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Nerve injury after lightning strike, recovery is hard

Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Oct 13 8:23pm | Replies (10)
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@windyshores

@yorkie01 I have "electrocution" on my neurologist's lists of problems. I was hit by the equivalent of lightning coming out of an old light switch, a yellow arc that went into my left index finger and throughout my body. I lost muscle control and went to the ER. It did affect my heart, with palpitations mainly but later afib, which is, fortunately, infllrequent.

The biggest effect I have had is sensitivity to EMF- especially cell phones and modems. This is considered strange by most people and I explain that I had a serious electric shock.

My neurologist understands all this because he said he worked at Shriners Burns Center. Maybe that would be a resource, especially since your adolescent son is in the age range they treat.

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shelleyW | @shelleyw | Oct 9 2:53am

windyshores,
😱😱😱, I felt cooties just reading your post. How very awful!!
On a lighter note, I have been electrocuted 2x...get ready to ROTFLOL... both incidents, I was an adult, making me look even dumber than dumb...the cord to my electric hand mixer came out and fell into the bowl of cake batter, I needed to clean it off so I could finish, so I licked the batter off the end of the cord, don't laugh yet, I like cake batter, so I stuck my tongue into the electric holes, while it was still plugged into the outlet. It really smacked me. The second time, long story, I got shocked by the 220 volt on a jury rigged plug for my clothes dryer. Thank goodness I was in rubber soles and standing on concrete. It happened when I was pregnant, so the whole family and my baby son, have had a blast blaming me for anything that my son did wrong.
This really makes me sound STUPID!! I hope everyone who reads this takes the time to laugh and enjoy, for even a moment, not feeling so bad. ShelleyW

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