July 30, 2017 – Woke up dizzy and not feeling well. Got into argument with Joe over the days of us taking Jakob to college. Began crying because it was all too much. (Our eldest son, Jakob, was getting ready to leave for college for the first time. I so was not ready both physically and emotionally, but I knew in my heart that he needed to go.)
I’m getting another headache. I think I need to find something to balance my hormones. I don’t understand why my emotions are all over the place.
Noticing that I can do some math problems a little faster in my head, but if I try to think it out I get confused. Thoughts seem to be sporadic.
I’m wore out and extremely tired. My neck hurts and muscles are twitching sporadically in my back and legs.
July 31, 2017 – Drank Vera (Yerba) Mate Tea this morning. Took B-12 & multi-vitamins today. Seemed to have a little bit more energy than I have been. Also, a little more clarity of thought. Back muscles periodically spasm throughout day and muscles ache all over.
Still feel unbalanced.
Have headache at end of day. Took BC powder. Also, took magnesium, ginger, and losartan (Blood pressure was extremely high).
August 1, 2018 – 4:00 a.m. – woke a little before 4 am with heartburn and stuffy nose. Muscles ache and have feeling something was wrong. Took Tums and Benadryl. Fell asleep praying.
2:52 p.m. – Tried to help clean Lawana’s (an elderly friend’s house). Managed to wash dishes. Helped some with laundry. Dezirae and Jordon did rest of jobs. I’m now hurting all over and exhausted. Muscles in between shoulder blades are burning!
7:40 p.m. – Joe told me to use heat 20 minutes then ice 20 minutes to ease muscles.
When he got home from work, we put tens units on. It hurts! He told me to take it off after 15 minutes. I thought I was turning it off and accidentally turned it up!!! Now I’m hurting worse. Ugh!! I’m not using that again.
8:05 p.m. – Hurting worse. Took a Lavender Epsom Salt bath. It helped to ease the pain a smidge.
10.21 p.m. – Muscles between shoulders and lower neck feel like they’re burning. Took muscle relaxer – hope to be able to go to sleep soon.
At this point, my sleeping patterns were all mixed up. It was hard to fall asleep at night because of the pain. I was taking several naps a day as I had no energy and every little thing I did seemed to really wear me out physically and mentally. I was just thankful to be alive. I was also thankful because it was summer so school was out, but I knew somehow I was going to have to get school plans prepared soon – but for the grace of God, I was doing much of anything right now. I was thankful that my kids were older and could help me around the house and help take care of me while Dad was at work.
