A different kind of update — last weekend I ended up going to the emergency room. I’d been having a bit of tingling on one side of my face, just occasionally, but last Friday it was most of the day and Saturday it started to feel numb, so on the advice of the local pharmacist, we went to the nearest hospital. The staff were very nice, and quite concerned, and sent me in an ambulance to the bigger hospital in Angoulême, where within an hour I had an MRI. The good news is no stroke, no tumour, nothing urgent. They recommended that I see a neurologist at some point because it’s likely some weird nerve thing, but they stressed that it wasn’t urgent. I’ve felt it a bit over the last week, but not much. I guess I need to find a neurologist in Spain where our next long stay is planned.
The bright side of all this? I spoke more French that evening than most of the trip so far, and it was very good for my confidence!
