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HankB @jesfactsmon
Hello Hank,
In 2012, was the trailer fire. I lost 7 dogs and 6 cats in there. I can honestly say now that my mind is stuck on the fact that it was arsoned and the reason I believe this is because I lived in this trailer for 2 years and when my family would leave we would turn the main breaker off. April 19th 2012 I finally got my bill of sell and made plans to move the trailer into a country area, on April 21st 2012 we left to go and get some flowers and we decided to give our neighbor one of our babies for a surprise, (friend of ours at the time) without him knowing. When we we heading home he called my husband and asked 3 times if we had our daughter which he answered "yes".
When I was told about the fire, I kept screaming "breck in back door, bust in the glass" but he said it too late. A 13 year old female seen it all and told me she tried to save them while others just watched. When I told the person who was supposed to get a pup and he told me "if I had known that, the fire would never have happened."
My mind shut down after that, I had to go through therapy and put on meds to help me to cope of the loss of my fur babies.
Before the accident of getting hit in the head with a log, I also hit my own head with the claw part of a hammer which the doctors claim I did it on purpose. My husband told the doctor he could understand if I hit my head with the hammer twice but 6 times without me knowing I was really doing it?
This is why I'm scared of having brain fog, or clouds, I can't think or communicate when this happens and my husband makes sure that I'm in a safe place and keeps a close I on me so that I don't do harm to myself or others when this happens.
I was told I have chronic issues to where I make myself have medical problems and that I'm looking for attention.
Thank you for the idea about writing a journal on this, and I will start right away, maybe I can pin point where the fog, or cloud started and get to the bottom of what is going on.
SORRY for writing a story.
Replies to "HankB @jesfactsmon Hello Hank, In 2012, was the trailer fire. I lost 7 dogs and 6..."
@david33 Laura, you and your husband have clearly had more than a normal person's share of heartache and grief. I am so sorry to know all of this, believe me.
I would organize the medical history in a very orderly way:
1. Make it chronological, start with your first medical issues & doctor visits to the next, next, next and finally the most recent
2. For each medical issue list just the symptoms you had at that time, not ones that came earlier or later
3. For each doctor visit include doc name and speciality, symptoms he/she treated you for, medications that were prescribed
4. after starting the prescriptions, describe the results of taking them and how long you were on them
Put in important details, leave out anything that is not relevant, as well as personal issues and feelings. You want it to be concise and clear for others to be able to glean info from.
You probably want to do this on a computer so you can edit, I am sure there will be lots of edits needed as you go along. The result of completing this is it will serve as a reference for you as well as any docs going forward about your history. As you are writing it, or afterward, you might begin to notice patterns and things you didn't notice before; your journals may turn out to be very valuable to you because of doing this.
I know losing your home and all of your beloved pets in the fire had to be an extreme trauma for you. Do you have someone to talk to about all of this? Have you seen any therapists? It sounds like you do need some mental health therapy, but that is not always easy to find or get. I would recommend using this forum, Mayo Connect, a lot. But when you post, you will get the most helpful advice if you can think before you write about precisely what you would like to have input about. Try to help others to understand your main dilemma and problem so that they can give you better advice. This is a tool for getting ideas for yourself.
I hope maybe this might be helpful to you Laura. My heart goes out to both you and David. Hank
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Dearest Laura @david33, Gasp, I can't even wrap my mind around what you've been through!!!!!!!!!! My heart is aching for you and your family!!! I will keep you in my prayers and pray that the Lord comforts you and gives you the peace of God through Christ which surpasses all human understanding. That's the only thing that keeps me sane and going on. Warmest regards, Sunnyflower