Aug 23
630 woke from strange dreams. Still very tired. Head pounding. Whole body throbbing. Vision bit blurry.
Joe says that I was belly laughing in my sleep last night. Told him that’s funny I don’t know why I’d be laughing bc I was having bad dreams.
700 preparing for today. Missionaries the Williams. Meeting them for first time today. Giving them a blessing bag. Cooking lunch for them too.
830 got to church realized I forgot the salad and rolls. Ugh!
1230 lunch not quite ready. Have to regroup and change type to cook faster. They don’t eat much bread so it was okay no rolls. Enjoyed listening to them talk though I didn’t catch it all.
700p Sharp stinging in chest
745 my left leg went to sleep and is now very numb & tingly.
Aug 24
636 changing sheets and turning bed around took more than 30 minutes. I’m now in severe pain. Low back screaming. Upper body throbbing. Pins & needles sensation through upper torso and in lower legs. Feet tingling. Major headache. Very out of breath. Need to lay down for a while to rest. I’m exhausted.
800 wash load of clothes. Burned breakfast (sweet rice). Dezirae to rescue (home ec 😘).
Trouble figuring out how to fill out transcript info on form provided bc child took more classes than there’s room for. My brain won’t formulate how to process. I ended up using excel to type up info and submit. Hopefully it’ll work. Frustrating. It should be easy.
Aug 25
655a strange dreams. The dance is lost at sea…? Where did that come from?
My whole body aches deeply. It hurts to move. Sinuses congested. Thirsty – didn’t drink enough yday. Feel slightly dehydrated.
725 recvd msg from friend about neighbor being severely electrocuted 6 weeks ago and was asking for advise/suggestions.
Resources:
https://www.lightning-strike.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Lightningstrikesurvivors/?ref=share
Nerves when they are damaged will take the longest to heal.
In recovery, it’s most helpful to…
- Have a good support group
- Become your own advocate. Learn as much as you can about the disability.
- Find a doctor willing to listen, work with, and help you.
- Sense of humor & laughter provide great stress relief.
923 recvd call from Ron, a tbi resource person. Checking on me. Says I need to call my atty to see if he’s done anything else towards my case and let him know I don’t want his services anymore. Need to start getting copies of my records. Also, he’s going to start working towards trying to get me set up for Neuro testing. It give answers to extent of brain injury. Thank you, Lord!
228 rcvd call from Theresa, tbi coordinator. Checking on me. She told me that USA students still wanted to keep in touch to help clients stay socially active. Told me they picked me to participate. Told her I appreciated it but I wanted someone else who could use it more. Mtgs will resume first of year.
Told me she’s retiring mid November. Told her I’ll miss her and not to forget me. She said she could never forget me bc of my strong faith in Christ that I’ve been a blessing and encouragement to her. Awh!
415 rcvd call from scam likely stating there was possibly fraudulent activity on my ss# and if I didn’t answer call they’d consider something…. I didn’t say anything bc I was trying to process what was said. I didn’t catch everything either. Before I could say anything they hung up.
This upset me. I decided to check my ss account online. Found out that somehow my disability case was supposedly postponed. Then few days later it had been appealed and is waiting for a determination. I never filed an appeal. I needed a break to ease my nerves and then pandemic hit.
I was under the impression that I had to start all over. I’m severely confused. Will have to call attorney tomorrow.
Been storming off and on all day. Barometric pressure drop causes extra pain. Head pounding from information overload today. Bright lights bothersome. Rt hip stinging pain. Night meds taken. Naproxen taken.
1019 screaming pain in rt hip & lower back. Feet cold. Sinuses congested and sinus cavities in face throbbing. Head pounding. So tired. Naproxen not touching pain.
