Month: March 2022

April 24

Mom came over today for her & Dezirae to perm my hair. Took about 3 hours. Had to get up periodically bc sitting in hard chair hurts.

Friend called asking me to make home visit on Monday. Told her I would. Praying I can be an encouragement to her.

Another friend called 30 minutes later asking for help with a mutual friend. LW fell yday. LJ hurt her back and put on bed rest for weekend. Asked if I’d go get few groceries & pick her up some dinner. Told her I would. Took about two and a half hours by time all was done n said.

Wore out. Took cat nap.

Rae asked me to go for walk. Took my wheelchair so we could walk farther. Able to walk to Sassy then had Rae wheel me back. Trying to push me up incline on our driveway she almost too me out of chair. We just cracked up laughing. Piping out possible headlines. Lol.

It was good day for me. I’m wore out but in good way. Glad to be a blessing to someone else.

Headache mild. Neck aches. Torso, legs, n hands throbbing. Periodic stinging stabbing pain in rt leg. Jerking makes body hurt worse. Toes tingly. Stinging pain in shoulder blade area. Tired. M

April 25

945 clearly I’m still at risk for falls. Twas watering my small garden. Peripheral vision still off. I think I accidentally stepped on edge of sidewalk and I went down. Hurt my hands and scrapped up my knee pretty bad. Had to hollar for help. Lft hip & left arm bruised too. Ugh!

I was sore with deep bone ache now I plumb throb all over. Guess I’ll be taking it easy for a bit. Ugh!

Decided to go lay down in bed for while. I need a nap.

345 still very sore all over

430 Joe grilled pork steak for dinner. Delicious.

515 lft knee swelling. Putting ice on it for 20 minutes.

1045 knee still bleeding slightly when I keep it down. Joe changing the bandage. Headache. Exhausted. Knee stinging. Whole body aches.

1130 took pain rx & muscle relaxer. Humming His Eye Is on the Sparrow in my mind.

Headache. Neck throbbing. Arms ache. Hands swollen and hurting. Lft arm near elbow bruised. Torso throbbing. Low back throbbing. Tailbone bruised with line where I landed on edge of sidewalk. Legs throbbing burning. Lft knee burning. Joe had to change bandage. Feet & ankles throbbing. Toes tingly. Chest hurts. Glad it wasn’t though it makes me feel like a crippled old lady.

April 26

Decent day. Not as sore as I thought I’d be. Joe changed bandage on my knee twice and applied pain massage oil to my back/tailbone area.

Had moderate difficulty playing piano but was able to sing some to the hymns I was more familiar with. Wasn’t able to do that pre lightning strike. Also can transpose 4 hymns from 4 sharps to flats. Don’t know how nor can I explain except I just can now. Thinking maybe if I could afford in person piano lessons I might just get better. Rae really wants to take lessons. Praying God works that detail out for her.

Took almost two hour nap. I was tired out. Can tell I haven’t been doing PT exercises. Core keeps cramping horribly if I turn too far in one direction. Takes minute to several minutes to get it to subside. Guess I’ll try to start back up tomorrow.

Able to paint two more life jackets for the Sea Hope boat. Couldn’t do anymore because my hands started cramping and my right hand started shaking. Had to fix one of letters because the edge was not straight.

Headache minimum. Bright lights bothersome. Neck aches. Shoulders ache. Low back & rt hip throbbing. Hands swollen and hurting. Tailbone aches. Lft knee hurting. Toes freezing. Feet ache. Lft elbow area hurts. Fingers throbbing. Rt ankle twitching and itching. Random stabbing shooting pain in forearms. Brain fog. Tired but awake. Overall pain 7/8 but able to get down to 5 with pain rx. Took pain rx & muscle relaxer to help me sleep tonight.

April 22

Rough night. Kept getting woke up. Ugh!  Hurt all over like beat up. Vision very blurry this morning. Trouble even seeing to type this. Eyes feel like they have crusty layer on top. It hurts.

900 Decided to miracle grow the garden. Learned while back how to make my own miracle grow recipe. Saves tons on money and easy to make. I have recipe written on side of gallon jug so it’s easy for me to find and follow. I feed garden once a week with it. Cucumbers are growing great.

930 putting up items from miracle grow recipe I smell something awful. It smells moldy. I put my nose to use and discovered that the faucet had been leaking and it’s horrible smelling under kitchen sink. Apparently it’d been leaking for a while. Take everything out (I know I’m going to feel this later) and start cleaning/investigating. The water was under the tile. Ugh! Had to pull three tile up. Cleaned with Lysol spray and rag.

1000 Joe home sick. He confirmed that faucet is leaking. Need to go get new one.

100p Joe & Jordon install new faucet. I fall asleep on chair because the trip wore me out besides not getting much sleep last night. Sleep for little over an hour.

