Sept 24
7:50a- rough night. Nightmares. Severe cramping in legs kept waking me. Bad headache. Whole body aches. Severe congestion. Lights bothersome (have brightness turned all way down & extra app on to darken screen and background is still too bright. Muscles randomly spasming thru body. Hands swollen and achy. Rt ear hurts.
Drinking Thyme tea with Oil of Oregano, peppermint and copabia oil. Think I put too many drops of Oil of Oregano bc my tongue and lips are burning. Ugh!
10:00a- brain feels fogged and overworked…worked on May 2018 for my blog. Wish I knew how to just transfer like copy& paste bc it would be so much easier.
10:30a- Thankful for Teaching Textbooks. I struggle to even figure out word problems anymore. The words on a page don’t make sense at first anymore. Sometimes it makes me feel so stupid. (I know that’s not true bc I’m still smarter than a 5th grader. Lol.) Took me 10 minutes just to understand one word problem before I could try to explain to my daughter how to put said word problem into a formula. My brain needs a break.
Vertigo kicking. Got dizzy walking down hall.
11:59a- lunch time already! I feel like I’m in slow mode and rest of day is in super speed.
12:30p- I’m exhausted and brain is hurting & swimming. Need to close my eyes a bit. (Ended up crashing for about an hour.)
Sept 25
1:33p- Taught classes today. Easiest one was ASL. 2nd hour I was blessed with 3 amazing helpers. 3rd hour I sat in Life Skills class and was able to assist with proper techniques for job interviews. I am spent and exhausted. Nerves are tingling thru body and I’m jittery all over. Feel a crash coming soon. Need to eat something bc I forgot to eat breakfast.
Joe has severe sinus infection which caused the elevated blood pressure and vertigo. Dr gave antihistamine and increased bp rx. Wrote him out of work for a week. Can’t afford that right now. Irritates me.
2:00p- Brain hurts. Kids cooked lunch. Having trouble keeping eyes open. Muscles randomly twitching thru body. Rt hip acjes. Low back rt side burning. Head hurts like it needs to be pried open to relieve pressure.
4:30p-didn’t mean to sleep that long. Guess I needed it.
6:30p- family makes dinner & brownie cake for my birthday. That moment when you forget to hold your hair back while blowing candles out and you catch your hair on fire!!! Oh, the stinch!
7:30p- couldn’t stand the stinch any longer. Had to wash hair.
11:30p- lower lft leg tourniquit tighten feeling with some numbness. Neck throbbing. Rt side neck hurts more than lft. Headache. Jaws ache. Rt ear hurts. Low back aches. Rt hip aching. Middle of back aches.
Sept 26
9:00a- had trouble falling asleep last night. Ended up taking muscle relaxer. Finally fell asleep sometime after 2am. Slept til 8:50a.
12:00p- trying to purchase postage label online for package. Made purchase when I was trying to print label the internet glitched and I lost the page!!! How am I going to retrieve label now? I sat there trying to figure out how but got nowhere fast. Frustrated. My mom came over to ask help with a letter she needed copied. She started asking questions trying to help but that just frustrated me more. Ugh! Decided to take break from label situation and help my mom with her letter issue.
Once she left, I chose to call post office to ask for help. Man on other side off phone said he didn’t know how to help me. Gave me another number to call bc the lady there would know how. Called 2nd number to no avail!! Ahh!!! I need to get label printed.
Decided to google how. Found not the answer I sought. Thought I guess I have to swallow cost though I couldn’t afford it. Asked God to help. Began to go thru steps to purchase new label and found tab to retrieve past labels. Found one I needed. Took me several tries bc the label wouldn’t pull up when I clicked it, but finally able to print original label without having to purchase 2nd label. What a relief! This all took me couple hours of frustration.
4:00p- Joe decided it would be best for him to stay home bc he was still not feeling too well and still bit dizzy. He asked me my opinion. I told him I was wrong person to ask bc if I stayed home everytime I was to get dizzy or not feel too well I wouldn’t go anywhere. Why? Because if I turn my head the wrong way I get dizzy. Also, if.a storm decides to roll through town without notice I feel plain aweful and like I’m about to pass out.
8:45p- made it to pharmacy just in time to pick up rx for Joe. Met regular pharmacist. She asked how I was doing & checked to see if Drs made progress about my tongue issue. Said her & other pharmacist was talking about lightning today and she told her about me. She began to talk about how bad off I was at first and bragg about how far I have come. I was able to talk to 2nd pharmacist and helper about my lightning strike and the challenges I’ve faced and am working to overcome. Pharmacist said they should write a book about me. I giggled. Able to tell them about my blogging my symptoms and recovery efforts. Also told them about the lightning survivor support group and how much they have helped me.
Lft lower lg tourniquit tighten feeling with some numbness with some numbness, feet tingly & aching, skin itches especially in neck area, random sharp pain in rt pinky and thumb midday, eyes watery, rt hip aches making it hard to sit comfortably, low back aches, shoulders ache, neck hurts, light headache
