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The Love of My Saviour – Jessica Smallwood
Lightning Strikes Memoirs – 16-17 April 2021
April 16
600 slept decent. Woke to lft arm numb and tingly. Whole body stiff and hurting. Vision a bit blurry. Headache. Sinuses congested.
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 10-11; Psalm 119:13-16;
800a chiro appt. Acupuncture – (9 needles ) move the wind? {2 ankles, 2 in back, 2 in hands near thumbs, 1 in back of head top of neck, & 2 on top of shoulders near base of neck}
Adjustments: neck, upper back, lower back, hips, legs
http://www.treetopacupuncture.com/articles/wind-cold-wind-heat
April 17
Slept til 3 then up and down rest of night. Strange dream (same kind of different except I was the one that was different). Woke to whole body stiff and achy. Hurts to move.
Bible Reading 1 Kings 12-14, Psalm 49:1-15
Getting ready for church tomorrow. We’re having a missionary family and we’re feeding them lunch at church. Chicken & Dumplings, salad, veggie, brownies, etc. The family all jumped in to help bc it’d be too much on me physically. Decided to open up lunch to church family and they’re bringing sides as well. I’m thankful for a loving, church family as well.
957 finally in bed. I hurt something awful. Pain is an 8 or so. Headache.
Severe thunderstorm throughout day.
When it cleared a bit we ran to church to get the roaster pan & chicken. On way home, we saw several streaks of lightning. Each one causing my body to tense making me hurt more. I tried to occupy my mind to no avail. Glad to get home.
Night meds taken plus PEA & Tylenol. No migraine today. PtL.
I’m plum wore out, nasty taste in mouth for couple days.
Gouged the skin off knuckle on left thumb putting the dumplings in the fridge. Ouch!
Trouble finding the bandaids I know I bought, but found the windshield repair kit I forgot where I put it. Lol.
Praying for sweet rest and no reciprocal pain in morning.
Lightning Strikes Memoirs – 14-15 April 2021
April 14
1:44a Joe scared me out of sleep to ask what light was blinking. Needed to use restroom but not wide awake. Nerves are screaming thru body and sting immensely. Lft arm was completely numb and feels like someone was trying to tear it out of it’s socket. Sinuses congested. Tummy aches and feels bloated. Sugar is not my friend. Mouth severely dry and feels cottony.
200a severe sharp stabbing pain in center of chest keeping me awake. Unable to get comfortable.
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 6-7
Juicing: 1 Carrot, 1.5 Apples, 2 small Oranges
130 gave myself a goose egg on forehead. Peripheral vision was off. Leaned over to pick something up and hit my head on corner of the dresser. Wasn’t thinking straight either bc I walked past a mirror to ask Rae if my head was bleeding. Ouch!
230p shopping at walmart for veggies for dinner. Put my hand down on buggy not realizing that some of the metal paint was chipping off and got 1/4″ piece stuck up under my skin. Ouch!!! My palm is stinging. I let worker know. He in turn got manager. Manager inspected hand and buggy. Told manager what happened. Told how m I needed help getting it out and also didn’t want someone else getting hurt. He chipped off the chipping paint then had a worker go get clippers and twezzers. By this time my whole plan is stinging. We eventually got it out.
330 got home and Rae realized her keys were missing. Retraced steps. Not find them anywhere.
535p I’m exhausted.
April 15
500a severe thunderstorm rolling through. In severe pain all over.
838a still thunder storming, pain still severe all over. Have no energy or desire to move at the moment.
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 8-9; Psalm 80:3
Morning meds & pain rx taken
Juicing: 3 handfuls of spinach, 1 apple, 1/4 lemon. Ate 2 scrambled eggs with himalayan salt + black pepper and 3 pcs of bacon.
Spent morning working on journaling and blog
Pain still great. Raining stopped about noon though still gloomy looking outside.
