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Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 13-14 May 2019
May 13
5:20a- woke don’t know why. Calves cramping. Upper back hurts. Very thirsty. Drank glass of water. Still thirsty. Probably need electrolytes replenished. Rt hip hurts. Hamstrings very tight. Tried to stretch them. Legs cramping more.
Decided to read my Bible. Upper arms hurting. Lower back now hurting.
It’s a good thing to give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to His name to His name in the morning we will praise His love…
Psalm 92:1-2
10:16a- couldnt go back to sleep. Decided to get up. Wash load clothes. Made batch of switchel. Finished up 4th quarter grades. Prepared address labels for postcards. Kids helped get stuff ready for beach. On our way for some fun and “grounding”. Spending time together as family for our 24th anniversary. Forgot to put stuff in breadmaker for dinner. Oh well.
9:30p- enjoyed just hanging out with family. Everyone pitched in to make dinner. Chicken alfredo, salad, and homemade bread.
Front bottom of legs, forehead, and front of neck area a little burned.
Worked on graduation present for Jakob’s girlfriend for little while.
10:00p- getting very tired. Going to bed. Joe thinks everything is just catching up with me.
May 14
4:30a- woke just before Joe’s alarm (funny, I don’t ever remember hearing it before). Decided to research how many time I can use thyme leaves.
5:25a- sinuses are amuck. Joe says it’s about that time. I have trouble every couple of months. I thought it was just in Spring & Fall -apparently not. Took Tylenol Sinus. Hope it helps soon, I can hardly breathe with all the mucus and congestion.
6:00a- whole body aches, ankles and wrists throbbing, muscles twitching in left leg, low back throbbing, eyes watery
8:30a- a new friend messaged me that she was praying for me. She used a term that I don’t recall Dr’s using to date. I looked up term. I fit description. I now have something else to shew my Drs. Hopefully, they’ll be receptive.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669472/
Article has several medical terms I can relate too that haven’t even been discussed with me…keraunoparalysis, urinary retention, etc.
10:18a- have blister on tip of thumb. I keep hitting it and it hurts! Don’t know how I got it.
10:50a-Praise Jesus! I found black DMC floss!!! Looking for something else trying to get ready for our trip.
11:30a- Thrush continues to baffle. I have to watch what I eat too and not overdo too much to keep flair-ups to minimum. Best we can figure is it has to do with the lightning strike and my immune system.
2:45p- just finished posting week of journal entries to blog. Now have headache. Low back throbbing. Feet freezing. Putting socks on and resting with heating pad.
8:00p- trying to figure out how to shorten t-shirt sleeves. I know I’ve done it before but can’t remember how. Thought I saved tutorial on pintrest but can’t find it. Decided to give it a try. Kind of messed up…now trying to fix my mistake. Ugh! Guess I better take break and try again tomorrow.
10:28p- Been in bed for over an hour. Enjoying talking with Joe. Joe says certain parts of my skin feels hot to the touch like they have fever. It’s weird. He’s now sleeping and I’m wide awake. Guess I’ll write a piece or something.
Low back throbbing. Sciatica and rt hip throbbing. Feet tingly. Rt ear itches. Headache. Lymph node swollen at base of left neck. Lower lft leg feels like tourniquit is tightening.
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Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 11-12 May 2019
May 11
8:15a- woke up late. Thunderstorm woke me! My nerves all hurt. Headache. Sore throat. Left lower leg feels squeezed.
9:00a- Joe don’t like the top I was going to wear. Now I have to find something else. Took 3 outfit changes to find one I’m comfortable with wearing. Hands are so swollen I can’t get my ring on finger.
Must stop to read Bible so my day can go right. Must make bed.
9:30a- leaving for mother/daughter outing. Lunch at Warehouse Bakery & Donuts in Fairhope & shopping at Eastern Shore Shopping Plaza.
11:00a- warehouse bakery & donuts is busy. Must be popular. Prices are little steep. Menu choices a little odd for my taste. Chose biscuits n gravy. Music a little loud. Probably more quaint midweek than weekends.
12:30p- shopping time…due to car issue Dezirae & I get to window shop. Took a bit to find where to get wheelchair for me to use. Helped Mrs. Edith find an outfit.
We found enough tennis balls at Dollar Tree for SS room. Yeah! Found board I wanted to make graduation gift for Brianna.
