“I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes” by Linda Snow
“It’s Not My Problem, or Is It??” by Dot Boyd Soldavini
“What is Weighing You Down?” by Angela Foca
Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 7-8 May 2021
May 7
700 woke in much pain – stinging needle pain thru body. Moderate headache. Neck hurts. Shoulders ache. Low back throbbing. Tired. Legs ache. Sinuses congested. Feet hurt.
Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 18-21, Psalm 18:46
Song on mind: Bless the Lord Oh my soul…
Psalm 18:3 & 46
Have lots to do today…prepare graduation invitations to mail out, homecoming invitations, newsletter, bulletin, guy coming to fix the a/c, termite inspector coming, care pkg for Jakob, etc. It’s a bit overwhelming to say the least, but I’ll do what I can as I can.
Brain fried and vision blurring by noon, but not stop to eat lunch until about 1:30. Headache. Not hungry just eating for sustenance.
Went on walk with sister around 11am. Made it about 1/2 mile which is little farther than last time.
Dezirae helped label and stamp invitation envelopes. Trouble staying focused on one task.
1100m going to bed. Headache. Brain hurts. Neck hurts. Shoulders & chest ache. Hands swollen and throbbing. Back stings. Low back throbbing intensely. Rt hip hurts. Legs burn and throb. Stinging burning pain from calves to feet. Feet ice cold & tingling. Exhausted. Muscles randomly spasming in legs
May 8
600 woke thinking I overslept. Woke several times in the night. One time I sat up too fast I suppose and got dizzy. Had to hold on to furniture to get to the bathroom without falling.
Enjoyed chatting about this & that with Joe for little while.
Bible Reading: Psalm 37:3, 1 Chronicles 22-24
Song: Psalm 18:3 & 46
Arms and hands ache like I did rigorous workout. Only thing I did yday was cut gift tags and postcard invites with paper cutter. Ugh! Sinuses congested. Took nasal spray and Tylenol sinus. Morning meds taken.
730 Mother/Daughter outing today. I’m not feeling up to it but will push myself so others can have a good time.
330 exhausted when we got home.
450 Joe said he’d cook dinner. Went to room to use restroom. Bed inviting so I laid down to rest head a moment ended up falling asleep. Next thing I know Joe’s waking me letting me know it’s time for dinner.
630 time to clean up from dinner. Wish we had a dishwasher. Can only stand for maybe 5 minutes at sink before back is hurting so bad that I can not stand back pain anymore. Need to sit & rest before I can do more.
Feel like I could crash again…so exhausted.
930 took me three attempts to get dishes washed. Dezirae dry and put away.
Girls helped with assembling mother’s day gifts.
Headache moderate. Hands and arms ache. Sinuses congested. Chest hurts. Back throbbing like toothache. Skin itchy. Legs ache. Feet cold and tingling. Exhausted. Going to bed.
Night meds taken plus Gaba, PEA, & 1 tsp Colloidal Silver in 8oz water. Also swished a tsp Colloidal Silver in mouth for a minute and spit out.
Colloidal Silver benefits:
Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 4-6 May 2021
May 4
Broken sleep. Woke at 3 to use restroom
5am, 7:15a, 7:35a
Still feeling weird and stinging needle burning throbbing pain increases. Eyes hurt. Headache. Sciatica pain eased some. Going back to bed. Ears hear sound of ocean like I’m holding conch shell up to them but I’m not. Sinuses congested. Sneezing.
Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 9-11, Psalm 30
Weather aware day… thunderstorming pretty bad. Under flash flood advisory.
Took night meds plus PEA & Gaba. Helps relax and keep migrai at bay.
May 5
600a woken by thunderstorm. Nerves are screaming thru body. Woke from pleasant dream with song on mind (The Way of the Cross Leads Home).
720 had to wake Dezirae to go babysitting with Grandma. She overslept.
Sat in recliner looking up curriculum possibilities for Dezirae in fall.
