A rant and many questions......questions at the end if you want to skip my rant ❤️

Hello all you lovely peeps!

My palsy journey started about 9 months ago and I have had these tests done:

HSV PCR blood tests -negative multiple times. MRI without contrast of head and cervical spine- mild narrowing of cervical spine. Everything else normal. I have seen a neurologist and current diagnosis is hemiplegic migraines.

My palsy didn't present with the most classic symptoms. It didn't affect my eyebrow or eye. Just the corner of my mouth. I had killer cluster migraines and ever since then my intermittent facial droop has become permanent. Now I have eye ptosis. I assume I am having hemiplegic migraines without pain now (which is nice) but it has worsened my facial droop. It is weird because it didn't look like full on bells palsy.

I am a little lost and I am concerned if I should really pressure my neurologist/GP for a MRI with contrast. I didn't have it before because I had an MRI done for a growth in my leg and ended up having a very mild reaction to the contrast. The radiologist said it could be a bigger reaction the next time and it needs to be done in hospital with steroids and Benadryl. My pelvic MRI showed a growth that could be benign or malignant. I have to redo my biopsy because the pathologist didn't have enough tissue. I just hope I don't have to wait another month for the results on that.

Has anybody else here had similar issues or anything that didn't seem like the usual bells palsy? I am just lost. What other test can be done? Should I push for an MRI with contrast for my noggin based on the fact I have a 3x5 cm growth on my leg? Is that crazy of me? Are there specific exercises for facial paralysis? It has been 9 months of circling around. How do I save my facial nerve?

Sorry for the rant. I just feel helpless and I hate it. Thank you for your time ❤️