300 new faucet looks good. Need to get some stuff done around house.

Neck hurts. Tired. Body aches.

400 teach Jordon on to make meatloaf. Have to use cookbook bc I don’t remember all the steps. He delegates making mashed potatoes to his sister. Lol.

530 dinner is delicious. Phone call. Prayer request & update about church members relative.

630 Decided to check on some of my peeps. Feet freezing cold. Put blanket on to warm them up. Took couple hours.

1000 I’m exhausted and hurting deeply all over. Another storm brewing tomorrow with possible tornadoes.

Headache mild – able to ignore at times, Neck throbbing unable to turn all way to shoulder either side & pain radiated down neck to shoulders, Shoulders tight and achy, Arms ache, Hands swollen and throbbing, Torso okay, Sides cramp bad if I turn too far to sides either way. Legs deep ache & throbbing, Feet throbbing & tingly, lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling with numbness. Center of chest aches. Skin itchy. Stinging in back. Didn’t do too much this afternoon or evening. Had no energy.

Feet& legs go numb & tingly if I cross legs for length of time.

April 16

730 woke to every inch of me in pain! My left lip stinging as if being zapped by an electrical charge of sorts. I hit snooze hoping in few minutes it would cease. Alarm goes off in 5 minutes. Nope now I have headache.

830 still hurting from head to toes with headache increasing in severity. Rt ear hurting. Get up to use restroom and almost fall back down. Legs feel like Jello and feet sting standing on them.

900 moving kind of slow this morn. I’m painfully sore all over as if recovering from being beat up or an intense rigorous workout. Never experienced either just know I hurt.

915 today’s goal is to figure out how to convert mp4 to wma for CD player. Trying to get sermons recorded for shut-ins due to this Coronavirus junk. I’ve been trying for two weeks.

After trying to figure it out & with a little help from friends, I finally figured out how to convert an mp4 to CD for an elderly man in our church so he can listen to the sermons. Thank you, Lord!

Time to go rest my brain for a bit. I’m tired. Head pounding. Vision blurred. Decided to play “The Key of David” wholetones while laying down. Had to get Jakob to help me figure out how. I may be technically challenged at times but not going to let it stop me.

1159 whole body aches, rt hipn& low back throb, lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling, center chest achrs, arms hurt and sore

April 17

930a Slept in late. Joe’s BP elevated and migraine. Rough night. Hurt all over. Woke to both arms being numb and tingling. Rt hip hurts.

100p Took kids to Lowe’s with me to help get the rocks to finish my flower garden out. Surprised how many people at Lowe’s getting supplies for home projects. Had to get kids to push buggy to car. All that weight hurt pushing.

300p met M Puryear at church. Rest of life jackets have come in. She asked if we were still willing to paint name on them. Excited to have small part in their preparations for the mission field.

She asked how I’ve been doing with the storms that came thru. Told her thankfully we just had some winds but I could feel them in my body. She was amazed. Can’t explain but I feel on coming storms deeply in my bones. Maybe something to do with the barametric pressure change. We jokingly said I could be a weather girl bc my body can feel it. Lol.

400p delivered first preaching CD to Bro. Sure hope I can remember how to do the next one. He seemed happy to see us.

930p Frustrating that pushing cart and finishing flower garden has made my chest hurt again. Rt hip throbbing. Hands hurt. Tired. Legs ache.

1020 weather forecasts storms next couple days. I can feel it deep in my bones. It’s a deep achy throbbing pain. Currently feel it from neck to toes.

1144 oops just found out forgot to take my morning meds. Other than deep muscle bone pain & chest throbbing…I feel okay. Sounds funny reading it back but it’s the new “normal” for me – in constant pain. Some days I hurt more than others. Every day I have a choice to wallow in self pity or to rise above and ask God to help me do the tasks I can handle and look for ways to be a blessing to others. Today I chose to take care of my husband. Love him bunches.

April 18

530 Joe accidentally woke me early. Tried not to be grumpy but it felt like I had just fallen asleep. Didn’t fall asleep until after 1am sometime. He apologized and told me to him back to sleep. Took me a bit but woke later around 9am. I loathe sleeping in that late. I’m trying to stay on some kind of schedule so I can sleep better at night. Not doing so hot lately.

Tried to work on my computer for little bit to get CD drive back working to no avail. Frustrating bc I’m trying to burn preaching CDs. Ugh! Called PC guy but they’re apparently closed today. Will have to try Monday.

Had to get out of house today. Decided to go get few items at the store. It was crazy there as if everyone else had same idea! Took me two hours. By time I got home I was in much pain from all the walking behind the buggy and needed to rest.

