Bells palsy

[JennyR101]

Hi
I am recovery from bells palsy.  It's been four weeks from the initial onset and my face is almost back to normal.  I'm very thankful.  I'm a believer that the strong dose of steroids has worked.  This was the second time I have had bells palsy.  The other time was when I was 16.  Both times it was on the same side of the face (right) and the paralysis of the right side of the face was identical.  Both times it took about a month to recover.  I have always believed that the reason I had bells palsy was because the VII cranial nerve was inflamed.  How it became inflamed I didn't know - nor did the Dr's ... but as long as it went away and I looked like myself again,  I didn't really care. Recently I learned that I have "a small focus of FLAIR hyperintensities within the left pons".  Does this mean there is a lesion in the pons?  And if so, does anyone know if a lesion in the pons can affect the VII cranial nerve? thank-you for any information you can provide.