Month: May 2022

July 21

1235a I’m still wide awake and in much pain from head to toe. Had to take 2 runs for indigestion. Forgot to pick up my prescription refill for gerd rx so ginger capsules or tums it is this week.

Thunder seems to have eased thankfully. Need to try to get some rest.

 

800 first woke around 3am then 630a. Tummy hurts but not nauceous as yday. Tired. Whole body sore like I was beat up, but not bad as I thought it would.

Read Psalms 84-86

Psalm 84:11-12

For the LORD God is a sun and shield:

the LORD will give grace and glory:

no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 

O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

 

Went to pancake house (I’ll fill in name later as it escapes me for now) for brunch. Really enjoyed the food, service, & fellowship with our neighbor foodies. One couple from Florida & the other from Southern Ohio.

Morning activity was mining gems at the Little River Gem Mine. Found some very pretty gems. We also went to Antique Shop next door. Some amazing finds. Found you that Jakob had when he was little. It was made year he was born. Took pictures.

Want to make photo album when I get home to help me preserve memories.

We then stopped at an ice cream shop. Jakob got a brownie milkshake, Jordon & Dezirae got an ice cream cone. Joe & I just got Sprite. My tummy has been quite tore up since yday morning. Haven’t been able to eat much without it causing issues (tummy pain, bloating, gas, indigestion, etc). I’ve been pushing thru and pretty proud of myself.

Afterwards, we went back to room to rest a bit. Joe had sinus headache.

Jakob getting hungry. Decided to go to one of waterparks first followed by dinner and arcade. I tried the lazy river ride…just floating on inner tube around the park. Was able to do it twice before needing to get out due to feeling dizzy. Kids chose to try out some of the waterslides.

Arcade bit too loud for me and I couldn’t handle several of the flashing neon lights. Found a spot on floor away from crowd to sit a while. Got a whiff of funnel cake. Smells good. Decided to play a couple games but couldn’t figure out how to work machine. Had to ask Joe for help who in turn had to get Rae’s help. Lol.

Back hurting horrible need to rest it. Decided to get funnel cake. Able to get 2 with a BOGO coupon. Thank you, Lord.

Rae was cold and wanted to go back to room.

1159 headache, chest center hurts, neck hurts, hands ache, feet sting, low back throbbing, brain hurts, legs ache, tired

 

July 18

900a I’m in much much pain. It hurts to move. Every fiber of my being is stinging.

July 19

700 woke several times during night due to much pain. Tripped over comforter but able to catch balance.  In much pain. Hurts to move. Most nerves stinging.

1100 brain feels foggy and sluggish. Headache increases.

1130 clavical bone on lft side is really hurting. Having trouble not focusing on it.

600 head pounding. Brain hurts. Brain and vision blurring.

Pushed thru playing the piano though I had much trouble. Afterwards went to kitchen to get glass of water to take 2 Tylenol for headache. Hands and wrists swollen and stinging.

1119p exhausted. Tired. Headache. Whole body hurts. Think I have everything packed but I’m not sure. Ugh. Clavicle bone throbbing. Rt hip throbbing. Head hurts on lft side. Face hurts. Hands swollen and throbbing. Lower let leg tourniquet tightening feeling with numbish feeling. Rt hip stinging.

July 20

430 today starts our family vacation. I’m all over with emotions. Headache. Whole body hurts. Severe congestion. Very nauceous to point sick to stomach and feel like I’m going to puke.

Ate a yogurt. Helped a little but not enough. Took ginger capsule. Half dose of Bad ones to ease congestion.

200p getting dizzy and very weak feeling. Joe says it’s bc I need to eat. tried to stop for lunch. Subway had no drinks. Jack’s smells inside turned my stomach. Ended up getting food at Chick fil A. Coke helped stomach little. Didn’t want coke bc it bloats me so. Jakob helped me figure out what to order. I’m so tired.

430 getting very sleep and strength waning. Need to take my morning med but they are in my bag in back of car.

500p sensory overload is causing anxiety and hypersensitivity. Mountainous terrain, traffic, beautiful scenery, and nauceous stomach reactivating not a good combo. Screaming at oncoming traffic has ensued. Family laughing. At least I’m keeping them in stitches. One child is nervous snacking. The chocolate smell is not appealing to senses right now.

1000 took us a while to find a place to eat for a late dinner. Ate at Sunline Diner thanks to police officers suggestions

1100 on way home it started thundering & lightning. Every time lightning strikes my lft clavicle bone vibrates and hurts like the sickens.

