Category: My Healing Journey

November 16, 2017

7:30a- Woke up late for an appointment.  It’s hard to get moving in the morning. 

Right side aches as though I’ve been punched.  Low back hurts.  Feet ache and have pins and needles sensation.  Hands ache.  Headache finally gone.

6:15p- Feet throbbing with pins and needles sensation.  Rt hip & side hurts.  Low back hurts.  Hands ache.

Walked a good bit today.  Walked into Costcos (rode wheelchair inside store) and back to car.  Walked to neighbors three houses down.  Visited a little while and walked back home again.

7:23p- Hot flash…skin is beat red from chest upward to face…running a fever too.

Icy sensation in center of chest.  Splotchy red spots on upper chest – almost resembling hives.

November 17, 2017

8:05a – Woke up from a bad dream…being stung by a swarm of bees after trying to rescue someone stuck in a tree…

My whole body hurts horribly today.  Slight headache.  BP 135/94 hr 84

5:56p It’s amazing how much pain zapps your energy.

6:51p- I crashed for two hours this afternoon.  Woke up not feeling well.  Chilly.  Forehead feels warm.

7:47p- Feeling sick to my stomach.  Unexplained goosebumps.

10:18p- Pain levels have increased.  Probably an 8.  Low back throbbing.  Middle back aches.  Hands ache.  Legs hurts.  Feel like I was in a fight.  Headache.  Chest hurts.  Stuffy nose.  Tired but can’t sleep.  Nauseous.

10:31p – Very interesting…

https://www.livestrong.com/article/180670-brain-injury-recovery-exercises/?fbclid=IwAR3wSlwcIgQ-TKM9S4SC5aK4K4t8KtOYLzYTVUjG2AQcIScpcYjI8DVqS70

November 14, 2017

6L45p- Woke up with headache.  Whole body aches.  Trouble focusing on one thing.  Took me all day to get sign classes ready for tomorrow.

Excruciating cramp in right side of stomach today.

Rt hip hurts, pins & needles sensation in hands and feet.  Still have headache.

November 15, 2017

Woke up with headache.  Lower back hurts.  Hands and arms pins and needles sensation.  Legs and feet pins and needles sensation.  Neck hurts.

10:08p- Emotional roller coaster day.  Came home from co-op and crashed for 2 ½ hours.  Lower back throbbing.  Hands tingly with pins and needles sensation.  Cramping in right lower back – like muscle spam feeling.  Chest hurts with tinge of icy sensation.

Information to share: I thought I would share this information because I know many of us endure pain on a daily basis. My primary Dr recently added three supplements to my regimen of supplements…one of which is MSM.

I don’t know if it will help everyone. Personally, I would much rather take something that’s natural than a chemical that may have horrible side effects.

MSM is the abbreviation for methylsulfonylmethane. Some of the reported benefits are:

• pain relief
• reduces inflammation
• increases blow flow
• controls overactive nerve impulses
• reduces muscle spams

My doctor recommended me taking two capsules per day on an empty stomach.  Of course, the dosage may vary depending on individual needs.

I’ve been taking it for almost two weeks now and have already noticed a slight reduction in my pain levels.  I’ve even notices that my allergies that I would normally suffer with because of pollens isn’t as bad like it usually is this time of year.

November 12, 2017

8:45a- Woke with both sides of nose bloody.  Head hurts.  Exhausted.  Legs hurt.  Arms hurt.

8:05p- Bright lights bother my eyes, light headache, trouble focusing, sporadic ringing in right ear, easily irritated.

2:20p – Praising the Lord not only for the visitor today, but also that he walked the aisle and got saved today!  Hallelujah, what a Saviour!

 🎶 If just one more soul were to walk down the aisle, It would be worth every struggle, It would be worth every mile…🎶

November 13, 2017

11:33a- Woke up in a lot of pain.  Hard to get moving.  Took Jordon to Dr & deposit check at bank.  I’m exhausted.  Chilly sensation at base of neck.

6:19p-  We ended up being involved with media campaign regarding R Moore.  Joe supposedly signed a letter that he never signed.  We knew nothing of it.  Joe getting phone calls all day.  I can’t handle this right now.  It’s making all my nerves hurt!!

9:49p- Very stressful day.  Had melt down around 7pm.  Symptoms are overactive and I have headache coming on.  Hopefully, a good night’s sleep will help

November 10, 2017

4:29p- Thought I was doing fairly decent keeping up with school work until today.  Kids asked questions about Thanksgiving break.  I told them I would check because I have to get their planner ready for next few weeks today.  They informed me that they didn’t have a planner for this week.  Ugh!

Not feeling well. Neck hurts. Rt hip slightly aches.  Hands pins and needles sensation. Center of chest chilly sensation.  Brain hurts.  Got overwhelmed when I found out I was behind.  Joe says I’m running a fever.