Nerves stinging greatly thru pbody. Rt hip throbbing. Hands swollen and achy. Cotton mouth. Skin sensitive to touch. Lower abdomen aches thru to back. Low back throbbing. Headache. Feet & legs ache.
Put load of clothes in wash.
Bible Reading: Psalm 32:8-10, 1 Chronicles 12-14
Worked on planning meals for week, chat with my sister, printed cards for Mother’s day.& Laminated them, washed few dishes, meandered through house doing odd chores picking up here and there (I know I did it but I couldn’t tell you what they were).
Had house to myself until around 3pm. It was nice and quiet – except I had radio on most of day.
Joe rubbing me wrong way today. Nothing he’s doing wrong in particular. I dislike when I get in this mood. Ugh! Lord, please help me think lovely thoughts.
Psalms 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
A/C is freezing up. Had to turn it off. I’m hot so it’s going to take a bit to fall asleep.
1030 don’t know where I put my charger for my tablet, but found different way to charge keyboard 4 tablet. I hurt all over. Center of chest hurts. Headache not so bad. Extremely tired. Stinging needles feeling randomly thru body. Periodic muscles spasming thru body. Low back throbbing. Arms tingly.
May 6
Didn’t sleep very well at all. I hurt all over. Headache mild. Feet feel like I’m stepping on broken glass. Stinging pain thru body. Lower abdomen hurts.
Song on mind: “In Christ I Am Forgiven”.
Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 15-17, Psalm 34:8, Proverbs 23:15-21
Sinuses congested. Tongue more covered in lesions.
Can’t find my flash drives. It’s hindering me know getting things done. Ugh. Frustrating. Later discovered that I mistakenly put them in SS teaching bag.
Tired. Hurting all over.
Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 1-3 May 2021
May 1
625 woke in great pain. Weird dream ( kidnapped and taken to Texas). Feel like I was beaten up badly. Deep bone aching throbbing pain. It hurts to move. Tummy hurts too. Center of chest aches and feels slightly caught.
Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 3-5
Song in heart: Psalms 3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
http://www.doctoryourself.com/weight_loss.html
1030 leaned over to itch my ankle and my left shoulder started cramping bad.
930 sitting in car in parking lot at ER. A new church family member was rushed to ER with trouble breathing, fever, & elevated heart rate.
My kidneys are killing me bc I need to use restroom.
1136p Praise the Lord She’s being discharged shortly.
My tummy hurts so bad I could double over from the pain. I decide to go in ER to use restroom. I could just cry.
May 2
138 still wide awake from severe pelvic pain. Heating pad ease pain just slightly. Took 2k mg vitamin C & 1500mg tylenol.
500 still severe abdominal pain & low back pain. Brewed Red Raspberry Leaf Tea to ease PMS. Will sip on it all day.
423 in much pain and tired.
702 just turned neck. It cracked and whole head shifted hurting
949 tired. Headache. Stinging burning throbbing pain thru body. Rt sciatica hip pain flaring up making difficult to get comfortable
May 3
430 headache. Sinuses congested. Rt hip sciatica throbbing pain. Severe stinging needle burning pain thru body
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 7-8, Psalm 16,
630p visit with medical missionary from Mexico. Asked bunch of questions. Confirmed nerve damage. Confirmed nystagmus. tried cbd oil. After hour it helped reduce nerve pain by half. Took little more – too much – it’s making me very dizzy.
Guarumo?
https://www.archyde.com/take-away-the-pain-from-the-body-and-reduce-the-fever-with-guarumo/amp/
930 Had to get Joe to help me to bed
He Delight’s in YOU! by Amy Snow
LS Journal Entries: 28-30 April 2021
April 28
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 20-22
Woke to much pain throughout body.
April 29
300 woken by intense burning pain in arms, hands, legs, and feet. Sinuses severely congested. Bad headache. Had to take tylenol and 1/2 Benadryl to get some relief.
Took couple hours to fall back to sleep.
700 woke thinking I overslept. Still in much pain. At least headache has eased a little.
