Excerpt from
THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVIVORS

“I was struck while golfing at the White Hill Country Club in Schubert, Indiana. After the incident, no matter what I did, I couldn’t stop feeling like I was going to die. My heart raced, but when I went to the cardiac specialist, he said my EKG was normal. He said it was anxiety and prescribed Valium.

I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I felt like I couldn’t swallow.

I’ve never been an anxious person.

I wasn’t badly injured. There were no marks and no burns on my body, only bruises. The lightning shot me ten feet from my golf clubs, rendering me unconscious. My heart didn’t stop. I didn’t think I’d been hit until someone told me what happened. I was embarrassed. I’m still embarrassed. It’s only because of the wife that I went to see the doctor.

After one month, I left Schubert. I was tired of feeling strange and sick. Now we live in Eugene, Oregon, and I do feel better. I gave the Valium to the wife.”

Account by Daniel P.