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."

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Suffocating Saturday


Amount of sleep:
about 6 hours...badly fragmented from a full-out bloody nose.

Heart rate a.m. :
laying down: 91/56 HR:70
standing: 80/61 HR:99 arrhythmia
symptom attack: 93/55 HR:72 arrhythmia
92/53 HR: 82 and arrhythmia

Diet:
- Breakfast: polish doughnut, glass of milk
- Lunch: half a mcdonald's happy meal, small dr. pepper
- Dinner: pasta with olives and italian dressing, 3 cups water
- Snack 1: tiramisu cup, 3 cups water
- Snack 2: handful hershey eggs, 3 cups water

Exercise/activities:
- played with the dogs
- decorated/cleaned for Easter

P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced:
so far: arrhythmia, pounding heart, tightness in chest, difficulty breathing, cold extremities, exhaustion

Heart rate p.m. :
laying down: 84/52 HR:62
standing: 97/59 HR: 83

Misc:
- o.b.

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