Dezirae and I passed out tracts everywhere we went. It was encouraging to see Dezirae do so without my coaxing her to do so. Several people got excited and thanked us for giving it to them.
11:25p- I’m exhausted. Joe & Jordon surprised me by redoing kitchen floor while we were gone. It looks really good.
Stinging pain in upper back, shoulders tight, hands swollen, legs aches, feet freezing, headache, rt side aches, rt ear hurts shooting pain into jaw rt side, center of chest hurts. Bit wobbly at times today and had to catch my balance before I fell. Glad I had cane to stable myself.
May 12
5:50a- awaken by a thunderstorm. Nerves all hurting and on edge. Sore throat. Gargled with peppermint mouthwash. Joe was sweet. Said he stayed in bed to let me know that he was here for me.
6:30a- burning sensation in lower back by tailbone region, neck throbbing
10:34a- exhausted. Could go back to sleep. Need some energy. What do you do?
3:00p- working on trying to get things put away in proper place. Side tracked…cleaning in SS bldg. Got too hot had to stop after while.
4:45p- had to lay down few minutes feel like I’m gonna crash. Hot and clammy.
6:17p- somethings not right. Don’t know how to explain it. head feels weird and spinnish. Kinda pf woozy? Sudden stinging in middle of back. Head hurts on rt side about 2 inches above rt ear.
7:26p- yawned and got cramp in rt jaw
8:31p- thinking maybe I got a little overheated and/or a little dehydrated didn’t drink as much today
9:05p- treated special today…didn’t have to cook at all. Jakob called. Said he has present for me, but wants to give it to me in person in two weeks.
10:02- not feeling well going to bed and we’re watching my favorite movie Low back throbbing. I’m freezing and feet freezing too. I’m so tired.
Had good day overall.
So much to do this week to prepare for Sunday’s Homecoming. Eyes watering (I’m not crying). Dezirae came to room with cuz she wants to spend time with me.
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Lightning Strike Journal Entries 9-10 May 2019
May 9
6:30a- fell asleep to Joe rubbing my back. Woke to use restroom. Hard to move. Whole body aches all over.
Muscles in lft arm spasming. Stuffy nose. Low back throbbing. Tried to stretch hamstring to ease sciatica pain, but it hurt too much. All muscles very tight. Feet throbbing. Neck hurts. Skin itches all over. Throat hurts. Center of chest hurts.
9:00a- Chiropractor apt. Tens unit a little much for me today. One of heat pad fell off tried to reach and rt side started cramping and spazing. Ugh!
Dr suggested I find a stretching class in area to help me. Adjusted well.
10:00a- when I close my eyes all I see is squiggly lines dancing
10:30- Joe put first coat of clear coat on floor. 2nd coat one hour later.
11:45a- decided to go get lunch. Ended up going to grocery store for mac n cheese with ham cubes. Dezirae cooked lunch while I sorted greeting cards for missions closet.
1:00p- mechanic confirmed it was clutch that went bad. Joe had to go exchange part. Thankfully it had warranty.
2:00p- Joe put final 2 coats of clear coat on floor for me. Thankful cuz I’m not up to do it.
3:15p- finally figured out how to print tithing envelopes for church. Videos don’t help me. I have to see instructions in print. www.MyChurchAssistant.com
Neck throbbing. Back stinging. Lft lower leg feels like tourniquit is tightning. Rt eye stinging and twitching.
4:15p- recvd call from Dr office about medication being ready to picked up. Asked what it was (namarzic). Lady told me. Had to explain to her that I had researched it and decided to refuse it bc it would just magnify my symptoms I already deal with and had already left msg about such. She thanked me for letting her know and would notate it in my file.
6:00p- discovered that with extra unexpected expenses we won’t have much $ to spend for vacation. Discouraged but we’ll manage.
6:27p- it is pouring raining outside
7:20p- really struggled playing piano. Mind not registering tune, viewing keys, and notes to play. Forgot about choosing offeratory humn. Chose hymn quickly. Flubbed that up too. Ugh!
Brain feels jumbled and fried. Headache. Eyes blurry.
9:00p- trying to plan meals for wk but it’s just not coming together. Brain feels blank slated. Just need to give brain a break. It hurts and wants to sleep.
