes currently on newsstands, or online at jemagazine.ca
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