Christine,
yes I consider myself lucky. Things happen slowly and you have to give it time. You are a couple of months behind me in the treatment. The numbness in cheek and skin is only going away now..... either that OR one adapts to the feeling and considers it normal (or both). Same with energy, I was functional/working before but recently there has been a big improvement.

Re th ..... hmm now they might think you are german .. very exotic! go with it!
Joke aside, have you considered speech therapy?

Best
Markus