After being sick for so long, I finally have a name for my illness: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, otherwise known as P.O.T.S.

A cardiac condition that's stripped me of my health, weight (causing me to drop to anorexic weight), self confidence, friends, jobs and continuing my education.

My goals are simple: gain weight, be healthier, and get out more. Basically, get my life back!

I'm also hoping to spread some awareness on this little known condition, and to highlight the struggles of the underweight and people with "invisible illnesses."

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Schedule Change

Instead of going to the POTS specialist in two weeks, I'm going tomorrow! They had a cancellation and called to ask me if I'd like to take it, and I jumped on it.


Amount of sleep:
~7 hours...badly fragmented though, with horrible nightmares.


Diet:

- Breakfast: small glass of milk. (wasn't feeling great when I got up...probably the weather shift)
- Lunch: steak patty, mac and cheese, glass of dr. pepper, some hershey eggs.
- Dinner: homemade pizzas with cheese, olive oil, olives, mushrooms...3 cups water
- Snack: sour cream and cheddar potato chips, 3 cups water

Exercise/activities:

- half yoga dvd. ~20 minutes worth
- went to the store (twice) and ran errands

P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced:

so far: dizziness, cold extremities, headache, nausea (with eating), lower stomach upset, fatigue, muscle aches, pounding heart, heart burn, memory lapses, restless legs

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