January 11
1.50a just finished checking her hair. Sprayed with tea tree oil as I went. Had to rest my rt arm repeatedly due to severe cramping. Had to have her move in such a way I could use my lft arm more. Had her spray down my hair too. Will have her check it later. I’m too tired and need some sleep.
Legs keep feeling like electrical surge thru them especially when I stand for more than couple minutez. They ache something fierce. Room is starting to spin on me. Feeling weird. Maybe just need to.sleep it off.
2.05 finally in bed. Its raining outside and wind is quite strong. Praying for God’s protection round about us with no damage to humans or property. Please send the rain to Australia to put out the fires.
6.00 hardly slept a wink arms and hands going numb and tingly but this type is oh so painful…like I’m being stabbed with knife up and down arms and hands all at same time. When I stood to go to bathroom my legs & feet felt same way. Kept trying to change positions to see if it would ease. As difficult as this is, I’m thankful it’s me and not my kids.
6.30 ask Joe if he was awake. he said yes. told him what was going on. he gave me a back massage which eased it for a short time.
7.45 think I might take a muscle relaxer so I can finally get some sleep.
9.00 looked up symptoms for migraine bc of my sharp pain, numbness and tingling in arm and legs, bloodshot eyes.
https://www.healthline.com/health/migraine-symptoms#prodrome-stage
Learned that cluster headaches cause bloodshot eyes.
Think mine is a plethora of things due to impending storm. It causes multiple pain areas thru body…headache, muscle cramping, sharp stabbing pain randomly twitching thru body, numbness and tingling in arms, hands, legs, & feet, ringing in ears…just to name a few. Once rain/storm hits, my symptoms ease up some and then I feel very fatigued and weak.
9.30 Joe decided to go to church to work on mower. Decided that kids & I could come us girls could work on taking down bulletin board while guys worked on trying to fix mower.
In route to church, Joe decided to head to SeaHope boat to tour it first then head to church.
What an awesome ministry! I’m so excited for them. God has been answering prayers in a BIG way. They’re boat is currently dock in Bayou near our church. It needs repairs before it is completely ready for long sails.
I did my best to tough it out climbing through the ship. It was quite a difficult chore for me. When I found the chance, I was sitting to rest my weary legs. Sure do wish I could help. I love helping others. Got to a point though that my legs were cramping so bad that I told Joe & kids to go ahead and let me rest a while. Had to have help climbing the ladders…that was a bit scarey for me but the men were all gentlemen helping me along the way. Made a gal feel like royalty or something.
11.45 headed to church. Gals worked on bulletin boards and guys worked on mower.
12.30 storm is rolling in. I’m exhausted and hurting. Certainly got a workout today. I’m gonna feel it sooner and later.
Forgot about taking muscle relaxer and I’m still wide awake.
10.15 I’m definitely feeling it later. My whole body is throbbing. Storms rolled through this afternoon too. I just want to cry. It hurts to move just about every inch of my body. It’s swollen and sore. Feels like I was beat to death within inch of life. I don’t know why I used that? The last time I felt almost this bad was the days after I was struck by lightning.
Took night & pain meds. Still have headache but it’s easing. Still having some difficulty with numbness and tingling in arms & hands. Rt ear hurts. Lower left leg tourniquit tighten feeling with some numbness. Legs & thighs throbbing. Low back throbbing. Rt hip hurting. Calves burning. Upper back pins and needles. Shoulders throbbing. Lft hand numb currently. Whole body tight. Ribs ache. Dry socket aches. Rt jaw aches. Toes cold.
I’m telling myself that I just need a good night’s sleep to feel better in the morning.