11:00p- rt ear hurts, tired, stuffy nose, skin itches, scalp itches, craving chocolate, feet freezing, lymph nodes on both sides of neck swollen, rt back side of neck and head ache, sciatica rt side aches with pain down rt top leg
May 10
7:00a- woke from strange dreams. Feel clammy as if broke sweat. Rt hip throbbing. Arms numb and tingly. Groggy and unsure of surroundings at first. Thankful don’t need to work on floor today. Need to rest. Muscles spasming/twitching in lft arm. Calves ache.
9:00a- realized that I forgot to prepare for devotional at ladies outing tomorrow. Overwhelmed. I’m emotional basket case this morning. Ugh!
9:58a- trying to find flashdrive I lost. Dezirae asked what was in oven. Told her nothing at first but then realized I put eggshells in oven and forgot about them. Oops! A little extra crispy for the garden.
10:00- printing devotinal books, filled empty spice jars, prepared chicken enchiladas for slow cooker, washed dishes I dirtied
1:00p- I found the flashdrive looking for something else!!! PtL!
Discovered bookmarks I had saved on my computer are all gone! Don’t know how that happened or how to get them back! Trouble logging into email. Think I need a break!!!
1141p- I’m exhausted and hurting. Lower left leg numbish and feels squished (its actually cold to the touch), rt hip throbbing, rt ear aches, lower back aches, neck hurts, headache, took pain rx, center of chest aching
Realized I forgot to take morning meds.
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Lightning Strike Journal Entries 7-8 May 2019
May 7
8:00a- Joe accidentally scared me away because I was still sleeping and have TBI mtg at 10:00am. I dislike being frightened it puts my nerve ending on fire for a bit. He apologized and gave me hug.
9:00a- almost forgot to take morning meds. Took pain rx too to help me move a little better.
10:30a- arrived late at TBI. Phone’s been busy this morning.
Told Teresa & Ron about my PT apt at USA. I’m so excited about it. Teresa thanked me for letting me know. Teresa told me about TBI study being done at USA in July for 3 days. She wants me to participate. Lady that’s gonna do my PT will be apart of it. She will let me know more soon. Has conference call about it in next few days. How cool is that!!?
Ron bought me a physical fitness book. Stay FIT For Life by Joshua Kozak. It has many exercises to restore strength and stability. I need to do something special to show appreciation.
Pixie told me that I looked happier than I had been…like I’m not as sad as before. I told her that I am happier bc I feel like I’m finally getting answers or Dr’s willing to listen. I gave brief explanation about what last neurologist suggested. I told her it caused me to be depressed for a couple weeks afterwards.
She said he needs to be held accountable and doesn’t need to be in practice. I told her that my husband stepped in and talked with head Dr of practice and the Dr called to apologize. Joe chewed them both out.
Told her I refused to see him again and told apt nurse why. She scheduled me to see different neurologist first of June. She told me that I need to be up front and honest about why I’m seeing him instead. To tell him that I want to know what’s going on medically.
11:25a- I’m so sore all over and quite swollen. Hands swollen and achy. Wedding ring cutting off circulation in finger had to take off for a bit. Tailbone hurts from sitting on cement floor. All my muscles feel overworked and hurt. Shoulders ache. Legs throbbing. Headache.
2:30p- resting from morning adventure. Muscles in left arm spasming/twitching. Light Headache. Hands swollen and throbbing. Bright lights bothersome. I’m tired. Tailbone aches. Legs ache. Tourniquit feeling on lower left leg. So much to do and I’m ready for a nap. Neck hurts.
3:00p- tried to tell Joe that my butt feels bruised but it came out my brain feels bruised. He giggled and said it sure is because You’ve repeated yourself four times since you’ve been home.
4:30p- hit my head back on head rest in car it felt like I was being stabbed in head on left side. Touch back of head to check and felt nothing. Did it couple more times each time I feel stabbing pain. Joe checked headrest. Nothing there to stab me. Now I have headache. Rt ear now hurts.
Mom called to check on how I faired from yday. She was on car speaker phone. The background noise hurt my ears!!! Hard to register what they were saying.
10:26p- my upper hind quarters feel like they’re bruised. Skin itches crazy like. Rt ear throbbing. Put Vicks rub on cotton ball and put in ear to ease pain. Sounds crazy but it works. Headache. Feet ache. Low back hurts. I’m hot.
May 8
5:30a- woke to my hind quarters throbbing. Read my Bible.
