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."

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Up-in-the-air Sunday

A nice day here...was sick a bit, but overall it was decent.
Still waiting on some news.
Now, however, I'm beyond exhausted.

Amount of sleep:
about six hours

BP morning:
laying: 84/47 HR: 59
standing: 76/61 HR: 108

Diet:
- Breakfast: nutella on bread, 2.5 cups water
- Lunch: n/a sick again out of nowhere :(
- Dinner: hamburger (and roll), baked potato (cheese, sour cream, bacon bits), applesauce, browie, 1.5 cups dr. pepper
- Snack 1: half an iced mocha
- Snack 2:


Exercise/activities:
-

P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced:
so far: nausea, exhaustion, headache/migraine, cold extremities, chills, sweats, arrhythmia, heart pounding

BP evening:
laying: 81/57 HR: 52
standing: 84/64 HR: 82 arrhythmia

Misc:
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