Category: My Healing Journey

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.

October  24, 2017

8:00a- Woke up late.  Wore myself out yesterday.

10:00 had unexpected call from Holly today.  Enjoyed talking to her.  Need to pray God will help them.

7:16p – I have a bad headache!  Had to prep ASL Classes today.  Couldn’t remember what lesson I taught last in ASL1…had to ask Marybeth. 

Remembered that I didn’t have all the grades input and had to finish that too.  It hurts my brain to concentrate that hard right now.

10:50p- my brain hurts, back hurts, rt hip aches, muscles in back pulsating tingly pain, eyes hurt, too many things to remember

October 25, 2017

6:46a- Rough night.  Trouble falling asleep.  Woke at 2:30am in a lot of pain.  legs & feet ache, lower back hurts, headache.

9:39- I am in extreme pain…legs throbbing, bad headache, low back hurts…just want to cry.  Soaked in Epson Salt bath for 30 minutes…not sure it even helped.  Good night.

October 26, 2017

So busy today…preacher’s fellowship…I forgot to write.  I’m utterly exhausted and in a lot of pain!!!

October 21, 2017

5:04a- rt hip throbbing, lower back hurts, slight headache, grouchy.  Tired of hurting, tired of being limited on doing things.  I want to be better already.

8:00a- heart beating hard and fast, I don’t feel well, stomach feels bloated, low back hurts, rt hip & butt throbbing

9:30 – heart still bearing hard and fast, rt hip & butt hurting, lower back throbbing

October 22, 2017

7:00a- BP 137/84 hr 73. Headache, whole body achey, stuffy nose,

10:06a- feeling nauseous, headache, little dizzy

*I get wore out after playing piano.  Trouble concentrating.  Can only play familiar hymns.

11:24a- icy sensation in left side of chest, headache, dizzy

1:00p- sudden sharp pain in lower left back/hip area that shoots pain down left leg – only lasts a minute at a time (happened 3 times now)

1:51p- it’s down pouring outside – no wonder I hurt more than usual all over.

October 23, 2017

10:57a – Muscles in whole body ache, low back dull ache, rt hip hurts a little, arms & hands hurt the most right now, dull headache at present, tired already

1:45p – laid down for 15 min

2:47pm– Feeling hopeful at Providence Hospital. (*Having to have a follow-up mammogram for lump in breast checked to make sure it hasn’t grown any)

October 19, 2017

8:00 – woke up with slight headache, vision little blurry, feel like I’m in a fog, muscles ache

12:00 – able to carry a basket of laundry without my muscles going into spams!

5:01 – took me all day to prepare lesson for ASL 2 class for next Wednesday.

Have slight headache, legs aches, foggy brained,

*noticed a pattern – every time I overdo and get a migraine I struggle with talking more and am more unbalanced in my stance and walking

10:23 – muscles aching all over more than normal, rt hip throbbing, chest hurts, extra sensitive to vibrations, irratible, tired, neck hurts, eyes blurry

Positive – headache gone

October 20, 2017

7:14pm- I’m thankful that I am now able to carry a basket of laundry without it wreaking havoc on my muscles. Still have a ways to go, but any improvement is good news.
Thankful for the Lord’s mercies because they are new every morning…Lamentations 3:22-23

10:08pm – Waiting for my husband to bring me a nice boquet to put in my freezer. (He’s out hunting right today)

10:38p – I thought for sure I wrote today.  Rt hip hurts, slight headache, sore all over like I worked out (it’s called shopping at Sam’s), exhausted, chest hurts slightly, rt leg hurts, lower back hurts.

10/18/2017

7:30 – woke up with headache, and a little achy all over

5:00 – rough day…working on grade for 1^st quarter report cards.  All this extra reading & thinking giving me migraine.  Had to stop for a while…took Aleve, ice pack on back of neck, eo’s on neck & temples.  I just want to cry.

10:45 – Slight bloody nose before bed, still have migraine, lights hurt eyes, loud noises bother, touchy.  Joe preoccupied with hunting…fussed at me for not answering all of texts…don’t feel like he cares about me right now and I told him so.  (He does care he just doesn’t know how to help me sometimes. When I have a migraine everything rubs me the wrong way. It’s difficult to keep a kind attitude when you’re hurting so bad). Must rest tomorrow is another day. I must be brave and kind.  Psalm 61:2

 “From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” Psalm 61:2 

October 17, 2017

8:30a- hands tingly & achy, ache all over

7:45 – had trouble staying focused even with a list, muscles cramping in calves, feel like I’m in a gof/tunnel, icy sensation from inside out in center of chest.  I just don’t feel myself.

10:30- went to bed at 9:30 and still wide awake.  Leg muscles cramping, back hurts, shaky, slight headache, tired and wore out feeling, but trouble going to sleep.

https://www.brainline.org/article/facts-about-concussion-and-brain-injury

Started taking a different muscle relaxer a couple of week ago… having nightmares now and wake up with heart beating hard!  I don’t like the side effects.  Muscle spasms are worse when rx wears off.  Called dr to see if I can get a different muscle relaxer.  Dr called in a different subscription – Flexeril.  I know I can take this without too many negative side effects.