>A friend of mine got it while she was pregnant (no, not that close a friend!)... you aren't pregnant are you? :)

If I am, it's been for about 30 years or so!

No, just got some sort of infection and it settled in my ear and cranial nerve. It's possible that it is actually Ramsay Hunt's Syndrome - very closely related to Bell's - but I won't know for sure until Monday.

>Reading the other replies reminds me that she too had to tape her eye shut at night.

Yeah, that's a lot harder than it sounds! The eye really wants to stay open. I was thinking super glue, but that might be one of those bad ideas... :-)

>Time will heal all.

Except boredom.