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LS Memoirs – 4-6 March 2021

March 4

500 stinging pain thru body…stronger than usual. Achy and stiff at first. Sinuses congested at times making me nauceous. Headache minor. Neck hurts. Hands ache.

Bible reading: Deut 14-16, Joshua 1:9, Psalm 18:50

♫It’s a good thing to give praise to the Lord and sing praises to His name…♫

650 morning juice – 1 apple, 1 orange, 1/2 lemon, 10 baby carrots

Straighten living room some. Load in washer. Wash hair. Exhausted and out of breath. Need to rest a while. Ears ringing. Hands throbbing. Legs and feet stinging throbbing and icy cold.

Goals today: post to blog, declutter one kitchen cabinet, wash 2 loads clothes, dinner in crockpot, get ready for church

130 oh, boy. Just realized I forgot to eat today.

Tried something new today. Ordered curbside pickup for Chick-fil -A. Rae had to help. Pretty cool.

Info searched:

Taking Niacin (B3)

  1. Does it cause flushing?
  2. What are benefits?

https://m.facebook.com/groups/Niacin/permalink/970036589824137/

 

Joe informed Rick we would sing without piano tonight bc

Can bloodshot eyes be related to migraines?

https://www.migraineagain.com/migraine-red-eyes-link/

Symptoms today: stinging needle pain, headache, rt ear & jaw hurts, hands ache, severe pain from waist to head – I just want to scream!!! Chilling tingling sensation in center of chest, pounding headache – otc not helping. Stabbing Pain in under arms. Neck throbbing. Lights bright. Eyes blood shot and hurting almost burning. Upper back stinging needle pain. Feet freezing.

Taken naproxen, morning meds, 4 ibuprofen, stress relief tea, and relpax

March 5

Headache not as intense as y’day but it could get there if I’m not careful. Eyes still very sensitive to lights and bloodshot.

Lost 4 lbs this week. Yay! Now to pray I keep it off.

Bible reading: Deut 17-20, Ps 78:38, Deut 6:4-10

Juicing – bolthouse blue goodness

Goals today – visit LM, apt with CPA, get food for lunch at church tomorrow

Symptoms: stinging pain thru body. Periodic intense Muscle spasms (st side, under let rib, rt jaw, neck) – had to freeze in place until it eased some then work it out. A bit before dinner eyes started burning more. Burning continued to increase as it did vision bit more blurred. Put eyeglasses on to see if it would help. Didn’t at first. Eyes burned and watered for good 30 minutes a while after dinner. After they watered good burning began to ease but eyes still hurt and bloodshot. Headache intensified as day progresses so does pain in body. Deep stomach pain returns. Sinuses congested. Rt ear hurts. Had trouble swallowing pm meds – capsule got stuck midway in throat. Think it may be food sensitivity.

Had allergic reaction symptoms at lunch time after eating 3 chicken fingers, fries, garlic toast, & 1/2 tea 1/2 lemonade.

Taking Benadryl for allergies.

Skin itchy all over. Quite bothersome at times. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling with tingling down leg to toes. Hands throbbing.

March 6

Woke to hands being numb and tingly. Mild stinging thru body. Back itches. Sinuses congested. Lower rt abdomen crampy pain. Tired.

Bible Reading : Ps 51:12-13, Deut 21-23, Isaiah 25:1

Juice: Chocolate milk with ice, chia seeds, & D.E.

Work Day at church.went well. I did more than I was suppose to and and feeling the consequences. They were able to get 3/4 of teen room emptied in SS Bldg. Guys took off 2 truck loads to the dump. Jordon & I took load of cardboard to recycle center and 4 boxes donations to Goodwill. Also 3 trash bags in dumpster.

Once we got home, I crashed for an hour or so. I couldn’t push no more. Worked on bulletins, brunch sign up, & printing Easter Flyers. Rested rest of night.

Symptoms: headache, hands tingly, hands swollen & throbbing, sharp stabbing pain in rt thumb, stomach cramping pain, rt hip throbbing, tingling pain thru body, legs throbbing, low back intense throbbing, skin itches all over, brain fog, exhausted, tired, skin hypersensitivity, sinus congestion, etc.