Bible Reading 2 Kings 23-25, Psalm 51
1200 worked on completing Jordon’s grades and submitting them for graduation. Brain is tired, legs below knees tingling and burning, feet & ankles freezing. Need to rest.
Just went on trip last weekend and haven’t been able to rest and recoup. I’m hurting quite a bit, but praise I’ve not had a migraine since I started taking a Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) supplement.
Dezirae and I finished up at Lawana’s house for her daughter, Gaynor, this week. The Estate Sales people take over now. It’s seams surreal and bittersweet.
We were able to lead a teenager boy to the Lord during counseling last night. Praise the Lord! I’m hoping he will ring the bell in church tonight.
Today devil is fighting thru some people that know better. The natural man wants to reach out and touch someone, but I know I can’t.
It’s all just catching up and hitting me at the same time. Lol. I’ll be okay just need a day to rest and relax.
Was supposed to attend another funeral tomorrow, but Joe is letting me off hook and will take Jordon with him instead so I can rest. He’s even going to cook dinner for me tomorrow
11:00p Praise! The young man that got saved rang the bell in church tonight.
April 30
700 saw Dezirae off on her trip with Grandma, cousin, & aunt to see her Great Grandma.
Legs below knees to ankles burning, stinging, throbbing pain. Feet cold and tingling. Eyes watery. Sinuses congested.
Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 1-2
In much pain and feeling very lethargic today. Thankful to be able to rest today.
Went back to bed until 10am. Probably could sleep longer but won’t.
Thunderstorm began about 11am. Glad we postponed Jordon’s pics.
500 Joe cooked Bbq ribs , mixed veggies, and tator tots.
723 researching benefits of Gaba
https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-gaba
“various lifestyle and genetic factors can throw GABA out of whack” what about traumatic experiences like a lightning strike? Hehe.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.mindbodygreen.com/articles/gaba-what-is-it
930 going to bed. Exhausted and did hardly anything today.
In so much pain, stinging burning throbbing pain throughout body. Low back throbbing burning. Took Gaba – 1 capsule – to calm brain and nerves. Hoping it helps.
Taking tylenol to ease pain so I can get some sleep.
Tummy hurts from eating sugary foods today. Ugh! They are not my friend.
Thankful for…
- A caring, loving family
- To be alive
- Even on bad days, I can put my trust in Him.
LS Journal Entries: 25-27 April 2021
April 25
I so hurt all over. It hurts to move. It lacks my motivation to move at all. Rt side of tongue feels swollen making swallowing difficult and painful.
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 12-14,
200p kids surprised me with Iris’s, card, & “hope” ornament for Mother’s day early. Ate at Mod Pizza after trying two other restaurants who had a problem sitting 8 people.
300 taking nap for an hour.
400 Joe wow me to get ready for church. I’m hurting horrible and exhausted.
Joe said I could stay back to rest for trip back home tomorrow.
Worked on devotional for a bit then laid down. Fell back to sleep and woke when they got back.
April 26
600a alarm sings. My body hurts and I don’t want to move. Snoozed alarm.
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 15-17
500 did fairly well with my anxiety while traveling until Jordon took over. Accelerating to quickly for my liking and having to apply the break often due to heavy traffic caused my anxiety to rise and yelling to ensue. Joe ended up telling me to be quite. I tried hard but it still came out some. Joe did coach Jordon with his driving.
530p made it home safe from KY. Every inch of me is stinging throbbing
April 27
In great deep pain to bones from head to toes raging! It hurts to move. Oh, if I could only snuggle in His everlasting arms of grace to soothe the pain while I cry a while.
Thankful that I can lay my anxieties and cares at His feet and leave them there.
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 18-19, Psalm 55:22,
Pain eased a little as I forced myself to get up and moving a little. Washed couple loads. Hung one load on line.
Juicing: Spinach, apple, mango smoothie. It was disgusting. Forced myself to drink most of it. Cooked two scrambled eggs to get rid of yucky after taste.
Few chores at home: auto ins change, submit proof of income for Jakob’s loan. Gave me a bad headache. Had to rest my brain a bit.
