LS & BC Memoirs – February 16-17, 2022

February 16

530 I hurt so much all over. Feel like I was beaten up badly. I’m so tired and just want to cry.

Leviticus 11-13; 1 John 3:11; Acts 7: 54-60

Song: In Jesus’ name we press on

I hurt so much it hurts to move. I desperately need a day to rest, but I have a friend that needs help.

Take morning meds and vitamins plus pain Rx. Pain levels at 8. I’m not in tears but close to it. I won’t say 10 bc that means I need to go to hospital and I’m not going there unless it’s a dire need.

The Single Best Hour You Can Spend Right Now (or Ever)

https://www.centerpointe.com/awakening-prologue-2021/?utm_term=ap&inf_contact_key=a5e2135b68322ab461ffea8f0c89af525ed554ec5cb65b266886a8a7a9bbed85&utm_campaign=202202_ap&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cri_broadcast_2022-02-10&utm_content=e02

http://www.personal-development.info/binaural-beats/

Not sure what I think about this information just yet. Need to do some research. A little skeptical.

Help Rae study for exams today. Share verse and pray with her and see her off to school. Attempt to straighten living room, but it hurts to much to move. Every muscle seems to be wound extra tight. Slight movement in wrong direction causes muscle spasms.

Need to lay down for little bit.

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7:54 Holosync challenge day 2:

Notate

What was your experience?

What was the rest of your day like?

How did you sleep?

How do you feel different?

How is day 2 different from day 1?

While listening today place attention on breath

Larger and stronger prefrontal cortex will help: willpower, ability to chose, focus will improve, longer term planning will improve, allows you to resist temptations, improve creativity, learn easier, memory improves, better decision making, calms lymbic system

Soundtrack

:11 raining and almost immediate reverberation from ringing bell. Brain instantly hurts.

:34 I start to feel the reverb ripple through my body. Nerve pain intensifies. I don’t like it one bit.

1:19 muscles start to randomly twitch throughout body. Head behind to itch.

1:40 chest wall begins to ache deeply. Increased pain is agitating me.

2:20 muscles in legs being to burn

3:15 reverb from noises ripple through body and increase pain. It’s making me want to cry from the pain.

3:39 muscles in upper back begin to sting. I’m not liking this. I begin chewing on my inner lip.

5:59 I’m getting sleepy

6:50 head really hurts

12:38 feeling distracted and back of head and neck throbbing

13:45 burning chilling sensation in front part of brain. Brain feels like it’s swelling but also releasing pressure. Weird.

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Right now I just want to sleep the pain away. Set alarm for 30 minutes.

Playing wholetones music while I rest.

Mind starts racing through all activities that need to be done, but with excitement. Pain in body slowly starting to ease though I’m still very stiff and hurting much.

 

February 17

530 too early still very tired. Stiff and hurting all over. Need more sleep.

Lights bothersome. Hands , arms, legs, And feet tingling and throbbing. Low back throbbing.

Romans 8:37; Isaiah 6:5-7

Discover it’s been raining and calling for scattered thunderstorms today. Great. I have two appointments and possibly a third to go to today. I don’t want to be out caught in them. Ugh

Stretch and yawn and lft side of neck cramps horribly for couple minutes. Have to move and readjust to get it to ease up.

Leviticus 14-15

Feet, ankles, and bottom part of tibia freezing cold

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Holosync challenge day 3

Intro video notes:

Everyone’s experiences will vary.

Sometimes the listen sessions that feel uncomfortable actually create the greatest positive changes in the brain.

Instead of resisting let it be okay. See what happens and watch with curiosity

Soundtrack notes:

:15 again the reverberation sound ripples throughout my body instantly making brain hurt.

1:27 I’m envisioning myself floating on a boat in the ocean near a bouy in a rainstorm.

1:47 I’m becoming very uncomfortable and have to readjust my pillows.

2:36 my insides are hurting more

4:15 I envision myself and a friend in some kind of shop with treats goofing off. There’s an indoor waterfall in the background and bells chime when customers come and go. My friend takes a treat off the table and eats it. We giggle like teenagers.

4:50 nerves in upper back start stinging and burning.

5:00 I start to feel restless and slightly agitated

6:00 reverb from bells continues to ripple through my nerves throughout body. Pain increases

6:50 muscles begin to randomly twitch throughout body

7:15 nerves are stinging burning throughout body. I’m getting very sleepy.

9:06 skin begins to feel like it needs to be peeled to ease swelling

11:20 envision a bunch of people of all ages running around a building. I watch for a while and hesitantly decide to join them. When I do, they disappear and I’m left standing alone. A tear escapes my left eye (not in the dream, but physically).

12:20 a second tear escapes right eye. I’m in much pain physically.

14:00 I now have a headache. Ugh 

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953 on way home from first appointment I got distracted and missed my turn to go home. Took me a moment to realize why surroundings weren’t familiar. Lol. At least I figured it out before I got lost. 🤣

Put dinner in slow cooker – Ham & Potato Casserole.

1100 decided to work little more on tax prep. Making progress, but not as fast as I’d like. Can only do it in segments and even then it gives me headache from focusing.