1145 indigestion setting in. Thunder & lightning increases.

July 15

700a woke from a horrible nightmare. I hurt aweful all over. Just want to cry. Hurts to lay still & hurts to move.

930a Dezirae & I have job today…cleaning/visiting with Lawana today.

Whole body hurts. Back throbs if I stand more than 5 minutes. Stinging needle pain thru body.

1100 raining off and on with occasional thunder in distance. Skies are darkening. My nerves are increasingly getting concerned.

100p left early today did not want to get caught in storm if we could help it.

130 thunder storming buckets. Caught in dollar store. My whole body stinging. Trying hard to keep self composed. Decided to sit on floor in store so I couldn’t see outside. Looked through the notebooks to find one for my purse. Probably don’t need it but it’s keeping my mind occupied.

200 rain eased so we headed to grocery store to get items for dinner.

3:00 exhausted. Laying down to rest for half hour.

400p dropping off a meal for a friend. They are on quarantine because her husband’s brother tested positive for Covid19. Her husband went and got tested today just to be on safe side. They’re not sick just being cautious. Praying he doesn’t have it and his brother gets better soon.

As I was getting into car a got a Charlie horse of a cramp up under my breast in the rib cage area! I could barely move and it took my breath away for moment. Ugh!

715 phone call from friend. Had question and requesting prayer. While talking/listening, got traveling Charlie horse cramps in rt leg. Had to straighten leg to try to ease them and keep from moaning. Ugh!

Did not know that today was National Give Something away day. Crazy.

959 laying in bed. The more I’m relaxing the more I hurt. Stinging pain thru body. Feet are freezing.

 July 16

July 17

900a Chiropractor apt. Explained that muscle spasms and cramping have increased – rib cage in lft chest area, sides, & rt leg. He said that indicated problems with liver & gallbladder areas. Did accupuncture on liver & gallbladder channel points. Several of needles hurt this week. Many extra tender points. Few minutes into treatment my left side started going numbish. Hands hurt where needle inserted.

Told him I’m trying to do more but I’m hurting more. He replied good. Encouraged me to walk but not in heat of day. Had Rae take pics so I can remember later.

1000a I’m exhausted.

1200p decide to try to find tops for myself at thrift stores. Joe found himself a bow.

400 on way to church for VBS I’m so exhausted and a bit grumpy.

550 Rae got to lead two teen girls to the Lord before VBS started tonight. Exciting!

Girls excited about being saved. Want to get baptized. Couldn’t wait to tell their Mom. Praise the Lord.

Heard Talina telling Jax that church has VBS every year. He got excited and said he couldn’t wait to come back next year. Dezirae invited him and his sisters to church on Sunday.

1100 I’m beyond exhausted and in extreme pain. Need to crash. Torso cramping fiercely. Bad headache. Skin hypersensitive – hair feels like needles piercing skin.

July 11

Overdid it today majorly. Center of chest feels severely swollen and has sharp stabbing pain thru and thru. Bent forward to pop chest. It popped and caused severe sharp curdling pain. I just want to cry.

Had bunch of people helping to decorate for VBS. Got lot of it done. Saved some for Brianna to help tomorrow.

Frustrated at start bc day wasn’t going as I wanted. Had to take Jordon to work then come home and get rest of family to head to church.

Recvd telemarketing call from JWs. Strange.  I was not having it.

I’m in severe pain in torso region. Hands swollen and throbbing. Legs & feet throbbing. Toes tingle. Lower lft leg from mid calf to toes numb and tingly. Nerves feel jittery. I have not had caffeine. Tired but awake. Neck hurts. Headache. Sensitive to loud noise and bright lights. Periodic ringing in ears. Lft side muscle spasming periodically.

 

July 12

1230a intense sharp pain in center of chest. Bend forward to pop chest. See lighting streaks as I close my eyes. Try to lay back down and sudden severe Charlie horse in lft leg. Ouch!

830 I’m exhausted. Feeling really weird. Kinda nauceous. Woozy. Sinus congestion. Weak. Lethargic. Overal feeling wonky like something’s wrong. So I pray.

930 stressed out. Vision off and blurring. Headache.

1150 weird brain feeling is easing

310 can’t push no more. Need to lay down a piece. Feeling like pizza instead (odd bc I don’t usually like pizza much).