Have to take Joe to work. I do not look forward to driving on hwy. It puts my nerves on edge which inflicts pain. Lord, help.
Lord was good. He kept a bumper clearance between me and other vehicles while on hwy.
9:00a- Made pigs-n-blanket for kids end of school party today. Now attempting to balance checkbook. Not going to well. Discovered I wrote a check for three $ more than I was suppose to. Ugh!
6:20p- Eventful day. Kids had end of year skating party from 10:30-12:30. It was strange feeling like the popular kid.
We then headed to church to try to finish first part of floor in SS room. Now picking up my husband from work.
Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 5-6 May 2019
May 5
9:35a- stinging pain in back, slight headache
9:50a- No matter how much pain I’m in it tickles my heart pink when the kids come in and make sure they give me hugs. For a brief moment, it eases the pain ever so slightly.
12:00p- when I got up to go play the invitational, a cramp ensued in my rt leg. I thought I was gonna go down on floor!!! I managed to get to piano without incident.
1:30p- upper torso really hurts right now…stinging burning pain. Rt hip throbbing. Lft leg lower feels like tourniquit is starting to squeeze. Stuffy nose & congestion. Fingers and hands swollen and achy.
2:30p- tried to lay down to take nap but pain so bad it made it difficult to fall asleep. When I was finally dozing off, my whole body jerked enough it scared me awake never to doze off again. Ugh!
5:30- rt hip really throbbing not able to get comfortable. Neck hurts. Center of chest aches. Tailbone hurts. Headache. Used pain roller to ease sciatica pain.
9:45p- looking for something else (that which I don’t recall presently) I came across article about treatment for pain “reclaiming your life from fibromyalgia pain”. I have almost all of symptoms.
10:50p- pain intense – stinging pain in arms, hands, legs, and feet. Pain in chest increases. Headache same. Muscles feel tight throughout body. If only I could get them to relax, I could sleep. Article very enlightening. Took ibuprofen 800mg & melatonin 3mg. Hope that helps.
11:00p- crazy random hiccups won’t stop
May 6
5:30a- woke to sore throat, muscles spams in rt leg, tailbone throbbing, and headache. Gargled with peppermint mouthwash to ease throat pain. Took rx for pain. Read my Bible and devotional book, and prayed.
www.spine-health.com/wellness/exercise/hamstring-stretching-exercises-sciatica-pain-relief
7:45a- couldn’t fall back to sleep decided to get up. Washed load of towels. Prepared dinner for crockpot. Mailed pkg. Working on memoirs for blog.
Stretching my hamstring has eased sciatica pain.
8:57a- almost forgot to take my morning medicine. Regimen rx for this week = Edarbyclor 40mg 1/2 pill, alpha lipoic acid 300mg 1 pill, MSM 500mg 1 pill, Propranolol 20mg 1 pill, Dexliant 60mg 1 pill, magnesium 400mg 1pill, 1 tbs Colloidial Silver in glass of Switchel in am
9:00a- going to church today to work on finishing floor in SS room. I know it needs to be done but I’m not looking forward to the pain it’ll cause me later.
11:30p- only able to do half the floor today. My entire body is throbbing worse than toothache. Rt ear hurt. Everything is swollen. Soaked in Epsom Salt bath for long time after dinner. Why does physical exertion cause such pain? Alternating I’m chilled and feet warm but when I warm up my feet are freezing most of evening. Makes no sense at all. Drank cup of Chamomile tea to soothe muscles and help me sleep. Took pain rx.
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Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 3-4 May 2019
May 3
6:10a- after attending a funeral this week and learning that a cousin passed away tragically, it dawned on me that I in a sense have the need to grieve – to grieve over the loss of self due to my lightning strike. Some of the lasting effects from my lightning strike have been nerve damage, brain injury, chronic pain, regular migraines, etc. Each of these injuries in and of themselves are difficult to deal with for any person. Let me tell ya it’s definity not for whimps. I write this not for self-pity but to help others who may be experiencing the same pains.
It dawned on me that I haven’t allowed myself to grieve because I’ve been so consumed in trying to understand and overcome. Dr’s have no idea how to help and mostly have only been monitering my symptoms. Some of my symptoms they have no idea how to treat.