1120 Jordon comes home. It scares me. I knew he was coming home soon and still I jump.

I get up to take break and walk around a little.

1250 time goes by quick. Need to eat lunch before taking Jordon to Dr. Good thing he has appointment. He had metal shelf fall on his head this morning. He has bad headache, feels little dizzy, and is sleepy. Will have Doc check him out.

I’ve got headache. Vision hurts and is blurry. Nerves lightly burning and throbbing. Lower lft leg tourniquet tightening feeling from lower tibia to foot. Feet cold. Toes tingling. Tired.

Jordon checks out okay.

930 exhausted and hurting all over. Going to bed

1040 can’t keep eyes open

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feel little better after nap. Decided I could try to go to see friend. While getting ready , the earring I saw fall down the drain appeared on the mat in my bathroom. Praise!!! I was so excited to get my earring back I text Joe the praise right away. Thank you, Lord.

Able to go to friends house to be any encouragement. Enjoyed eating brunch with her (grilled chicken bacon sandwich and sweet potato fries.

Went to church to pick up couple things, but also had enough energy to do couple things as well.

Once back home, had enough energy to make dinner though I had to ask for help. Exhausted and rested rest of evening. Went to bed at 9:30.

Exhausted, but feel good about the day. I’m still quite stiff all over and hurting a lot. Pain level about a 6/7. Took night meds/vitamins plus 1/2 benadryl and 800 mg naproxen. Head hurts but not a headache. Neck hurts. Shoulders tight and throbbing. Arms and hands tingling and throbbing. Low back throbbing. Legs stinging, burning, throbbing. Feet stinging throbbing. I’m actually hot today, but no fever. Knees throbbing. Nerves prickly through body.

Thankful for

1. Ability to keep my friend date

2. Finding my earring.

3. God provided some food

 

February 17

(milk, snacks, peaches, juice)

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

Lightning Strikes Journal Entries 28-29 January 2021

Jan 28

544 startled awake by what I know not. Got up only to feel sharp stabbing pain in left foot when I stood. Lost balance. Used restroom. Checked house. Went back to bed as head is pounding – migraine. Background light on phone too bright though turned all way down. Think I’ll sleep it off.

930 still have migraine. Took Excedrin migraine. Closing eyes another half hour.

1000a headache is easing.

Goals today: deep clean master bath, begin gathering info for taxes.

100p yay  lunch date with Joe

300 completed documenting info for phone bill last year. Shower & toilet has been cleaned & trash emptied. Still have sink, walls, mirror, & floor.

Lost balance rehanging shower curtain liner and almost fell. Head hit curtain rod catching me from falling. Whew!

Out of breath. Arms fatigued out while hanging curtain. Ears ringing. Headache. Dizzy. Need to lay down a piece.

Joe & I agree on colors for auditorium.  Still not sure how far on accent wall due to odd shape in front.

Freezing cold. Joe says my skin is ice cold. Neck hurts. Headache slight. Sinuses congested. Exhausted. Rt hip hurts. Skin itchy. Reduced my milk to 1% seems to be helping. Hands ache. Periodic shocking stabs randomly through body making me jerk. Trouble with losing grip and dropping items. Shoulders ache. Nerves a bit stingy thru body.  Eyes look like I’ve been punched in face.

Took night meds, C, Zinc, melatonin, & naproxen.

Jan 29

730 eyes blurry. Having trouble reading Bible this morning. Head hurts neck stiff. Legs throbbing. Hands ache. Tummy hurts. Sinuses congested. Thirsty. Low back throbbing.

Recvd email about immunity. According to Dr Josh, a dysfunctional immune system can be an underlying cause of issues like:

  • Fatigue
  • Respiratory problems
  • Musculoskeletal pain
  • Poor digestion
  • Elevated stress levels
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Depression
  • Poor sleep

930 phone apt with neuropsychologist went well. Not exactly comprehend all that was said, but I’m improving well.

In summary, I now have normal brain for my age instead of smart brain (I’m not really liking “normal”). Scores were all over the place from superior to below normal. Do have some signs of depression, but that’s to be expected considering all I’ve been through. No doubt I have had a TBI, but doing good in recovery. She was amazed at how well I am recovering from the brain injury. She said our brains are designed to heal themselves to a certain extent.

Asked her about trouble with playing the piano. Exercises to overcome coordination difficulty with brain and hands at times. She said just keep trying. With all the difficulties I’ve encountered from my LS injuries, I most likely will never be like I was before. I needed to focus on my strengths and not so much on my weaknesses

https://msktc.org/tbi/factsheets/Cognitive-Problems-After-Traumatic-Brain-Injury

https://www.brainline.org/article/cognitive-problems-after-traumatic-brain-injury

Need to figure out how to improve my comprehension.

https://www.readingrockets.org/literacyapps/comprehension

120 shivering. Brr! It’s 65°. Raised rt arm above head to put sweater on. Right side torso cramped horrible stop me in my tracks.

Lightning Strikes – November 3-4, 2020

Nov 3

430a woke freezing. Hurt to move to try to get covers back on. Joe covered me back up. I thanked him.

