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."

Monday, May 9, 2011

Unilateral Monday

Tolerable day.
Took each of the dogs for a walk, and played with them outside (it's beautiful out)
Usual stress at home (can't wait to get this POTS stuff fixed and get out)
Took some nice pictures.
Going to call the BBB tomorrow to report a worker who is definitely not using sound business practices.
I'm going to enjoy it, they treated us poorly.
(I've never done it before, but they deserve it.)

My only concern for the day is that my circulation is uneven.
One half of my body is cold; plus, one hand is purple and the other is normal.

Here's a picture:

It's actually more drastic a difference in person, but I think you get the idea.

Amount of sleep: few hours, nothing spectacular

Diet:
- Breakfast: nutella on bread, 1 cup water
- Lunch: small slice buffalo chicken pizza, 1.5 cups dr. pepper
- Dinner: garlic and olive oil pasta with mushrooms, 1 cup dr. pepper
- Snack 1: 2 cups water
- Snack 2:


Exercise/activities:
- two walks; one with each dog
- playing with the dogs outside

P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced:
pounding heart, headache, nausea, cold extremities, weakness, slight depression, irritability, uneven circulation, stomach upset (could still be that I ate something bad, maybe)

Misc:

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