Took naproxen, 1/2 pill meloxicam, am & pm meds

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LS Memoirs – 1-3 March 2021

March 1

500 woke to whole body being very stiffed if joints were rusted. As I began to move around body from neck to toes start stinging. Headache minor.

600 coming home from taking Joe to work my rt foot started going numb. Prayed for red light so I could move foot around only to realize I needed foot to press on brake. Took me a bit to coordinate feet to be able to wiggle rt foot little bit. No help. Ugh.

Made it home safely in dense fog. Exhausted. Put clothes in dryer. Need little nap.

Lights bothersome. Hands throbbing.

330 feel crash oncoming. Need to take cat nap before picking up Joe. Center of chest hurting. Hands and wrists throbbing. Body stinging.

It’s been raining most of day. Thankful it’s just light rain and not thunderstorms.

Whole body throbbing. Hands swollen and throbbing stinging. Skin hypersensitive. Headache moderate. Lights sensitive. Feet throbbing. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling. Shoulders sting. Felt hot most of day. Low back throbbing.

March 2

500a woke to arms & hands stinging. Whole body stiff and achy. Headache moderate.

Rt arm fell asleep for 10 minutes.

High pitch ringing in st ear lasting about a minute or so.

645 Sinuses congested. Legs & feet freezing. Headache getting intense. Arms & hands stinging more intense. Lights bothersome. Exhausted. Need a nap. Taking Excedrine migraine to ease headache.

700 family meeting to discuss graduation plans for Jordon.

830 feet and legs are freezing ice cold to knees. Under the covers in bed trying to warm up. Waist up is burning up. Face feels flushed. Upper back burning stinging. Wish I could get handle on this.

930 rt hip throbbing. Sinuses severely congested. Tired but awake. Whole body throbbing. Stinging pain in body from waist down to toes. Hands throbbing. Back burning pain.

March 3

500 woke with moderate headache and severe congestion. Whole body stiff and achy. Slow moving to start. Congestion making me gaggy.

700 headache worsening. Taking otc rx to ease headache and laying down for an hour.

Once moving around fair day. Able to do few chores, but wore out easily and out of breath.

Looked at calendar for something and remembered work day on Saturday. Oh no I forgot about planning lunch. After while, Decide on egg salad and chicken salad sandwiches, chips, and apples. Confirmed with Joe.

130 face and ears flushed and feeling hot

300 headache coming back strong. Lights bothersome. Exhausted. Took 2 Tylenol and laid down for 30 minutes.

1030 headache feels like migraine starting. Took Excedrin migraine plus night meds. Sinuses congested again. Sinus cavities hurting in face. Think sinus infection trying to settle. Go away.

Whole body aches. Head itches. Back burning. Hands swollen and throbbing. Legs and feet burning stinging. Skin itchy. Freezing cold.

 

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Lightning Strikes Memoirs 27-28 February 2021

Feb 27

700 woke burning up feeling like I’m on fire. Entire body stinging!!! Not today.

900 on way to church. Car behind us decides to pass us on right almost hitting us!!! Scared me so bad I screamed!!! It was so close I could have reached out window and touch it from inside car. Nerves are tensed up. Ugh! Thank Lord for safety.

I am so stressed and feel cranky. Joe kind enough to say we’ll just go home tonight for me to not he more stressed thsn I am. Too many things for me to focus on right now.

1200p I’m exhausted and need a nap. Nerves stinging in upper back. Headache. Feel like I’m going to crash.

500 birthday party went well though I forgot how to do a snowball fight. Made rules up as I went. Kids had fun.

900 bulletin done but I don’t have energy to print them tonight. Feel like in gonna crash again. Need rest.

Whole body hurts. Eyes watery. Headache slight. Hands ache. Fingers sting. Lower let leg tourniquet tightening feeling. Feet nunb & tingly. Brain feels like mush. Vision tunneling and blurred. How is it that my vocabulary is superior but my comprehension is below normal? That’s mind baffling.

Feb 28

600 woke to severe pain in upper body. Entire back throbbing. Both arms and hands numb and tingling. Lights bothersome. Neck throbbing. Feet nunb and tingly. Stinging pain in back and arms. Muscles in legs , ankles, and feet feel like they’re wound tight as a rubber band. Headache mild.