Joe gracious and cooked dinner. He experimented by trying to air fry the fish and shrimp. Wasn’t his best dish but I was thankful all the same.

Been having periodic sharp stabbing chest pain on rt side of chest since around 7:30p. Decided to increase my Vitamin C intake as well as drink V8 juice with hot sauce. Later applied pain balm to chest area and took naproxen 500mg. Chest is quite swollen especially on rt side. Will have to take it easy for few days.

My whole body seems to be throbbing. Feels like major thunderstorm brewing. Deep bone throb. Headache is minimal thankfully for now. Neck aches. Hands swollen and throbbing. Elbows feel bruised. Back throbbing. Shoulders stinging. Low back & rt hip burning throbbing. Legs ache. Lower lft tourniquet tightening feeling with some numbness. Feet stinging and tingling. Sharp periodic stabbing pain in rt side chest. Feet freezing. Putting feet next to Joe to warm up. It’ll probably wake him. Lol.

April 13

1250a craziness of my tbi is that I have memory challenges. I am in process of trying to read a book other than my Bible. I am currently on chapter two. I read first chapter twice and still don’t recall what I read. There are whole periods of time missing in my memories from my past. Wish I could get answers to the how and why. It’s like my brain has selective amnesia.

New memories are quite challenging and sometimes nonexistent. I used to let it bother me quite so but came to conclusuon that fretting over it isn’t doing me any good so I’ll just let God handle that part while I do as I can in my recovery.

Playing memory games on my phone during day. Taking fish oil. I think a homeschool mom said there’s research about overcoming tbi with fish oil but I haven’t studied it out yet.

Might need to switch books. Current one not holding my attention let alone retention.

Going to try to go to sleep now for awhile. Praying dreams are finally sweet. I’m glad that I can chat with my sister from across the miles. I miss her and family

April 14

12:15a I have way stressed myself out trying to get ear straps figured out for face masks. Took me all morning. I am beyond hurting with full blown headache.

Decided to take down time by posting to blog before bed. Surprisingly excited at see that 14 people viewed my blog today. Yay! Really need to update the journal side.

Found out today that the TBI camp has been postponed to possibly fall as all summer activities have been cancelled and summer classes will be online as well.

Brain fogged and hurting. Headache. Low back severely throbbing. Rt hip aches. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling from midway below knee to ankle with numbness and tingly. Hands swollen and throbbing. Eye watery. Congested. Toes tingle. Knees ache. Skin itchy. Arms ache deeply. Body deeply aches.

News said that there were about 40 tornadoes touch down across south during severe thunderstorms yday. No wonder I’ve been hurting much more lately. Buttock hurts. Legs throbbing. Took muscle relaxer and Tylenol. Muscles cramping severely. Moments ago it was so bad it almost caused me to drop to floor and I wanted to cry out but didn’t want to wake my hubby. He not have good sleep last night. He needs to be alert at port.

930a Having a hard time waking up. Already slept hour and half longer than suppose to. Forgot to half muscle relaxer so I guess that’s expected. Severe muscle cramping subsided for now. Whole body aches. Headache. Eyes stinging. Hands throbbing. Low back and legs achy burning. Feet hurting. Guess I need to try to get up and move.

Thankful that God can restore even dry bones. Ezekiel 37:5

1159p Dezirae trying to get her schoolwork done early. While deep down I admire her determination, it’s hurting me physically and mentally! Today she worked on English all day. She got frusterated every time I told her we needed to take meal break. I have headache.

During lunch break mom brought me her computer to ask me to back up her files to flash drive. I prayed and was able to get the antivirus downloaded for her finally (Don’t know what I did specifically but it worked. Thank you, Lord!).

I’m hurting all over. Muscle feel very tight in chest and neck area. Feel bloated. Drank over 100oz today. Tired. Hands swollen and aching with periodic sharp shooting pains. Headache. Random sharp stabbing pain in lft hand and forearm. Lower let leg tourniquet tightening feeling. Buttock hurts. Sinus congestion with post nasal drip causing coughing. Center of chest hurts.

Reading scripture before I doze off for night…Ezekiel 11:19-21.

April 15

5.50 slept decent once I fell asleep. Strange dreams…I’m pushing through crowds of people searching for something or someone (I don’t recall). Everything is so vivid in colors. I know not the what or why but I’m searching nonetheless. That’s all I can remember.

Rt hip throbbing. Low back aches. Upper back stinging. Headache. Hands achy. I’m tired. Eyes watery. I’m hot but chilly. Neck hurts. Feet tingly.

729a can tell I haven’t done my physical therapy exercises in a while. Leg muscles twitching and brain feels cross-eyed.