10:21p- BP 147/94 hr 85.  Pins and needles sensation in hands and feet.  Head hurts, but not headache.  Slightly bloody nose.  Little dizzy.  Lower back aches.  Back of neck hurts with occasional icy sensation.  Feel achey all over.  Left hand hurts more than right.  Left shoulder hurts if I move certain ways.  I need good sleep.  I’m tired and Joe’s tired of me being ill.  I can’t hurry my healing…it’s not in my power.  Only with God’s help will I make it through this new jungle.  I just want to cry.

10:34p- Sharp pain in right side of head when I laid down.

November 11, 2017

8:40a- Woke up to a bloody nose.  Icy sensation in between shoulder blades.  Head hurts.  Legs ache.  Sharp pain in left forearm.

10:53a- I need to find something I can create that means something to me and gives me purpose.

10:51p- Legs have felt very heavy.  Haven’t been able to do much today without getting icy sensation in center of chest or in between shoulder blades.  Hands numb and tingling.  Legs pins and needles sensation.  Headache.  Extremely tired.  Running low grade fever off and on.

11:01p- Not sure what’s going on but I’ve been running low grade fever off and on the past couple of days. Extra tired and nerve pain has been odd lately with new symptoms oncoming. Praying it’s temporary. Thanking God that He’s ever interceding.

Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

*Dr confirmed at my last appointment that I have actually been running a low grade fever since my lightning strike.  He said that it’s normal because the heat from the lightning causes your body temperature to increase.

November 8, 2017

6:49a- Left shoulder hurts.  Woke with both arms numb and tingling.  Lower back throbbing.  Calf muscles tight and achey.

2:23p- I’m not feeling well.  Going to crash for a while.  Something’s not right.

7:28p- I slept for over 3 hours.  My head feels like it could explode.  My left arm is tingly and feels heavy.  I’m freezing, but its 75 degrees inside.  I have sock on and am under blanket.

November 9, 2017

10:07a- I feel  slightly better than yesterday.  Whole body aches.  Pins & needles/tingly sensation.  Head throbbing.

10:49p- Felt a little better after taking D.E. I’m still not feeling the best.  Noticed that bump on head is gone, but had left an indentation.  It sinks too.  Don’t have an appetite. Joe made me eat something for lunch. 

Pain got so bad…had to take Naproxen.  My body still aches, but not as bad.

Vision got blurry after focusing on getting bulletin typed for Sunday & created event on FB.  Hard time focusing to play the piano.  Need to get some rest, but now that it’s time to sleep I’m wide awake.

11:05p- Random shooting pain in right hand & wrist, and left elbow.

November 3, 2017

7:10a- Woke up with pins and needles sensation in hands and feet.  Icy sensation in center of chest.  Sore on my head hurts.

9:45a- Bp at home 137/79.  Bp at Drs 151/94. 

Dr says the bad dreams and jitters are forms of anxiety and everyone exhibits them differently.

I’m tired and leg muscles ache most, rt hip hurts, headache, bump on head hurts.  Dr. said bump is not a sebaceous cyst & seems to be begnin.  I’ll keep using frankincense.

Dr is increasing my B12 and adding 3 more supplements.  Haha!  He gave me three bottles, but I have to order the turmeric.

Dr added Cognitex Basics, B12 melt tabs, MSM , & Tumeric with CurcuWIN.

Asked Dr about my blood pressure being so high.  Dr said the nerve damage and inflammation is a factor.  Once the inflammation begins to subside, I’ll notice that my Bp should regulate itself.

11:19a – Did you know that STATIN drugs have over 900 different side effects?

November 4, 2017

6:59a- Woke up at 4:20am thinking Joe overslept to go hunting.

10:30- headache, lower back hurts, calves ache

11:00a- went soul winning at the Pecan Festival.  I didn’t’ walk the whole thing, but it’s the most I’ve walked since my accident.  It wore me out, but I enjoyed it.

4:09p- Dezirae at Volleyball tournament today with her homeschool volleyball team. They won 3^rd place in the league tournament!  Yeah!

6:00p – I hurt all over…legs ache, headache, muscles twitching all over.  I crashed on my chair around 5pm.  Took a hot shower, finished the bulletins, and went to bed around 8:30p

November 5, 2017

4:30a- Woke up with my hands throbbing!!!  I had a bad dream again.  Joe said I beat him up last night hitting him in chest several times.

8:00a- I am in pain today!!!  My brain processing is slow.  My whole body hurts.  It hurts to move.  Memory is slow.  I just want to go back to bed.

11:22a- I just want to cry!!!  People just don’t understand how hard it is to focus sometimes while I am trying to play the piano.  It gets worse when people are moving around and talking while I’m playing.  I just totally flubbed my offertory because I just couldn’t focus.  There was just too much movement.