Joe decided to rub my back which feels relaxing.

100 found my clipboard. Left it in mission house. Had my Scripture journaling notes on it too.

600 brain hurts. Eyes blurry. Headache moderate. Hands swollen and throbbing.

Ring finger on rt hand feels like ants are crawling all over it. Keep trying to wipe them off but there’s nothing there. Ugh.

Center of chest hurting. Can tell I quite taking the naproxen.

1000p learned for definite sure that I’m allergic or sensitive to whole milk. Been drinking 1% milk and seem to do okay with it. Decided to drink glass of whole milk tonight. After drinking about half the glass I began choking like my throat was swelling. Sinuses instantly severely congested and sinus cavities hurt. Belly feels swollen and bloated as well. Headache intensified. Drinking water to flush it out.

Took night meds plus 1/2 Benadryl and naproxen rx. Bummer but good to know.

Toes and feet tingly. Eyes watery. Rt ear hurts. Exhausted. Lower let leg tourniquet tightening feeling from mid chin down to ankle. Legs ache. Severely congested. Center of chest throbbing.

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Lightning Strikes Memoirs 25-26 February 2021

Feb 25

Woke with both arms & hands severely numb and tingly.

Very exhausted. I need a day to rest. Taking the guys back and forth to work is wearing me out. Having trouble waking up. Whole body aches. Center of chest burning. Back of head tingling burning. Neck hurts. Legs and feet throbbing.

♫It’s a good thing to give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to His name♫

900 this morning’s juice is Strawberry Juice. Ingredients: 1/2 cup strawberries & 2 apples. No sweetener needed. Tasted sweet. Think I’d rather just eat the strawberries whole. Looked like a lot of pulp wasted in canister.

Strawberries are high in potassium? Who knew?

1000 attempted to start exercising via a Pilates for beginners via YouTube. Couldn’t even complete the first exercise. Did what I could and will try again tomorrow.

200 decided to go to thrift store before picking up Jordon. Walking towards back rows lft eye suddenly became very blurry – like a film was covering eye and I couldn’t see out of it. Scary. Rubbed eye little bit and after a moment it cleared and I could see again. Then got dizzy amd had to stand still for minute or two.

Not able to look through bins like I usually do bc my arms gave out quickly and started burning.

545 can’t push any more need to take a nap to report.

Feb 26

500a woke in extreme pain. Burning pins and needles pain all over with deep bone throbbing as well. Low back throbbing. Skin hypersensitive. Tinny taste in mouth. Bad headache.

700 turned to adjust body rt side went into severe spasm stopping me instantly. Had to readjust to get it to start easing. Extreme sharp stabbing burning pain through body. Taking pain rx and laying down for bit.

Played wholetones music on phone while taking morning nap. It seems to calm my nerves and helps me sleep peacefully. I wonder if there’s a way to play music on phone on a timer?

Starting day off late. Positive note…stepped on scale. I’ve lost 2lbs this week. Yay!

This morning’s juice is Carrot Juice. Ingredients: 3 carrots, 1 apple, 1/2 lemon, & 1/4 tsp ground ginger. Tastes good.

Son called into work. Whole day thrown off now. Have to leave in 30 minutes.

No time for exercise this morning. Don’t like being in a rush. Puts my nerves on edge.

Received blessing of unexpected money given to me today. Thank you, Lord.

1041 Drinking Extra Sleepytime Tea before bed. Whole body stinging.

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Lightning Strikes Memoirs 23-24 February 2021

Feb 23

525 I’m so tired. Woke feeling very hot. Whole body hurts. Low back throbbing. Headache.

700 used the juicer Joe bought us. Made The Energized Juice – 3 carrots, 1/2 lemon, 1 pear, 1 green apple. I forgot about the ginger. Made 2 cups of juice. It tasted pretty good.

827 I’m flat exhausted already and need a nap. Laying down for half hour feel like I’m going to pass out.

936 hearing popping noises in my head

1200 been slowly working on gathering tax info. Finally finishe up mileage info but can’t remember how to enlarge font in excel so it’s legible when printing.

300 went to store to order Dezirae’s cake. Brought knee up to rest leg but hit the basket on the back. Ouch!!! Instant bruise just above knee. That hurts!!!