830 severe thunderstorm rolling through…can feel my body tensing…praying asking God to calm storm and my nerves.

930 able to help a fellow LS survivor with suggestion of things that help me ease cramping and spasming as well as the new things chiropractor just shared with me this week.

1115p thunderstorm easing but I’m in lots of pain. Headache. Whole body throbbing. Intense low back pain. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling with numbness to foot. Toes both feet tingly…lft toes little more. Hands swollen and throbbing. Metal taste in mouth – might be due to my taking colloidal silver right now. Still have what looks like ringworm on lft side neck and spot on lft arm. Upping colloidal silver intake.

Have apt tomorrow morning. Brianna gracious to tag along and pick Rae & I up. Stressing over all that needs to be done before leaving in morning. Jotted note on table to remind brain. Skin itchy. Feeling extremely fluffy. Something’s still off in my system but what I don’t know. Hormones, thyroid, (all blood tests are within normal range).

Took night meds. Naproxen. Applied sleepy time lotion. Praying.

 

July 13

July 14

959 able to get Jordon’s science prepped for school year. It took me most of morning. Brain fog and exhaustion set in. Pain thru body. Took nap for about an hour. Could’ve slept longer.

VBS went well. Increased by 5 kids today – several were teens. Awesomesauce.

Storm rolled thru as we were getting ready for VBS. Big clap of thunder & lightning just out front door. I immediately screamed. Scared Brianna in process.

I’m exhausted and hurting from head to toe. Headache. Two sores on head hurt. Applying frankinsense to help heal. Applying colloidal silver to scar on neck. It’s looking little better to me. Hands throbbing & stinging. Upper back stinging. Low back throbbing. Rt hip aches. Legs throbbing. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling with numbness & tingling. Feet hurt with pins & needles. Toes tingling. Skin itches all over. Congested. Toes cold and slowly expanding area on feet. Center of chest stabbing pain.

July 7

5:30a need to take Joe to work to have car today. I do not want to go to town for shopping bc of mask mandate, but Jordon needs new sneakers.

Whole body aches & stiff. Thankfully don’t feel as bad as y’day. Stuffy nose. Legs & feet cold.

635a back home. Getting under covers to warm up for bit. Need to finish reading my Bible. Ears ringing loudly.

645a upper back stinging

1230 exhausted. Took kids to bank, Sam’s, & Belk. Stocked up on few things for home. Jordon got new pair sneakers on clearance.

Home to eat lunch and I’m exhausted. Need cat nap.

1:00p head to church to put up bulletin board with Dezirae’s help. Picked up life jackets to drop off at ship. Visited with Sister Mary for a bit.

350 heading to pick up Joe from work.

930 apparently crashed on chair in livingroom around 6:30. One time I started choking on my saliva and got a sharp pain in left side abdomen which made me cry it hurt so bad but I couldn’t hardly say what was going on bc of choking. It subsided after a bit and I was able to get sip of water. Fell back to sleep shortly after.

Still feeling exhausted. Whole body aches. Sinuses congested. 8pins & needles feeling all over. Rt ear aches

July 8

700a woke to severe pain in back. Hard to move.

https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/ss/the-7-minute-workout-slideshow

1122p crazy day. All kids worked somewhere today. Wore myself out at Lawana’s. Thunderstorms didn’t help much.

Stinging needle pain through body. Lft leg throbbing.fiercly. trouble falling asleep.

July 9

0530 woke from nightmare. Stinging needle pain through body. Sinuses congested. Hands & arms numb & tingly. Legs tingly.

600 lft side cramping so are legs. Whole body hurts. Hurts to move. Just going to lay down for a bit.

CL-4 can kill cancer cells?

100 Jakob made lunch for him & I.  Jordon & Rae chose leftovers.

Worked on lesson plans for little while this morning. Now my brain is swirling & hurts. Vision tunneling. Tired.

Laying down to rest for few moments.

900p simple stretch can calm inflammation in lower back relieving sciatic pain

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/stretches-for-lower-back-pain#1

Strengthening core muscles will help ease back pain.

1130 very tired from the day.. Dr Apt tomorrow then on to make visit to a friend. Severe pain in center of chest

July 10

658a woke hurting and stiff all over. Hurts to move. Nightmare. Dreamt I was running away from something in the heat and sweating profusely. Woke in a sweat and out of breath. Strange.

900a chiro apt. Wind treatment. Migrating spasms. what what isn’t understood in traditional medicine can be understood in Chinese medicine.