6:14p- Is it normal to have trouble focusing on reading music to play the piano more at times than other with a brain injury?

November 6, 2017

Nothing written today.

November 7, 2017

7:00a- rough night…woke up several times very hot like I had a fever.  Woke to my left arm & hand numb and tingling as well as my feet tingling.  Lower back throbbing.  Lower legs ache.  Very tired.

6:14p- Kuddos to our daughter Dezirae for jumping in to help make dinner the last two nights. It’s a blessing for sure when you’re hurting.  Love my kids!  They are a blessing most of the time.  

November 1, 2017

6:35a- apparently I had a bad dream last night.  I don’t remember a thing.  Joe told me that I sat up in bed turned and punched in the middle of his chest and said, “That’s what you get.”  Then I laid back down and went back to sleep.  He said he didn’t expect it, and it hurt.

Interesting because he usually laughs at me when I smack him because he says it doesn’t hurt.

It would explain why I feel like I’ve been in a fight.  I hurt all over this morning.

November 2, 2017

Had more bad dreams.  Woke up in a tense state.  Whole body aches.  Nerve endings tingly pain all over – especially in arms and torso area.  Brain fog.  Xxtra jumpy.  Grumpy. 

Gotta figure out how to ease this symptom.

2:19p- Not having a good day. 🙁 On way to church…my drink wouldn’t fit in cup holder so I put it on floor and forgot about it.  A little while later while putting on my lipstick something cold was pouring on my feet and scared me!  I started yelling, “Ugh!  Ugh!” 

Joe yells, “What’s wrong?” 

I reply, “Something’s peeing on me and it’s cold all over my feet!”  I unbuckle to reach what’s on the floor and found my drink ¾ empty.  Ugh!  Now I have no drink and my feet and the floor are all wet.

October 29, 2017

8:15a- Joe woke me up at 7am.  My feet and lower legs hurt to walk on.  Lower back hurts.  I feel odd…somethings not right but don’t know what, rt hip hurts.

3:10pm- Today we celebrate our second anniversary as the Pastor’s family at our church. Appreciated the show of love received today. It is a blessing being the Pastor & Pastor’s wife. Their generosity, servant’s hearts, inviting their friends & family, and willingness to accept us for who we are is encouraging. We love our people and are excited to see how the Lord will work in the years ahead.

P.S. Today is my spiritual birthday as well.  🙂

October 30, 2017

Joe woke me at 7.  Didn’t sleep well.  Had dream I got electrocuted again and woke myself up yelling “NO!”  Upper back aches, low back hurts, hands ache, slight headache.  Still have trouble focusing on one task at a time.  Took me 2+ hours to order Sunday School material.

3:30p-  messed up our deposit bc I forgot to add in second check.  Took Dezirae to her last home volleyball game.  *the simplest chores have become difficult tasks to complete.

10:24p- I’m exhausted and really hurting.  Half way through I could feel all my nerves tingling.  Took a naproxen.

October 31, 2017

5:30a- inadvertently woken up.  Ugh!!!  Slept all night once I did fall asleep.  Low back hurts, hands ache, rt hip hurts, legs & feet ache, tired, slight bloody nose, belly itches.

10:24p- Took me until 7:30 to prepare ASL classes for tomorrow.  I’m hurting and exhausted.  Going to go to sleep…

October 27, 2017

7:27a- Woke up to legs cramping intensely, hands hurting, & headache

10:00a- one of the cysts on head popped today…only been using frankincense oil

12:00p- Naproxen not touching pain, neurologist apt today.  Slight temp 100.6  Bp153/105 hr 85 weight 188 (I’ve lost 8lbs, yeah!)  Dr signed disability placard app for long term.  Loved my notes…suggested I consider becoming a nurse when I get better…his nurses don’t take as good of notes.

5:00p- I’m flat out exhausted…going to rest a while.

7:00p- Joe treated us to  subway for dinner bc it was national sandwich day.  I enjoyed not cooking.

9:05pm- I had follow up apt with the Neurologist today for my lightning strike injuries. Dr. is pleasantly surprised that the supplements I’m taking are helping. Making small improvements, but still going to be a long road to recovery. I still have chronic pain, and regular headaches. I’m still waiting for them to schedule my brain MRI. Taking it one day at a time, but slowly moving forward.

Thank you for all those who have been praying. I know they are working. Please keep them coming.

Thankful for God’s faithfulness. 
Lamentations 3:22-23
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

11:20p- I’m tired, but not sleepy.  My legs still tightly ache.  Headache gone at moment.

October 28, 2017

Felt okay today as long as I not do too much.  Tired from weeks activities.  Unstable on feet…little wobbly too.