1035 just dawned on me that I misplaced the meal planner for the week and I cannot remember what was planned for tommorow. Might just do leftovers. Frustrating.

1030 whole body aches. Headache. Low back hurts. Upper back stings. Forearms sting & burn. Hands swollen & throbbing. Legs tingling burning. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling with some numbness. Feet tingling and burning – lft more than rt. Tired but awake.

Feb 24

500a woke with beginnings of a migraine. Whole body aches. Arms hurt.

Took one Excedrine migraine and laid back down for hour

900a this morning’s juice is Carrot Juice

Ingredients: 2 Carrots, 1 apple, 1/2 lemon, 1/8 tsp ground ginger.

1030 finally finished gathering info for taxes to give CPA. Glad that’s done. Now to make apt.

1130 headache

1030p sore all over. Exhausted. Legs ache. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling with numbness & tingling. Feet freezing.

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Lightning Strikes Memoirs 2021 February 19-20

Feb 19

1000 woah! I must have been tired. Slept 10 hours. Whole body aches deep all over. Upper body & back aches exponetially like I overworked out in a gym. The only thing I did different yday was attempt to vacuum the livingroom. Tis good I was able to do so, but man the pain hurts.

Guy coming today to look at house about possibility of buying it. Not thrilled about moving (mainly the packing part), but curious to see how God is working in our lives.

1022 stepped on scale to check weight. I’m disgusted. Gained back the 6 lbs I just lost. Ugh!

Stopped drinking the juicing from store bc 95% of them have a little bit of banana in them. By weeks end, I almost went into anaphylaxis…throat was quite swollen to point I was having trouble swallowing & sinuses were severely congested. Had to take Benadryl to counteract. If I’m going to do juicing, it has to be on my own terms without bananas.

200 went to run errands for friend. When I got to firehouse, realized my phone was missing. I went into panic state of mind. Quick prayer asking Lord to keep my phone safe and help me find it quickly. Called pharmacy. Front clerk hadn’t seen it. Let her know I was on my way back to retrace steps. Once back at pharmacy, checked with pharmacist. When I was having trouble with paying for the rx, I set my phone on counter and forgot about it. Thankfully, pharmacy clerk put it up for me. I let front clerk know I found it. She remembered me from earlier bc I gave her a gospel tract.

Great article in this weeks Guardian Newspaper which gives a reasonably accurate and non-sensational explanation of the story of someone who was hit by lightning, and the help she got from the LS&ESSI:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/16/lightning-strike-survivors-support-group?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

930 chilling sensation at base of brain and back of neck. Asked Joe to feel back of neck to see if he could feel it. He said it was chilly to the touch but not bad like my back or chest gets. Told him I was just checking to make sure I was really felling it or not.

Feb 20

Went to church for few hours today to do some sprucing up and install lights at sign , on poats, and replace bulb in security light.

Unable to go out soul winning due to cold weather (29° brrr). High today was upper 50’s.

Joe decided to spend the night in mission house on way home. I got upset because I still had alot to do to get ready let alone pack clothes, makeup, toiletries, three meals, etc. Being thrown off my schedule throws me in a tizzy especially if I feel rushed. It upset Joe. After I completed bulletin and printing it, I calmed down enough to ask Joe to help me get ready. He agreed but was surprised at how much I packed just for one night. Lol

The lights the guys installed look good and certainly brighten up the sign and front yard at night.

Decided to change nail polish. Got frustrated bc it took me several hours and I kept messing up. Feet are freezing bc I painted toenails too.

Slight headache. Chilling sensation at base of neck and top of shoulders. Hands, wrists, & forearms swollen and throbbing. Low back & right hip throbbing. Legs ache. Funny taste in mouth. Tongue white patches. Allergy bumps on top of arms. Feet freezing & tingling. Toes tingling. Tired

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Lightning Strikes Memoirs 2021 February 15-16

Feb 15

545a throat not as swollen. Benadryl helped. Need to learn how to juice on my own. 90% of store juices have bananas in them of which I’m allergic to. Whole body aches but not as bad as the weekend. Sinuses congested. Headache. Exhausted.

Every gasp of nervousness or fear on interstate or in traffic causes my nerves to sting! Semi just cut us off.

