Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 4-6 May 2021

May 4

Broken sleep. Woke at 3 to use restroom

5am, 7:15a, 7:35a

Still feeling weird and stinging needle burning throbbing pain increases. Eyes hurt. Headache. Sciatica pain eased some. Going back to bed. Ears hear sound of ocean like I’m holding conch shell up to them but I’m not. Sinuses congested. Sneezing.

Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 9-11, Psalm 30

Weather aware day… thunderstorming pretty bad. Under flash flood advisory.

Took night meds plus PEA & Gaba. Helps relax and keep migrai at bay.

May 5 

600a woken by thunderstorm. Nerves are screaming thru body. Woke from pleasant dream with song on mind (The Way of the Cross Leads Home).

720 had to wake Dezirae to go babysitting with Grandma. She overslept.

Sat in recliner looking up curriculum possibilities for Dezirae in fall.

Nerves stinging greatly thru pbody. Rt hip throbbing. Hands swollen and achy. Cotton mouth. Skin sensitive to touch. Lower abdomen aches thru to back. Low back throbbing. Headache. Feet & legs ache.

Put load of clothes in wash.

Bible Reading: Psalm 32:8-10, 1 Chronicles 12-14

Worked on planning meals for week, chat with my sister, printed cards for Mother’s day.& Laminated them, washed few dishes, meandered through house doing odd chores picking up here and there (I know I did it but I couldn’t tell you what they were).

Had house to myself until around 3pm. It was nice and quiet – except I had radio on most of day.

Joe rubbing me wrong way today. Nothing he’s doing wrong in particular. I dislike when I get in this mood. Ugh! Lord, please help me think lovely thoughts.

Psalms 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

A/C is freezing up. Had to turn it off. I’m hot so it’s going to take a bit to fall asleep.

1030 don’t know where I put my charger for my tablet, but found different way to charge keyboard 4 tablet. I hurt all over. Center of chest hurts. Headache not so bad. Extremely tired. Stinging needles feeling randomly thru body. Periodic muscles spasming thru body. Low back throbbing. Arms tingly.

 

May 6

Didn’t sleep very well at all. I hurt all over. Headache mild. Feet feel like I’m stepping on broken glass. Stinging pain thru body. Lower abdomen hurts.

Song on mind: “In Christ I Am Forgiven”.

Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 15-17, Psalm 34:8, Proverbs 23:15-21

Sinuses congested. Tongue more covered in lesions.

Can’t find my flash drives. It’s hindering me know getting things done. Ugh. Frustrating. Later discovered that I mistakenly put them in SS teaching bag.

Tired. Hurting all over.

LS Memoirs – 24-25 March 2021

March 24

Rough night. Up and down. Woke to hands stinging & throbbing. Center chest sharp pain. Upper back aches. Both hips and low back throbbing. Arms & legs ache. Dry mouth. Thirsty. Headache has eased some. Sinuses are semi clear.

Bible Reading: Judges 16-18; Romans 6:23;

Juicing: 5 cups spinach, 2 apples, 15 baby carrots, 1/2 green pepper

Taste not so good. Green pepper taste overpowers other items. I’d rather eat green peppers not drink them.

Declutter cups & plates cupboard. Think I got rid of 1/3 of the clutter. Probably could get rid of more but don’t want guys mad at me

Rachel M replied to someone asking how to retrieve smell/taste after covid… “I lost my taste and smell from covid in January and I was actually able to regain it back pretty quickly by using the principles of neuroplasticity to retrain my brain. (I’m a speech pathologist and use these principles to improve swallowing in patients following strokes, brain injuries, etc). So each day I would take a few of my favorite essential oils and smell them for probably 20 seconds to a minute each, and I just tried to really concentrate on thinking about what the scent smelled like. After doing this a few times a day for a few days in a row my sense of smell came back!”

I wonder if it would help lightning survivors as well?

https://www.neuroskills.com/brain-injury/neuroplasticity/ten-principles-of-neuroplasticity/ 

Symptoms: whole body throbbing, back stings, center chest stabbing throbbing pain – at times it takes my breath away, hands swollen and throwing, low back and hips throbbing, indigestion moderate, tired, keep dozing off trying to type,

March 25

445a woke from nightmare.  I hurt all over sorely. Feel like I’ve been beat up severely. Hurts to move. Sinuses congested. Tummy hurts. Headache moderate. 

Bible Reading: Judges 19-21;

Pain is not letting up. Feel like I could just sleep all day. I dislike hurting this bad. The stinging throbbing one you can’t ignore not in least bit just drains you. Lord, help me.

930a Dezirae comes to check on me. I’m usually up and waking her way before now. Told her I’m hurting bad.

Better get up soon. Need to get her motivated to do school work.

No appetite. Don’t have energy to.juice either. Tummy tore up.

Decided to try cbd oil drops to see if it’ll take edge off bc pain meds aren’t touching the pain.

Thirty minutes later I notice edge off pain is easing up. Starting to feel like doing something. Transferred towels to dryer. Washed load of whites. Straightened up around house some. Burnt papers.

1045 starting to drain quickly. Will fall asleep soon. Night meds taken. Sinuses congested. Pain increasing again. Feet tingling and chilly. Putting socks on. Whole body throbbing & stinging. Exhausted. Skin sensitive to touch. Eyes watery. Low back & rt hip aches.

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