Posted on 04/26/2024 8:50:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
Philadelphia 76ers superstar center Joel Embiid went viral Saturday for a video that appeared to show him unable to blink his left eye,
Fans speculated en masse about the bizarre video showing his eye and face, and we finally have an answer. It turns out he’s suffering from Bell’s Palsy, he revealed to reporters Thursday night.
“I think it started a day or two before the Miami game and I had you know bad migraines and thought it was nothing but usually I don’t like to check it out,” Embiid told reporters following the 76ers‘ playoff win over the New York Knicks on Thursday night. “But for some reason I ended up, you know, having to tell, you know, somebody and um yeah that’s why that Miami game was just my body was just I was just I was just not feeling it and then obviously lately with I don’t know if I’m sure if you Google the symptoms you know what it is.”
“It’s pretty annoying you know with my left side of my face, my mouth, and yeah, and my eye. So yeah it’s been tough but you know I’m not a quitter, so got to keep fighting … yeah it’s unfortunate that’s the way I look at it um but that’s not an excuse uh got to keep you know pushing,” Embiid concluded.
While he didn’t directly mention the Bell’s Palsy in his statement, a reporter asked him a question about it and Embiid seemed to acknowledge it.
“It hasn’t really necessarily gotten better,” Embiid said. “With the conversations that I’ve had, it could be weeks, it could be months. I just hope that it stays like this. I’ve got a beautiful face. I don’t like when my mouth is looking the other way. Unfortunate situation but everything happens for a reason.”
Despite the serious condition, which causes facial paralysis among other things, Embiid still balled out and dropped 50 on the Knicks, pulling his 6ers back from the brink in the playoff series which Philly still trails 2-1. Damn. That’s the definition of no excuses. Dude’s face isn’t working and he’s still balling.
Indeed.
Yep. Linked to the jabs.
Now that you mention it l do recall a couple of stories suggesting a link. I think it is usually caused by a type of Herpes virus.
I have a friend who had it after surgery. It only lasted about a week.
Also with Lyme disease. That's how I got it nearly 40 years ago. (No lasting impact except a little bit of tightness on one side of my face. If you catch a photo of a half-smile, you can see a trace of it.)
The thing that must not be mentioned has that a possible side-effect.
There are lots of causes. It's fairly common. No mystery to uncover here.
I had Bell’s palsy as a teenager. Got hit in the face with a baseball, then that night somebody threw a basketball full court and hit me again. The whole side of my face went limp. Couldn’t close my eyes couldn’t spit toothpaste.
Took 6 months of steroids and electric shock to get it better. Still have a little droop in my eye.
Curtis Lemay had Bell’s Palsey, which affected the left side of his face, and which he generally tried to mask by chomping on a cigar.
There is a possibility it is linked to the same virus that causes Chicken Pox and Shingles. I had it over a decade ago. I had Chicken Pox as a kid, and Shingles and Bell's Palsy as an adult. The Shingles case was very mild, as was the Bell's Palsy. Both within about a year of each other, with the Shingles coming first. Both also more than a decade ago.
Not really. There was a report the other day about results of the Phizer survey regarding recent health problems as described by persons (thousands responded) who received the Jim Jones Jab
Bells Palsy was near the top of the list. My nephew was diagnosed with it... and he’s a young man
I’m very sorry about that. I’ll put him in my prayers.
As an aside, suicide can be very sneaky. People get to what they think is impossible. They lose hope and forget about God. It’s sad.
Oops, I went off the page.
Naw. That is the stupid comment people started making every third word a couple decades or so back. Like “you know”, “dude”, etc. have become vogue in the 21st century. Always some comment that comes along and everyone starts using it. There have been others over the decades, especially back in the 60s, 70s and 80s. There were lots of them. But, thankfully most have passed into history.
Justin Bieber had this and his wife had a stroke.
Both got the deadly vaccine.
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