Psalms 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

650 back home safe. Headache worsening. Load in washer. Need to rest a bit.

800 didn’t plan on sleeping that long.

300 stopped at Wal-Mart to get few items with kids.

400 on way to pick up Joe from work, guy cuts me off. Scares me but bc he’s on Dezirae’s side it make me angry . I think it through and just decide to blubber to myself. Don’t hurt my baby girl or I’ll hurt you.

728 costochondritis rearing its ugly head! Sharp immense stabbing pain in center of chest. Chest keeps popping if I move much in any direction. Reclining in chair with heating pad square in center of chest.

Stretches to ease costochondritis pain

https://costochondritis.com/stretches-for-costochondritis/

930 high pitch ringing sound in let ear lasting a minute

1000 using heating pad to warm bed up. Head spinning. Back throbbing. Sharp stabbing pain in chest. Arms & hands throbbing. Head pounding. Neck hurts. Feet chilly. Chilling tingling sensation at base of brain. Ears starting to get chilly. Exhausted. All the running back and forth drains me.

Feb 16

700 hard freeze warning…it’s 20° outside.

Woke to arms and hands tingling. Sinuses congested. Headache. Neck hurts. Feels like I broke a fever. Whole body aches deeply. Tired. Calves burn as if I just walked a mile. Feet feel like I’m stepping on broken glass as I stand. Vision is blurry making reading very difficult. Low back throbbing.

Read Numbers 14-15, 1 John 3:10-12, Psalm 69:13,

1000 Curious? Do you ever find yourself gazing over your life and just feel overwhelmed by God’s grace?

As I’m trying to gather information for taxes, I begin to think about my children… We will have one graduating from college and getting married next year. Our second son graduates high school this year, and then I will only need to prepare curriculum for our daughter who will be a Sophomore in high school. All I can say is Thank you, Lord!

You see I was struck by lightning 3.5 years ago. I sustained multiple health issues as a result…TBI (traumatic brain injury) is one of them. Many of my symptoms will most likely be lifelong and majority of doctors have no idea how to help. Though I look fine on the outside, I am in constant pain and headaches/migraines are a regular occurrence.

I feel like I lost three years of my life because I was just surviving and barely could comprehend what was going on in my life. Yet, I strove to keep moving forward while leaning on the Lord and my family. It was sometime last year that the fog I was living in began feeling like it was lifting and life began looking a bit clearer. Miraculously our brains are designed to heal themselves.

I stand amazed at how the Lord is bringing me through and is allowing me to continue to be used for His glory.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

1200 center of chest is hurting horribly!!!! Sharp stabbing pain stops me in my tracks.

530 worked on trying to gather tax info for CPA most of day with breaks in between. Migraine oncoming. Brain hurts. Vision blurred & fogged. Feet freezing. Chilling sensation at base of brain. Took Excedrine migraine to stop it. Resting for night. Almost ready to take info to CPA I think.

550 center of back freezing cold.

1120 took several hours for feet to warm up to room temp. Migraine gone but still have bad headache. Took night meds. Noticed I forgot to take morn meds. Oh bother.

http://stormhighway.com/survivor.php

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Lightning Strikes Memoirs 2021 February 12-14

Feb 12

700 so much pain!!! Feel like I received a beat down. Head pounding. Whole body throbbing.

740 Joe was sweet and brought me hot tea. Said it was his thank you for doing awesome job trying to keep him calm thru the frustration of fixing the car. Awh!!

Read Number 7, Psalm 40:8

750 discovered it’s raining outside. Praying for Joe as he borrowed a car to go renew his license and exchange the part.

800 Two (2) weeks ago I started limiting my sugar intake more. Seriously reduced sodas. Began drinking smoothies or juices for breakfasts. Drinking more water.

I’ve noticed less abdominal pain and less bloating feeling. I’ve even been pushing myself to do more around the house and walk more instead of using wheelchair except on days my legs feel really weak and wobbly. Stepped on scale this morning… I’ve lost 10lbs!

1150 recvd call from Joe. Car is fixed!!!! Hallelujah!

1100p very lethargic feeling all day and it hurts to move much. Kept dosing off and on today. Hopefully get good night sleep and feel better tomorrow.