630a oh I hurt so so much. Do too much y’day. Entire back throbbing and muscles spasming. Hands throbbing. Bad headache. Hurts to move.

700a headache quickly getting worse. Took relpax and laying back down few minutes. Muscles randomly spasming thru body. Eyes watery. Stuffy nose. Lights bothersome. Sharp pain in lft jaw. Lft side of chest hurts. Tummy hurts.

https://www.healthline.com/health/headache-and-nosebleed#diagnosis

747 starting to get tingling chilling sensation down spine from neck down to tailbone…prominent in center of back. Feet chilly. Putting on socks.

858 forcing myself to eat bkfst. Tummy still hurting.

Measured waist – lost 2″ in one week.

901 received phone call from PC repair shop. Motherboard died and they can’t find replaceable part for it. Told her I didn’t know what to say but had bought it from them earlier this year. I’ve lost all my precious memories. 20+ years of photos, homeschool info, info for church. I’m at a loss.

1030 received phone call from TBI coordinator. Dr who was scheduled to do my TBI testing on Thursday called needing to reschedule. wants to reschedule tomorrow or next Tuesday. Tell TBI person tomorrow too soon maybe next Tuesday. I call Joe at work. He in turn has to check with his boss bc he had to ask off for Thursday. I check my calendar. Next Tuesday won’t work. Kids have Dr appts and I had hard time getting them scheduled -cant reschedule them. Let Joe know. Ugh!

I can’t handle all of this info. I’m melting.

TBI lady called back to let me know next available not until next year. I tell her that’s okay. I try hard to hold it together but end up crying while she’s on phone. Think I concerned her at first bc she wouldn’t hang up phone and kept asking if I was okay. I ended up blubbering what events had transpired today. She understood and assured me that it was normal reaction. I told her I just had to cry a while and then I’ll be okay. She told me she would stop by on Thursday to check on me.

I was home alone (which is very rare) for few hours today. Able to cry it out – cried to Jesus and imagined I was curled up in His arms crying my heart out.

Once I was done, God gave some clarity of thought and my migraine had eased. Able to call PC repair guy to ask about data retrieval. He will retrieve what data he can. Praying my important to me documents will be salvageable. Will have to save $ for while to buy a new one.

300p Went to vote after picking Jordon up. Line was around bldg out to street and into lot next door. I tried standing in line using just my cane and occassionaly grabbing Jordon’s arm when I felt I was gping to lose balance. Stood in line almost 15 minutes then asked him to get wheelchair bc I couldn’t stand any longer…pain just too much to bear. Once he retrieved the wheelchair, a couple ladies informed me that a couole police officers told them that handicaps could go to front of line. I asked what to do. Jordon pushed me to door. Guy in front of line graciously opened the door for us to go in. Thankful to not have to wait much longer.

Came home and crashed in chair.

1115 don’t know voting outcome yet it’s close. Dezirae getting upset bc the biased media saying Biden’s leading. She asked about electoral votes verses majority vote. Had to Google info in order to figure out how to explain. Printed her out map of US and how many electorals per state. Said it helped some. Still too close to see either way. Also not sure how the mail in ballots work being they have until Friday to be counted?

Migraine has eased but still have headache. Tingling sensation inside brain and down spine. Bloody nose has eased. Tummy pain has eased. Stiffness all over and still in much pain thru body. Hands throbbing. Need rest. Night meds taken plus 2 Tylenol.

Nov 5

530 apparently I set my alarm bc I didn’t know when I was suppose to wake. I’m tired. Need deep sleep.

Oldest having financial woes and isn’t handling it too well. This in turn is grieving my heart and stressing me into a headache. May have to show him some tough love.

I have such a headache! Took two Tylenol and drinking Stress Relief Tea.

700 decided to take shower to see if it’ll help. Forgot what a chore it is. I’m exhausted, out of breath, arms fatigued and throbbing, whole body throbbing. Tingling burning in legs and feet. Headache still bad.ears ringing. May have to take a margarine relief. Need to rest a while.

830 two loads clothes washed & hung. One load folded – still need to put away. Cat fed.

1030 Meeting with TBI coordinator, Krystal, went well. Very friendly. She’s coming back out in two weeks. Wants to start working with me on memory & comprehension.

TBI testing rescheduled for January 6 @ 8am. Mtg was about an hour. Headache worse. Chilling tingling sensation down spine. Feet cold. Back is icy to the touch. Tingling sensation in top & center of brain.

1033 need to put dinner in crockpot.

100 exhausted. Heart beating hard and fast.

Resting on couch. Head pounding.

300 friend dropped some pecans off for me. Yay! Elliotts.

10.50 “Nightmares are dreams that are threatening and scary. For trauma survivors, though, nightmares are a common problem. Along with flashbacks and unwanted memories, nightmares are one of the ways in which a trauma survivor may relive the trauma for months or years after the event.”

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understan.d/related/nightmares.asp#:~:text=Of%20those%20with%20PTSD%2C%2071,may%20have%20them%20quite%20often.

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/how-trauma-can-affect-your-dreams

1120 very tired.may fall asleep. Hurtingball over. St side cramping. Neck & head hurt. Feet freezing.

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