Snack: strawberries with stevia
130 went back to WM to see if anyone turned in keys. Nope
200 feeling kind of woozy and nauseous. Maybe from PEA or taking whole pain rx. Not feeling good.
430 Joe telling me about his day. Got soaked bc his rain jacket was stolen. Work supposed to be ordering more but haven’t gotten them in. Told him to keep pestering bc the squeeky wheel gets the worm. He chuckled and asked me to repeat. I gladly repeated. Chuckling he says no it’s suppose to be the squeeky wheel gets the attention. The early bird gets the worm. Lol.
530 dinner was a hit – swedish meatballs with egg noodles and mixed vegetables.
Lft Knee is killing me! Pain still very high but is easing. Won’t take another pain rx until bed time. Don’t want to have to fight through the side effects.
On positive note, usually anytime there’s a thunderstorm in our area I get bad migraines. This morning I started taking the PEA supplement with breakfast. Woke with bad headache, but it never turned into a migraine. Big plus in my mind’s eye. Migraines can be so disabling.
1038p exhausted and very tired. Bad headache. Still in much pain all over body but it’s slowly easing. Hands swollen and throbbing. Neck hurts. Low back & rt hip throbbing. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling with tingling to foot. Tailbone aches. Feet chilly.
Lightning Strikes Memoirs – 12-13 April 2021
April 12
5a Woke a little groggy and disoriented. Sinuses congested. Feel drained of all energy. Headache. Tummy bloated and aches. Whole body aches and burning throbbing. Hurts to move like Tinman trying to move for first time in ages and needs oil bc he’s too rusty.
Jordon has horrible indigestion and says he feels like crap. Lost his cookies few times. Called in sick. Guess I need to purify the air in house today.
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 1-2
Took Advil congestion. Laying back down for a bit. Hopefully I won’t hurt as much after some more rest.
645a laying here I just hurt more… stinging is getting sharper. Going to get up for a little bit and do some chores.
1226 decided to work on deep cleaning my room. Dust everywhere! Had to have Rae help me move bookshelf. Found mold. Wiped it down with theives cleaner. Sneezing. Doing little at a time to not overdo it.
Stopping to check on Jordon. Tummy still bothering him, but he asked for Sprite and soup. Gave him vitamins too. Reminds me I need to eat. I’m getting sleepy and hurting more. Think I’ll lay down a while.
That didn’t go as planned. Just as I was dozing off my phone blew up with msgs, texts, and phone calls. It’s okay all of them needed to be answered.
Decided to pick up livingroom some and attempt to vacuum. Wore me out, out of breath, exhausted, and every fiber throbbing greatly! But I did it. Haven’t vacuumed in over three years…at least I don’t recall I have.
530 Joe sweet enough to offer to cook burgers on the grill if I picked some up. Jordon requested they have cheese chunks. Told them I’d look. Good thing bc I had to walk behind buggy no wheelchairs available. Discovered I’m unable to talk on phone and shop too…miss too many items and have to double back. Rae getting tired of being in store.
My lft knee throbs immensely by time we get home. I look to check knee to find it swollen. Joe tells me to sit and rest my knee. Rae gets me some ibuprofen.
730 Rae & I take a surprise over to Dad to cheer him up. He wanted an Alabama t-shirt. I found a couple his size and saved it for him. It put a smile on his face. Dr thinks it might be his rxs that are messing him up. Blood work Thursday then they’ll go from there. He has us concerned. Praying God helps them get to bottom of his symptoms so he can get better.
918 going to bed early. I’m tuckered out. I hurt miserably from head to toe. Headache won’t quit. Neck hurts. Back stings and itches. Hands itchy, swollen, and throbbing. Legs ache horribly with periodic muscle spasms. Feet chilly and throbbing. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling with tingling and stinging to toes.