Skin hypersensitive. Sheets feel like I’m laying on gritty pebbles and it’s irritating me. Head pounding. Took night meds plus naproxen.

Trying to get comfortable. Rt hip popped loudly. Ouch! That hurt.

Feb 13

1045 can’t believe I slept that long. Nightmares. Deep bone and throbbing pain all over. I hurt worse than yday. It hurts to move. Bad headache. Can tell I haven’t taken much vitamin C or calcium lately. Need to remember to keep saturation levels up.

http://www.doctoryourself.com/fibromyalgia.html

500 the loud booming music from cars hurts my brain and bones!

 

1000p costochondritis feels likes its fairing up. Center of chest feels caught and hurts like the dickens!!! Moved to uncatch it popped few times. Headache. Whole body hurts. Tired

Feb 14

700 tried to grab alarm to snooze but couldn’t control hand nor close it to grip and dropped my phone. Whole body hurts, but not as bad as yday. Feet feel like stepping on broken glass. Sinuses congested.

740 throat is swollen. Had trouble swallowing morning meds & vitamins. Not sure what I ate yday to cause it to flair up.?

Hands are so swollen my ring on my left hand is cutting circulation off. Eyes feel heavy and I even took extra vitamin for energy.

1115 vision starting to get cloudy while trying to focus on the sheet music. Wish I knew how to explain exactly…vision gets cloudy/blurry but I can still see right in front of me, but the peripheral vision begins to enclose like a tunnel. The vision in front gets to be like I’m trying to look through a sheet of water. Still get easily distracted by noises around me but am getting better at channeling my attention. Center of chest pain increasing. Throat hurts. Sinuses calmed down.

900 chilling burning sensation at base of brain traveling down spine down back. Lights bothersome.

958 I’m freezing. Literally shivering in bed. Glad I don’t live up North bc I’d be a popsicle. Lord, please protect those in winter advisery weather keep them safe and warm.

Throat still swollen. Difficulty swallowing. Almost choked on night meds. Took naproxen & 1/2 Benadryl to see if that’ll help. Center of chest throbbing stabbing pain. Lips chapped. Headache. Hands swollen & throbbing. Whole body deep achy pain. Sharp pain inner side of elbow area. Very tired. Stuffy nose. Sinuses congested.

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Lightning Strikes Memoirs 2021 February 7-8

Feb 7

700 tired. Hurting from head to toe and sore all over. Sinuses congested.

Able to curl hair with curling iron – got half way before my arms started fatiguing out.

Twas able to push through to curl whole head all by myself today. Every progress counts! Keep moving forward. Thank you, Lord!!!

845- spiritual warfare ensues – Jordon’s car overheating and needs rescuing. Several people either late or sick and not coming. Forgot the ingredients for dressing.

200p decided to text oldest son to see how things were going with decisions. Degree/Wedding date/ etc. Trying to wrap my head around things in my mind what’s going on. Conversation not going well. Decided to ask Joe to help mediate. Explained what was going on. He ended up calling son. Had to explain that even though we’ve already had this conversation I had forgotten and was just trying to see how things were going bc I felt like I was out of loop. Tears escape my eyes.

It makes for frustration on all sides. They get tired of repeating things multiple times. I try so hard to remember things but just don’t. Even when I write things down I’ll lose or misplace where I wrote it.

It’s a new normal that gets most frustrating at times. Need to rest my brain. I chose to listen to wholetones music to calm my mind while I rest. Also, take deep breaths. It helps. I just wish I could find someone willing to sit and explain why is my short term memory so affected? Is there something I can do to help overcome? Is there something I can do or take to heal from this or even improve in this area? Sometimes I feel like I’m declining cognitively and in turn, it makes me sad and scared.

I know all things work together for the good (Romans 8:28). I know God will never leave me nor forsake me (Hebrews 13:5). I am thankful for the Scriptures I have memorized as a youngin for He bringeth the specific Scripture to mind when I need comforting (John 14:26).

500 counsel session went well. I forgot what questions I wanted to ask. Need to check my notes.

545 looked in mirror. My left eye looks like it was punched but I wasn’t.

620 headache hurts. Closed eyes resting brain and ask God to help me with offertory. He helped.

I’m freezing. Feet ice cold. Took night meds plus Excedrine migraine.