Media usually only covers a lighting strike story of people that die, but there are more people that survive and many of those survivors have lasting side effects. Most of which have no visible injuries. If only more doctors or aspiring doctors would study this phenomenon out to help the thousands of us who are doing their best to continue to live life.
Society (myself included) generally thinks the only reason you need to grieve is over the loss of a loved one. But that’s not entirely true. You see those who experience traumatic life experiences have a need to grieve too in order to move forward in life.
You see I now have a hidden “invisible” injury that has drastically changed the way I live life. It has not only affected me but also my family and friends around me.
I have struggled with the fact that I am no longer the “energizer bunny” that I was once and now have to pace myself in order to complete even the most medial of tasks. I keep telling myself “I used to be able to do this but now it’s so difficult.” Or “I want to be able to do this but I don’t know how to do it anymore.” I’m sure it’s not only frustrating for me but also for my family as well. We’ve all had to make difficult adjustments to the new way of living. What’s even harder to adjust to is hearing outsiders say, “I’m glad to see you’re doing better” when really I’m doing my best to not show how I’m really feeling. Most of the time I will respond with “I’m working towards getting better.”
Most days I’m in pain and I’ve learned thru trial and error how to manage the pain. I do have flair ups either bc of weather or I’ve pushed myself too much which causes extreme pain.
Weather related flair ups I can feel in my bones and nerves when rain is coming especially if it’s going to storm. My body tenses up as if I’m re-living that day all over again. When storms are bad, anxiety kicks in and I feel the need to get in a “safe place” til the storm passes. I get very jumpy especially when I hear lightning.
Over activity flair ups cause my muscles to tighten and they begin spasming randomly throughout my body. Sometimes it takes days of rest for them to finally loosen enough for relief of extreme pain.
No one wants to accept the fact that they are stuck with lifelong changes. Take the TBI for instance, TBI patients have continuing short term memory losses, cognitive difficulties, slow processing (conversations are a challenge), speech difficulties, etc. It has been very difficult challenge for me to accept who I am verses who I was. Learning to accept the new way of life is an important step to moving forward.
With the nerve damage & pain, I’ve had to re-learn how to do some things and how to make things simpler in order to accomplish daily tasks. I’ve also had to learn how to ask for help more when I can not do the task myself.
10:59a- today has been very eventful. Woke at 5:30ish and couldn’t get back to sleep. Decided to get up and work on making picnic dinner items for kids field trip this afternoon. Washed load of clothes, folded and put away load of clothes (most of it), posted journal entries to blog thru end of Dec 2017. Had to call about getting car towed to repair shop. Three phone calls and several hours later I’m talking to a case manager bc towing co not showed yet. Suppose to leave for field trip at 2 didnt get to leave until 30 minuet afterwards. Nerves stretched thin. Guy with towing co gave no explanation or apology.
I’ll have to finish in am. I’m flat wore out.
Met a lady at festival who’s husband is a lightning survivor. He was struck in 70s in Germany. Able to tell her about lightning survivor support group.
Also met a specialized chiropractor. Practice in Pensacola, Fl. I purposely didn’t tell him that I was a lightning survivor. I wanted to see what the neck scan would show and what his reaction would be. My scan for nerve interference/damage was almost off the chart!!! He was shocked. He asked me what catastrophic event happened to cause my symptoms. When I told him, he was more shocked!!! He began asking lots of questions. He did confirm that my body isn’t healing like it’s suppose to bc of the nerve damage/issues in my spine. (Honestly, that’s a relief to finally hear a Dr agree with my thinking. Gut & brain are connected. My connections are distorted presently. Gotta figure out help to fix it.)
Scheduled an apt for end of June. Looking forward to see what answers he may be able to provide.
Music way too loud…felt vibrations through my bones. Determined to see the balloons up. Took forever seemingly. I guess they had to see if wind would calm. Prayed it would and it did. Jordon said it was hurting his ears. I apologized and prayed for music to stop. Decided to start heading to car. Thanked God for the disability transport. They didn’t have it last year. Music stopped.
Balloons began filling up as we headed to car. It was amazing! Ate picnic dinner at car while watching all the balloons fill up. Thankful we waited.
Stopped at Buccees. It’s huge. Asked what time they close. Were told they don’t. Woah! It’s a huge souvenirs convenience shop on steroids!!!
Good day overall. I’m beyond exhausted and know I’ve overdone it but happy I was able to make memories with the kids. Wish Joe could’ve come.