Needle placed in middle of forehead, one in each forearm, one each hand near thumb, three each in outer thighs, one each calf area, one each foot- 15 total.

Needle in middle of forehead reminded me about neurologist suggesting botox. I mentioned to Chiropractor. Told him I refused it. He said that botox has been known to help. Asked if I remembered why I refused. Told him that it causes swelling, partial paralysis, and bruising. He said bruising is minor but the paralysis would not be good for me and it’s been

He’s tickled that I’m improving the way I am. good turn around.

130 sneezed which caused sharp stabbing pain in center of chest practically knocking wind out of me. Ugh! Very tired too.

1159p tired but awake. Rt side starting to cramp/spasm – I turned too far. Pain all over. Stinging needle pain. Arms & hands numb & tingling. Tummy hurts aweful. Bloated. St ear hurts. Headache. Skin hypersensitive. Hair feels like sharp razor blades.

July 4

830a took me long time to fall asleep last night. Ended up taking a melatonin.

Whole body throbbing like toothache. I don’t even want to get out of bed. Hurts to move.

DHA is crucial for brain health and performance.

850 arms and hands numb & tingly.

1148 full day of business then sweet fellowship at our annual church picnic. Lots of food. Several times I had moments of pure exhaustion and felt as if I was going to pass out. Closed my eyes for few moments and was able to keep going.

Able to finish up weeding flower bed by signage. Didn’t get bulletin board up but I can work on that tomorrow.

In much pain, slight headache, neck hurts, upper shoulders ache, arms and hands stinging throbbing, center chest throbbing, low back intense throbbing, rt hip hurts w/pain down leg, feet achy sting, toes tingling, legs throbbing.

Night meds taken minus migraine preventative. Trying to see if I can wean off of it. Hoping to eventually get off more meds. Took naproxen and melatonin. Had Joe apply biofreeze to low back.

July 5

300 just heading home from lunch. Preacher went long then Joe had to talk with couple that wants to join. Amen.

430p 1 hour nap. Wish it could be longer. Whole body hurts.

729p rt ear throbbing. Very tired. Rt hip throbbing. Arms & center chest ache.

1100p in much pain. Exhausted. Going to bed. Night meds taken.

July 6

700a woke from strange dream to whole body stinging throbbing from neck to toes & slight headache. Hurts to move. Laying in bed for a while.

1050a managed to pull sheets from bed to wash, wash 3 loads clothes, straighten kitchen little, refill pill container for week

Pain is horrible right now and stinging burning with severe exhaustion. Resting for a bit. Took morning meds plus half gabapentin to ease extreme pain.

140 taking gabapentin was dumb. I forgot how much it makes me dizzy & brain foggy. Pain has eased. Feel like a zombiebgabapentin again. Makes you very dizzy, sluggish, feel short of breath, body feels weird, extremely tired, feel drugged, vision blurry, chest hurts,

220 had to get kids to take clothes off line due to thundering and dark skies. Came inside in knick of time. It’s now pouring & thundering.

340 dozed off in chair. So tired. Arms & hands numb and tingly.

900 decided to work on subject for school. Feel horrible when I don’t feel like I’ve accomplished much. This makes me feel better.

Did manage (with the help of my kids) get 4 loads of clothes washed. Just put last load in dryer -I forgot about it until I started going getting ready for bed. Helped Dezirae get team captain badges printed for VBS. Meat for dinner cooked in crockpot while rest of dinner was leftovers from picnic.

Worked on lesson plans for Biology. Not sure how I’m going to work the labs. Need two more books for the subject.

1030 Need to go to bed. I’m hurting tremendously and exhausted.

Night meds & naproxen taken. Applied eo pain roller to bottoms of feet.

Moderate headache with periodic sharp shooting stabbing pains, whole body stinging burning pain. Neck aches. Chest center throbbing. Arms & hands swollen and throbbing. Backwards C still on lft side neck. I’ve treated with all kinds of things but nothing seems to help. Low back throbbing. Rt hip aches. Legs hurts. Periodic random muscle twitching in legs. Bloated. Feel fat. Lft ankle & foot tingly stinging. Toes tingly sting. Brain foggy – though little clearer than earlier today. Skin hypersensitive – my hair feels like sharp needles. Lights bothersome.

1100p checked emails. Downloaded Step by Step Guide on How to Share Your Story. I’ve been told several times I should write a book.