Feb 8

515 slept pretty good once I fell asleep. Strange dreams. Feet warmed back up. I wrapped them in my personal blanket under the covers.

Whole body sore and achy. Feet feel like I’m standing on broken charts of glass as I stand.

Read Numbers 1-2; Psalm 18:19

Have to take Joe & Jordon to work today. Jordon’s car in shop.

Feeding evangelist and his wife dinner tonight. I have no clue what I’m cooking nor how I’m going accomplish it with all the running I’m to do today.

Found out preacher friend died today.

800 talked with evangelist after service tonight. Remembered one of my questions though I’m not certain it came out as I intended.

 

Explained that I have difficulty expressing what I am thinking at times and/or I do not comprehend what is being said. It takes all my energy to focus on person and what they’re saying yet sometimes it doesn’t register or compute in brain.

How do express I’m having difficulty without burdening others with my struggles?

That probably happens more when I’m stressed or fatigued. I agreed. Then when that happens excuse yourself and gently inform or remind them that I was struck by lightning and I’m experiencing some of the sides effects from that and ask them to either repeat what they said or reword so I can better understand.

This led to another question. I know God is not the author of confusion or fear, but the LS has caused lots of anxiety on several different levels. When the anxiety arises I quote Scripture to myself but the anxiety is still there. How do I resolve that? Ie: when riding in the car, my mind perceives that the cars on the road are not in their lanes properly and are heading for us which causes me to get panicky and holler. Joe then tells me to be quiet or stop.

Need to assure myself that Joe is stronger in that area right now and allow myself to trust his judgment. Maybe even develop our own kind of language to help work through it.

Why is it that I struggle more when I’m tired or stressed to get my brain, eyes, & hands to coordinate while playing piano? It’s so frustrating. Muscle memory. Need to exercise it more.

900 sudden bad headache on way home. Muscles randomly spasming. Low back throbbing.

1030 thunderstorm rolling through. Whole body is tensing up. Drinking sleep time tea to help.

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Lightning Strikes Memoirs 2021 February 5-6

Feb 5 

800 pictures in brain are going wonky…they’re going counterclockwise and not in sync. It’s making me dizzy keeping eyes closed. Exhausted. Headache no longer migraine. Slight chilling sensation in rt side of head. Lights still bothersome.

It must be raining nearby…I hurt all over. Feel like I’ve been beaten up and it hurts to move.

500 brain fried…been working on preparing for Sunday’s Chili Cook Off. Head pounding. Brain fogging & vision crossing.

830 Feet freezing. Back of head chilling sensation. Lower legs throbbing.

1030 chilling sensation in back of head has slowly moved down spine to tail bone. Whole spine has chilling sensation now. It feels really weird. Muscles randomly spasming/ twitching in body.

Feb 6

800 rough night. Exhausted. Thirsty. I hurt from head to toe. Feet feel like I’m standing on broken glass. Nose stuffy. Headache.

Lots to do today. I pray God gives me the strength and wisdom to get what I need done.

900 drank strawberry breakfast smoothie. Made me have allergy reaction. Had to take Tylenol Sinus.

300p tired and hurting. Dezirae & I finished getting mission house ready for evangelist and his wife. Updated shower curtain and added rug in bathroom.

We also gave the church sign a facelift by weeding flower bed, planting Gerber daisies, and laying mulch. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to plant marigolds or not so we left them off for now.

I’m sore and will probably hurt more later but praise the Lord I was able to get it done.

Dezirae changed mulch out for dirt and planted marigolds in pots by front church doors while I trimmed the rose bushes.

Few more things to finish in morning but that’s okay. We got a lot done. Thank you, Lord!

545 migraine

How can one person cope with migraines better than another? Is it a good support system or quality health care? Or something else?

1159 finally getting to bed. Took me a while to finish bulletin. Had to make several changes to the song service to go more with revival. It takes me a couple hours when changes need to be made. Plus the way I have to print them now takes long time. Need to figure something out that more time friendly.

I’m in lots of pain. Hands and wrists slightly swollen and throbbing. Low back throbbing. I’d back itches. Legs throbbing. Feet cold, sting, throbbing. Skin itchy and hypersensitive. Sides cramping.

 

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