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Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 29-30 April 2019

April 29

7:30a- woke to alarm. Muscles in legs spasming. Still sleep. Arms and hand pins and needle pain. Rt ear hurts. Throat hurts. Sleep a little more.

8:45a- rt hip throbbing. Toes stinging. Weird dreams. Still groggy. Rt ear hurts. Rt hip throbbing. 

9:55a- outer part of my left leg where I fell and hurt it feels numb down to my toes

10:43a- popovers made for the kids, load of clothes washed, cucumbers sliced and on dehydrator, breakfast eaten, lft lower outer leg still feels numb, I’m not feeling well…need to rest a while.

9:30p- lft lower leg is still numb feeling, 

11:05p I’m not sure how to ask but has anyone noticed it seems to take longer to heal from bruises and booboos after lightning or electrical injuries?

I remember being a quick healer prior to my strike now it seems like it takes forever to heal. The area that I wacked on my leg when I fell last week is still swollen and feels numb sometimes. The bruising seems to be healing in right stages. It’s strange to me.

Just curious???

Decided to go to Chiropractor today. Dr said my sciatica nerve was severely inflamed. I deeply bruised my leg and hip. He was able to adjust me quite well. I think my hip was slightly out of joint bc it popped quite loudly. I’m feeling a little better though still sore. I go back in a week. Glad I went. Thanks.

11:59p- upper back throbbing, muscles twitching throughout body, slight.headache. 

April 30

5:45a- woke to muscles spasming in legs, rt hip hurts, cottony mouth

6:00a- doing am exercise while in bed my rt hip feels bruised. Ouch! 

8:30a- dozed back to sleep for an hour. Strange dreams. Need some thyme tea. Left leg feels like a tourniquet is lightly squeezing it.  I don’t know what to think but it feels weird.

1:30p- had to help kids move stone table to where I could use it too. Not good idea. Now hurting pretty bad.

2:00p- need to rest. Frustrating computer won’t connect to internet. Have to reset dns. Nope. Clear winsock. Nope. Change router connection. Nope. Duh! Forgot to run cmd prompt in admin mode. Have to run thru steps again. Thanks for Google or I couldn’t remember. 45 minutes later it works!

Leaned back while sitting on floor bc back was hurting. Ouch!! Wrong choice – sharp stabbing pain in rt hip & tailbone area. Think I need to get checked out. It’s been a week since I fell.   

Now to force myself to rest while watching movie. 

11:15p- rt hip throbbing, stabbing pain in tailbone area, feet hurting and cold, lower left leg still slight swollen & it feels as if it’s being squeezed, trouble speaking thoughts and remembering what things are called.

Got word today that local college willing to help with some therapy. Next step is setting up appointment for initial evaluation. Thank you, Lord.

Still need to find a mechanic that has time to fix car and is budget friendly. God knows need.

Took a bit but managed to post few things to blog today.   

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Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 27-28 April 2019

April 27

12:10a- not sure what’s going on, but I’m hurting more than I have in a while (I think). Just took rx pain & muscle relaxer. Hopefully, that’ll help me sleep. Calf muscles cramping, neck throbbing, noticed lft side of chest is swollen and upper torso throbbing. Hands swollen and achy. Eyes sensitive to lights. Rt ear aches. Rt toothaches. Low back aches. 

Please, Lord, provide for our needs. Car broken down and not enough $ to fix. 

Lost my craft needle and not sure where to find it. Good news is I finally found Joe’s Valentine’s gift but it won’t do him any good til he finds his keys. lol

4:30a- sore throat and still hurting all over. Muscles twitching throughout body. Feel like I’m burning up!

7:30a- I’m exhausted. Still hurt all over. Hard to get moving…everything’s stiff, swollen, and more than achy.

8:00a- while putting make up on I accidentally poked myself in the eye with the mascara wand. I didn’t even feel it! Only way I knew I did so was the black dot on white of my eye. Scarey! Joe says I was a hot box last night bc when he went to rub my back this morning it was clammy. 

10:12a- felt scab on top of head rt. 2nd spot on head keeps oozing yellowish gunk and bleeds periodically.  Guess I’ll have to use frankincense until I can get to dr. Not sure when I’ll be able to afford it since our car is broke down again. God sees the need. I’m trusting Him to supply.