May 4
5:00a- Joe woke me bc he recvd call from Jakob at midnight and was having hard time understanding his voice mail. I couldn’t make it out either. Hope everything’s okay.
Joe asked about my mtg with specialized chiropractor. Told me he looked up safety stats on lightning and trains. Found stat that 51% of lightning survivors eventually die from it. Intriguing.
I have such a headache and I’m so sore all over. Think I walked more yday with many breaks than I have in a whole month. Any kind of extra activity causes me great pain afterwards.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/lightning-strike-survivors-268939381.html?amp=y
https://www.livescience.com/38313-how-to-survive-a-lightning-strike.html
7:00 Charliehorse of cramping in legs. Had to stand up to ease some. Bad headache.
11:57a- raining outside…storms brewing. Legs painfully ache, rt ear hurts, muscles in back tingly achey sensation, hands swollen and achy, headache, throat hurts
2:29a- as the thunder & lightning increase my pain levels increase
11:34p- muscle tension pretty tense thru body, random twitching throughout, turniquet feeling on left leg returns, sore throat all day, exhausted, lethargic feeling, rt ear hurts, hands swollen and achy, shoulders tight, stinging needle sensation in back and center of chest
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If There Be Any Virtue
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8
The word virtue has many different meanings these days. It can be a word used to describe a person or a situation or it can be a character trait.
The dictionary defined virtue as a conformity to the standard of right, morality, moral excellence. The biblical definition of virtue is things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report (Philippians 4:8). It’s moral excellence that is judged by the standard of God’s principles alone.
Virtue causes a person to have a higher level of standards where few desire to obtain because it goes against human nature. Self seeks to advance one’s desires at the expense of others. While virtue seeks to treat others fairly, esteem others better than themselves (Philippians 2:3), and seeks to live a godly life.
Colossians 3:12-17 gives us a list of Christian virtues that we are to “put on” – mercy, kindness, humbleness, meekness, long-suffering, forbearance, forgiveness, and charity. These traits all operate within the boundaries of wisdom and peace.
Before virtue (moral excellence) can occur our heart, soul, and mind must be in line with the will of our Heavenly Father. We must actively seek a personal relationship with Him. We cannot exhibit virtue or any godly character trait if we are ignoring Him.
Lightning Strike Journal Entries 1-2 May 2019
May 1
12:15a- hip pain & tailbone getting worse. Can’t get comfortable. Rt ear hurting.
7:00a- 2 Samuel 22:2-4
And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
No matter what circumstances you may be facing God is always worthy to be praised!
Woke to lower back and rt hip throbbing, lft hand and arm numb, rt ear hurts, sore throat, slight headache
9:10 a.m.- woohoo! Got new battery for my laptop computer speed is faster now. message when I turn computer on before battery is critically low
12:00p- attended funeral of veteran today. Quickest funeral I remember attending. Funeral attendees hurried us through bc they had another one scheduled right behind. Almost unable to give grieving widow my condolences. It kind of irritated me. A kind woman said she was glad to see I was doing better. I don’t even know how to respond bc I’m not better. It’s an invisible injury. I usually say I’m trying to work towards it.
3:00 struggling with accepting I’m not same person as before. Feels as if I expect too much and others do to. Feel like I’m mourning and that upsets me more makes me lash out unknowingly towards my husband. When he doesn’t know what’s going on it causes us to get in argument. I don’t know how to process it all nor do I know who to talk to.
4:00p- Chiro apt. My right sciatica is severely inflammed. Left lower leg severely bruised. Dr says numbness and pain is probably from pinched nerve. Should receive relief from adjustments. Need to try to walk more as I can endure. Given stretching exercises to do in am. Go back in a week. Dr says this is the hardest this is the hardezt thing I have to fight through. I need to accept that I won’t get better (meaning that I’ll never be the same as I was before).
7:00p- decided to talk things out with Joe about how I was feeling. Had good long talk. I guess I’m stuck in limbo. I need to learn to accept the new me but I’m not ready to give up fighting to overcome. What the neurologist suggested I do really hurt me. If I’m honest with myself it made me consider what ifs and that scares me because I never would’ve considered it before. How do you get over mourning the loss of one’s self when you’re still living? What’s the next step? How do I help others when I’m having hard time helping myself? It helped to talk things out. I feel little better about things.