740 Decided to take shower & use the massage shower head option to see if it’d ease pain in hip & low back.

Boy that was quite a workout. I’m so exhausted.

930 laying down for few minutes to see if it’ll ease.

1030 oops I fell asleep for an hour

1100 need to do home chores – put few items away in kitchen, wash load of clothes. Created Scripture art for Ezekiel 37:5. It tickles me to my bones. 🙂

1115 Rae discovered we’re out of printer paper. Found few sheets to suffice for now. Chose to look online for case prices. Wal-Mart least expensive and free pickup today. Need to get groceries for week anyways.

330 receive text that my pkg is ready for pickup. finally tell Dezirae she has to take break from schoolwork.

320 mom decided to order wholetones chroma for us to share. She wants me to use it first. She called the company to ask questions. She told them my story. They were intrigued. Maybe I’ll do a review on my blog about it. It’s music therapy that’s suppose to help reduce pain and help your body heal. They don’t make any guarantees in my situation but do give a year to try and if don’t help they’ll give money back.

https://wholetones.com/ 

330p need to get few items at grocery store.

500 what I thought wouldn’t take long took me over an hour then had to wait 20 minutes for my pkg pickup. Got mom some eggs. Still no butter on shelves. Ugh! I’m so done for the day. My hip is back to intense throbbing. I need to rest. Glad Jordon is cooking dinner tonight.

1030 found a ream of misplaced paper. Oh well at least I won’t run out for while. Do need to order ink soon.

1050 going to bed. Headache. Yawned big and rt side of jaw & neck Charlie horsed! Ouch! Took couple minutes of massaging jaw to ease it up. Neck tight. Shoulders ache. Low back & rt hip throbbing. Legs ache. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling with some numbness and tingling. Feet ache & tingle. Toes too. Cough. Sinuses congested but a little better today. Chest center hurting but no where near what it was last week. It’s about a 7 right now. Still have to take it easy for a while. Let this episode go too long bc of the pandemic and my anxiety about Drs attitude. Thankful she’s coming around.

Oh I totally forgot to share with my LS group. Need to share.

Feel so lethargic lately. I guess the pain is taking more out of me than I thought. Think I may need to increase b12 and add zinc back into regime for a bit.

April 10

1247a it’s thundering outside and I can feel it in my bones. Whole body deeply aches. Tired but awake.

April 11

Started day with bible reading & prayer. Chose to pray for all the pastors preparing msgs for Easter. It’s going to be quite a different day tomorrow…not able to do as normal. It almost feels as if world is trying to snuff out the churches and the hope of the gospel. Praying for America to wake up.

Spent lot of day trying to figure out how to convert mp4 to wam (?) to no avail. Gave myself bad headache in process.

Rae & I helped my mom figure out our ranch dip mix recipe so she could make dip. Gave parents a hug.

Also took a while to do bulletins. Trouble figuring out how to upload files to church Facebook page. Ended up asking question on Facebook to see if someone could help. Helped Bri with her paper. Rae helped me with the cinnamon rolls and resurrection rolls for tomorrow.

Decided to roll hair so it’d be curly tomorrow. Arms fatigue quickly. Took quite a while to do and low back throbbing something awful by time I finished. Center of chest throbbing. Stomach pains. Feet cold. Hands swollen and achy. Skin itchy (I think it’s just my nerves). Neck hurts. Rt shoulder area throbbing. Headache. Stuffy nose. Lft nostril feels like a tumor in top. It’s really sore and painful to touch. Tummy feels like I have a hernia though I never had one before. It really hurts when I move certain way. Cramping is horrible too causes me to stop in tracts until it eases. Muscles twitching in lft leg.

April 12

700 Happy Resurrection Sunday!

830 cinnamon rolls in oven finally. Turned on oven and set timer. When timer went off he asked if I wanted to to put rolls in oven. I said no silly the timer is to take them out. Sadly I forgot to put them it. L

Corn casserole & ham in crockpot. I’m exhausted. Low back & rt hip throbbing. I’m tired of pain.

My pain is nothing compared to Christ’s suffering on the Cross for my sin. Thankful that I serve a risen Saviour!!!

1200p Easter services quite different today. I’m quite exhausted and feeling lethargic.

145 had to have help walking cross to parents house for lunch. Feeling quite decrepit presently. Low back & rt hip throbbing awful something making it a chore to move.

330 enjoyed sitting and chatting with family after lunch. Getting very sleepy. Feel like I’m going to crash. God held rain off. PtL.

1042 laid down for your but never fell asleep this afternoon. I’m feeling run down. Tummy hurts horrible on lft side. Constipated today but then I forgot to take DE or C today.

Severe thunderstorm and tornado watch until 11pm I think. Only thing I know is this bad thunderstorm is messing with me bc I hurt horribly