1:00- picked up rx from pharmacy. While waiting I asked for pharmacist opinion about my “thrush” issue. She suggested I see an ENT bc it’s quite possible I have infection stuck in tonsils. Lymph nodes swollen in neck, rt ear ache, tooth pain, headache, neck hurts, sore throat, periodic chills. 

In thinking about what was said, I don’t think the Dr’s once checked for strep or tonsillitis. I so need second opinion.

3:15p- strawberries on dehydrator trays, pork chops divided and put away, food from lunch put away. I’m exhausted. Need to rest a while. 

7:28z sharp pain in rt side of lip. Felt like I waz being zapped. Ouch!

11:59p- whole body still hurts but pain is subsiding some. Rt ear hurts. Rt toothache. Sore throat. Lumps on back of throat. Tongue coated white. Headache. Hands swollen and achy and tingly. Feet ache. Muscle spams randomly throughout body all day.   

Found out that the previous pastor of the church passed away this morning. Mixed emotions sad bc I know his wife will miss him but glad he’s no longer suffering and know he’s in a better place. 

April 28

7:00a- calves cramping

9:15a- Bro Billy brought lg box of assorted greeting cards for me to use at church. What a sweet surprise!

11:35a- rt hip throbbing, muscles spasming in legs, cramping in stomach, slight headache, rt ear hurts

3:00p- working on next Scripture Journaling theme. Decided to double check verses chosen. Glad I did. Had to make a few changes. Now to remember how I saved it last time to post on blog as pdf. 

5:59p- rt hip hurts, rt ear throbbing & intermittent ringing, feet freezing – I’ve had socks on all afternoon

Stomach cramping

11:10p- feet finally warmed up, rt ear throbbing, rt toothache stabbing, low back throbbing feels like I was punched in back low blow on both sides, stomach cramping, esophagus feels like pills got stuck, rt side of face hurts, hands achy and swollen, feel bloated, legs hurt like I walked 5k without training. Rt ear feels like I need to sleep on a warm cabbage leaf. 

Overall it was a good day. 

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Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 25-26 April 2019

April 25

early this am before he went to work Joe rubbed my back. Felt good because my muscles have been twitching/spasming randomly for several hours.

7:00a- I’m freezing. Rt hip throbbing like toothache. Neck hurts. Eyes watery. Throat hurts a little. Rt arm numb when I woke. Upper back hurts.

​ Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. Psalms 57:1

Interesting this was my first verse in Bible reading this morning.

906a My Grandma has been teaching my Mom, daughter, and I how to quilt while she has been visiting. She still quilts by hand!

It takes me a little over an hour to hand stitch this square – that’s just the inner and outer circle til my hands and wrists are too swollen and painful to do any more.

#makingpreciousmemories

3:00- went to Mom’s to help on quilt for a bit. Neck throbbing. Rt hand swelling.

4:28- Neck very painful throb. Upper back hurts. Muscles tense and spazing randomly. Thunderstorm. Laying down in “safe place”. Headache. Bright lights bother eyes. Hands swollen and hurting. Charging phone in case power goes out.

7:15p- last hymn before offeratory I flubbed up big time. I forgot how the tune went so I started playing a different tempo. Ugh! Don’t know where that came from. So embarrassed! At least my church family has been supportive.

Rt hip throbbing. Neck throbbing. 

10:30p- eyes burning and watery, calves throbbing, body aches, neck throbbing, hands swollen and achy, feet cold 

April 26

9:00a- woke around 7:30a but I hurt so bad all over that even my eyelashes hurt! 

1216p – Tried to express a concern at Sam’s Club regarding having to chase wheelchair down at customer service desk instead of them being at front door. (Today is a high pain day for me) Lady tells me I have to call corporate office to complain.

Businesses only think about bottom dollar not customer courtesy. If they want disabled people’s money, they better include them too.

It was suggested that I…”This is completely unacceptable and flies in the face of the Americans with Disabilities Act!!! You better not contact their HQ…you better contact the US DOJ! This will get their attention faster than anything else! Ada.complaint@usdoj.gov – phone 800-514-0301″

1:00p- ate lunch at Sam’s. Frustrated because we had to chase down a wheelchair. Tried to express concern at service desk.  Lady tells me to call home office to complain. Ugh!

