Jan 4
6am woken to phone call. Not ready to get up. Whole body aches deeply, but not as bad as weekend.
700 laying back down. I’m so tired.
Read Genesis 19-21. Took cat nap.
800 ready to work on organizing recipes so I can find them quicker for meal planning. Washing comforter in new to me washer. Yay! Prepped veggies for crockpot soup.
School starts back up today. I’m not ready. Stressed over activities of new couple of weeks…dentist, cognitive test, birthday party, start gathering info for taxes, etc. Ugh!
1030 chest hurting, body sore
130 face feels flushed, chest sore, brain feels foggy, tired and need a nap.
250 at bank depositing checks. St middle back cramping. Can’t seem to wiggle right to get it to stop. Headache. Tired. They do not have enough tellers working today. Three lines open and currently 12 in lines and it grows. There were only 9 in line when I approached. I’d go inside if it were allowed. Ugh.
Face feels flushed and cheeks feel on fire. Don’t know cause.
916 going to bed early. Tired and hurting & very cold. Tummy bloated and feels like it’s going to pop. Face itches. Skin hypersensitive…hair on Joe’s arms feel like sharp needles poking mine. Rt inner ear hurts & itches. Low back & rt hip throbbing. Tops of feet freezing even with socks on all day. Toes stingy-tingly and starting to chill. Cramping lower rt abdomen.
1020 can’t sleep. Pain keeping me awake. Decided to look up info about testing on Wednesday.
https://verdugopsych.com/neuropsychological-evaluation-of-traumatic-brain-injury/
Too much info to read right now. Increases headache.
Jan 5
500 rough night. Woke at 1am with extreme pain in abdomen. Had to use restroom.
Woke again at 5am with milder pains.
645 strange sounds coming from abdomen. I just want some sleep.
Tummy upset and bit nauseous. Took ginger capsule to settle stomach.
700 chilling sensation up and down spine. Feet freezing.
1000p bad headache.. Much pain. Low back & rt hip throbbing.
Jan 6
630 rough night. Trouble falling asleep and kept waking up thinking I overslept. Detest alarm noise it irritates me to wake up to need to change it. Very tired. Whole body aches. Sinuses congested. I wonder if the zyrtec is even helping anymore. Moderate headache. Nervous about testing. Mixed emotions.
2p neuropsychological testing went longer than expected. (appointment lasted from 8am-1pm). Dr told my husband that I look exhausted and need a break. I will have to go back Friday to finish (it’ll be another hour). I will get results at end of month. I am flat exhausted and will most likely be down rest of day.
Eyes started watering mid testing. Brain began fatiguing had trouble answering simple questions I should’ve known. Fought falling asleep on girl giving test. Periodic ears ringing.
345p Series of puzzles, drawings, matching, math problem, memory tests, defining words, spelling, repetition of numbers and words, naming object and animals. Thinking about it now tires me out. Bad headache, exhausted, rt hip throbbing.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK305230/
745p just found PDF on neuropsychological testing wish I found it earlier
Neuropsych_FAQ.pdf
https://www.brainline.org/article/guide-neuropsychological-testing
God is so good in providing this testing. It can be an important tool for helping understand my injury and how to better help me improve and overcome.
800 going to bed early. Been dozing off and on since we’ve been home.
Learned my husband thought I was as smart as Stephen Hawking prior to my LS. I didn’t recall who he was. Just looked him up. He was a pretty smart guy. I guess that’s a pretty huge compliment. Awh.
840 trouble falling asleep. Asked Joe for some herbal tea to help me sleep.
935 Tummy hurts horribly again. Trots again. Ugh! I forgot Chammomile tea relieves constipation.
945 exhausted. Brain hurts. Headache. Whole body aches. Rt inner ear hurts. Low back & rt hip throbbing. Lower abdomen stabbing sharp pain. Legs ache. Feet sting. Toes tingling. Hands sting & tingle.