Joe informed me of funeral to attend Friday. Now have to reschedule Jordon’s Senior photos again. Plus it’s suppose to rain all day Friday. Ugh .
Got excited when I saw how many blooms the rose bushes had. It’s taken 5 1/2 yrs to get pink roses to bloom that much.
930 horrible indigestion. Took 2 ginger capsules. Had indigestion after lunch too. Need to call pharmacy to check on rx.
Hurt from head to toe. Exhausted. Indigestion making it difficult to lie down. Sucking on ginger chew. Eyes watery. Sinuses acting up as if allergic to something I came in contact with or I ate. Low back throbbing. Rt hip hurts. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling. Stinging burning pain all thru legs and feet. Parts of skin itchy. Slight headache. Toes chilly and tingling. Hands swollen and throbbing. Neck hurts. Tummy hurts and feels bloated. Balance bit off today. Peripheral vision off a little too.
Thankful for…
- Roses blooming bountifully
- A loving family
- Jakob able to get a dependable car
Lightning Strike Journal Entries: 23-24 April 2021
April 23
700 broken sleep all night. Stinging pain thru body is great. Headache very slight. Eyes blurry and feel like they’re filled with mucus.
Sinuses congested. Hands and arms stinging throbbing and swollen. Legs throbbing stinging. Feet sting the most. Low back throbbing. Neck hurts with chilling sensation down spine.
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 6-8; Romans 14:11, John 3:14-17
Went to college to see Jakob. Given tour of college. Chapel with Jakob. Guys got pretty loud so I had to put my ear plugs in to muffle sound in order to not get a migraine.
Ate lunch with Jakob at the college.
Dropped sister & kids off at hotel. Taking Jakob to get a car. I forgot how long the process takes. I’m so exhausted and hurting all over. Almost came close to starting all over – payments higher than they expected bc they forgot about interest rate. Jakob proud owner of 2013 Chevy Equinox.
Dinner at Cheddar’s restaurant. While waiting to get called in, stepped one step backwards not realizing there was dip in sidewalk lost balance and almost fell. Thankfully Joe caught me. Made rt hip hurt exponentially. Had to sit.
Took seemingly forever to get our food and I’m draining quickly. Let everyone know that I wasn’t mad at anyone I’m just hurting and pushed to max on my goings. Need to go back to hotel room and crash.
Slight headache. Neck hurts. Whole body aches. Legs & feet sting. Rt hip throbbing. Lft hip aches. Sinuses congested. Hands swollen and throbbing. Feet freezing. Exhausted. Starting to slur words and stutter. Difficulty thinking straight. Low back throbbing. Severe pain in lower rt abdomen. Stinging pain from low back to feet.
Thankful for precious time with family. Jakob got a dependable car. Joe & I are having fun picking on each other and he still treats me like a queen.
April 24
700 slept fairly good. Dreams but don’t recall details. Whole body aches deeply and fiercely. Sinuses congested. Tummy hurts.
Bible Reading 2 Kings 9-11, Psalm 60:20
Going to the Ark Encounter today with Uncle Dale and Aunt Annabelle.
7:42 back in hotel room. I’m exhausted, face is hot, whole body hurting, low back throbbing, feet are freezing. Laying down to rest a bit.
1130 crashed for about hour or so. Woke in time to get ready for bed.
I’m exhausted and hurting from head to toes. Feet freezing. Stinging burning pain throughout body. Lower back and hips intensely throbbing. Sharp pain in lower rt abdomen. Sinuses congested slightly. Headache, but not a migraine.
Thankful for the blessed day and amazing adventure.
Enjoyed spending the day at the Ark Encounter. I was awestruck to see the life-sized replication of Noah’s Ark.
It was encouraging and thought-provoking to see and hear not only of the amount of Noah’s faith, but also of all the people involved in the coming together of this exhibit.
I even enjoyed challenging a random teenager to a race while I was in the electric scooter (I won ). We all had a great laugh.
I’m exhausted and hurting, but thankful for this wonderful opportunity!