1:35p- heading to optical place the clutch goes out again. Have to wait for tow truck. Ugh! Able to call my dad to come pick kids and I up while Joe waits with car. I got my new glasses finally. 

5:25p- dinner at parents. My Grandma tells story of when she was 5. My great grandpa traded his 3 shot guns for boxcar lumber to build a one room house with no plumbing and no electricity for mom, dad, and 6 kids at the time (June, Donna, Ralph, Roger, Bernard,  Evelyn) [Betty, Billy, Edward, Margaret, Elaine]

7:00p- I’m exhausted and hurting. Sitting with heating pad on back. 

10:23p- I was hoping the most painful days were behind me. Apparently not. I hurt all over. Center of chest throbbing !!!

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Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 23-24 April 2019

April 23

11:25a- two loads of clothes (folded but not put away), 2 spelling tests generated, history test given – my brain and eyes beginning to feel scrambled

1:00- drop pkg for Jakob at PO. My Grandma treating us to lunch. Stopped at Mission Thrift store. Only able to walk outer paramater. Legs throbbing, hands and arms aching, feel like I’m about to crash. Need to rest a while.

4:30p- slept little over an hour. Wow! Could sleep longer so tired. Low back throbbing. Rt hip throbbing.  Bruise on lft leg is healing but still swollen

6:00p- went to Mom’s to help my Grandma with her quilt. She’s suppose to be showing us but she keeps nodding off even though she took a nap. Think she’s eating to much carbs and sugars. Only about to complete one square until my rt hand swells to double in size and hurts too bad. If I decide to quilt on my own I’d use sewing machine instead of by hand. 

11:12p- I hurt something aweful. Neck hurts to move. Whole body feels swollen. Ugh!  Feet are cold actually I’m freezing. Don’t get it. Wish I could get some one to explain the science of it all to me. Maybe it’d help me accept it better. 

Lord, You know better than I. You know the way.

April 24

8:00a-Had headache so I checked my bp. It’s not that. Bp 105/72 hr 70 Middle of back stinging. Hands and wrists swollen and achy.

8:30a- ?

10:30- working on grading tests for school. It’s almost summer break time. I am so ready. My brain hurts and feels foggy.

2:00p- eating late lunch while watching movie. Do some movies kind of make you feel dizzy at times? Backgrounds that move too fast mess with my balance. What’s worse is I’m sitting.

4:00- trying to work on quilt. My hand eye coordination is way off today. Frustrating. Just gotta keep trying. Managed to get another square down.

6:00p- left leg from middle lower to foot feels weird again. It’s knid of numb but feels like it’s being choked. Not sure how to explain. Probably need to prop it up. Feet are getting cold.

7:00p- talking to Joe I open my mouth to answer him and in flies a gnatt! Yuck!! Now I’m choking!!! Not staying outside. Ugh! Feet are freezing. Under blankets I go. 

10:23p- neck is throbbing like toothache. Low back throbbing. Rt hip hurts. Feet freezing. Socks put on. Hands and wrists swollen and achy especially rt one. Left foot stingy tingles. Weird. Calves ache.

Need to email Neuro PT person about apt in May. Praying they can help me even a little.

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Whatsoever Things Are… Of Good Report

Good Report
Well spoken of; reputable

The Dictionary definition of a Good Report is a person’s high standing among others; dignity, honor, reputation

We live in an age where everywhere we turn seemingly has negative messages. The news is riddled with evil doings and malicious speech. It’s just plain depressing at times.

Have you ever thought to yourself the news you just watched made you feel better? Probably not! Hardly ever do they focus on good things in your area or across the country.

In computer science, there’s an old saying that states, “Garbage in, Garbage out.” If we fill our hearts and minds with garbage (evil things) eventually the things that come out of our mouth will be rubbish.

God wants us to fill our hearts and minds with good things.

Did you know that everything we say or do God hears it? When we watch the tv, God is right there with you. When you listen to music on the radio or a podcast, God is listening with you? What about when you tell your friends the latest news about —–, God hears it. God wants every aspects of our lives to bring glory to God that others may be won for Him.

Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

Are we meditating on things that are pleasing to God? Do our actions honor God? If someone were to be able to hear our thoughts, would they see Jesus or self?

1 Corinthians 10:31-33 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

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