May 2
4:44p – had to take Joe to work to use the car. Able to get Dezirae’s grades done for year and most of Jordon’s. Dezirae has all A’s. Yeah!
Called Dr’s bc my headache rx (Propranolol) hasn’t been filled yet and it’s been at least two weeks. Dr’s office was nice. Will get it taken care of.
Went to bargain thrift store to look for goodies. Joe msgd me that he’s getting off at noon instead. Jordon found an 18 speed bike for $15. He’s been wanting a bike. Dezirae found mirror for her room. I found some t-shirts for Joe. Found some nice gifts too. While shopping my back started throbbing, I needed to rest. Seats were all taken so I sat on cement floor for a while next to buggy. After resting, I was able to proceed.
Ran out of time. Have to drop bike off at home and go pick up Joe. Will stop at store to pick up few needed items after picking up Joe.
I am so hurting!!! I’ve done as much walking as I can today. Dezirae had to pull buggy to help guide me along. I need to rest but it won’t happen bc we need to leave for church. Joe needs to see if he can fix lawnmower.
Asked Dezirae to put linens in mission house. Discovered a whole colony of swarmer ants in kitchen. Ugh! I’m not up to this. Dezirae and I commence to cleaning up the kitchen. I so hurt!
Going to lay down in nursery for a bit before church. Tailbone is throbbing. Neck hurts. Headache. Fingers sting. Lft leg aches. Rt hip hurts.
Trouble falling to sleep. Back throbbing.
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Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 29-30 April 2019
April 29
7:30a- woke to alarm. Muscles in legs spasming. Still sleep. Arms and hand pins and needle pain. Rt ear hurts. Throat hurts. Sleep a little more.
8:45a- rt hip throbbing. Toes stinging. Weird dreams. Still groggy. Rt ear hurts. Rt hip throbbing.
9:55a- outer part of my left leg where I fell and hurt it feels numb down to my toes
10:43a- popovers made for the kids, load of clothes washed, cucumbers sliced and on dehydrator, breakfast eaten, lft lower outer leg still feels numb, I’m not feeling well…need to rest a while.
9:30p- lft lower leg is still numb feeling,
11:05p I’m not sure how to ask but has anyone noticed it seems to take longer to heal from bruises and booboos after lightning or electrical injuries?
I remember being a quick healer prior to my strike now it seems like it takes forever to heal. The area that I wacked on my leg when I fell last week is still swollen and feels numb sometimes. The bruising seems to be healing in right stages. It’s strange to me.
Just curious???
Decided to go to Chiropractor today. Dr said my sciatica nerve was severely inflamed. I deeply bruised my leg and hip. He was able to adjust me quite well. I think my hip was slightly out of joint bc it popped quite loudly. I’m feeling a little better though still sore. I go back in a week. Glad I went. Thanks.
11:59p- upper back throbbing, muscles twitching throughout body, slight.headache.
April 30
5:45a- woke to muscles spasming in legs, rt hip hurts, cottony mouth
6:00a- doing am exercise while in bed my rt hip feels bruised. Ouch!
8:30a- dozed back to sleep for an hour. Strange dreams. Need some thyme tea. Left leg feels like a tourniquet is lightly squeezing it. I don’t know what to think but it feels weird.
1:30p- had to help kids move stone table to where I could use it too. Not good idea. Now hurting pretty bad.
2:00p- need to rest. Frustrating computer won’t connect to internet. Have to reset dns. Nope. Clear winsock. Nope. Change router connection. Nope. Duh! Forgot to run cmd prompt in admin mode. Have to run thru steps again. Thanks for Google or I couldn’t remember. 45 minutes later it works!
Leaned back while sitting on floor bc back was hurting. Ouch!! Wrong choice – sharp stabbing pain in rt hip & tailbone area. Think I need to get checked out. It’s been a week since I fell.
Now to force myself to rest while watching movie.
11:15p- rt hip throbbing, stabbing pain in tailbone area, feet hurting and cold, lower left leg still slight swollen & it feels as if it’s being squeezed, trouble speaking thoughts and remembering what things are called.
Got word today that local college willing to help with some therapy. Next step is setting up appointment for initial evaluation. Thank you, Lord.
Still need to find a mechanic that has time to fix car and is budget friendly. God knows need.
Took a bit but managed to post few things to blog today.