April 13
Bible Reading: 1Kings 3-5
I forgot to write today. Paying bills I remember that I needed to renew license. Tried to schedule appointment online but schedule said that it was booked for rest of year for our county and next doors county. I ended up calling baldwin county bc mobile wouldn’t answer. Nice lady explained that I’ll have to do walk in during week. Took me quite a while to get things figured out. Ugh.
Didn’t even get to work on school grades till just before dinner which was what I intended to do this morning.
Lightning Strikes Memoirs – 10-11 April 2021
April 10
330a severe thunderstorm woke me again. Nerves on fire. Thunder & lightning making me jump.
400 woken by severe thunderstorm. Nerves are very tight through body causing extreme pain!!! Trying prayer and hymns in my head
600a finally fell back to sleep for half hour then alarm went off ugh.
Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 19-21; Psalm 80
900a thunderstorm suppose to ease by 10 or 10.30a. Men have prayer breakfast today. Mom, Dezirae, & I going out for girl’s day.
300p I decided to push myself while out shopping with Mom & Dezirae instead of using wheelchair. Wanted to see how it’d effect me. I’m exhausted and getting sleepy.
400p came home and went straight to bed. Set alarm for one hour but apparently I shut it off bc next thing I know Joe’s waking me for supper at 7pm. Not feeling too well… grouchy and hurting. Indigestion is horrible.
Pushing myself that much is not good idea. I’m hurting much all over, groggy, exhausted, grouchy, miserable.
724 Holly calls to chat. I’m still trying to wake up. I chat the best I can but not doing so hot. I hand phone over to Joe. She agrees with Joe I did too much today.
1100 gone to bed but still awake. Indigestion is horrible. Took gerd rx, tums, and ginger chew over last few hours. Finally easing up. I feel like I was beat up. Will definitely be using wheelchair on our trip to see Jakob. Took night meds plus pain rx.
Center of chest sharp throbbing pain.
April 11
500a woke to nerves in body screaming in pain! Center of chest throbbing. I think why’s the costo flaring up? Then I remember that I worked in garden couple days ago. Ugh. Did too much walking y’day and I’m paying the price.
Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 22-24; Psalm 77:13-15;
600 wish I knew how to turn off the alarm on the clock. I goes off just as I’m dozing back to sleep and wakes me all over again.
1100 sharp shooting throbbing pain in forearms to elbows while playing piano. It’s bad enough I want to quit playing but I continue bc I know that music is important in worship.
Brain is getting blurry and aching. Makes it difficult to focus and coordinate my eyes, brain, and hands. Feels like brain is starting to swim in a myriad of numbers and letters trying to figure out which way is up. Momentarily forget tune of song and make mistakes. My flesh wants to throw my hands in the air and quit, but my spirit is willing to keep trying. I say quick prayer saying “Lord help.” Quickly the fog begins to fade away and I remember tune and am able to correct myself though I still fumble in spots through music. Thank you Lord.
530 choir practice was a chore. Brain blurry and I feel cross-eyed. Balance is off. Unable to focus enough to do word find in bulletin presently.
600p Joe told me to take break from playing
Had difficulty singing hymns at first. I couldn’t find the right note. Closed my eyes to visualize the correct note but not working well. Looked up to see Joe signing to me to sit down. Apparently I started wavering when my eyes were closed and didn’t realize it. Once I sat down and gained stability, I was able to hit the right notes. Hmm? Wonder if there’s any correlation?
After church, Joe picked up dinner from Zaxby’s so I wouldn’t have to cook. I adore his thoughtfulness sometimes.
Brain hurts. Headache. Whole body aches deeply. Hands swollen and throbbing. Nose itches. Rt ear aches. Sinus drainage. Back aches and stings. Low back throbbing. Rt hip hurts. Legs ache with periodic stinging and itching. Feet cold. Toes icy. Joe’s arm feels like lead balloon. Tummy bloated and hurting.
I’ve got JOY! – Sharon Smail
The Aged Woman – Sheila Simpson
I Gave My Life for Thee
The Promises of God for April
