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, July 11, 2011

Making contact...

Now that I have the records from my doctor's office, I got up today with full intent to call lawyers. Enough time has already been wasted.

Looking through the phone book, there are two that do product liability cases, which is what I'm told mine would be considered. Both are big firms in this area. I actually live-chatted with one of the firms this morning to see if they even take my kind of case; which they do. Someone from their office is going to call me. I e-mailed the other.

Both offer free consultations, so I'm hoping to be able to take up those offers and get more clarification on whether or not I have a case and can file.

While my POTS specialist said that I'm over the statute of limitations, my mom and I have been doing some research on the vaccine separately. We've also looked at cases associated with the vaccine; and nowhere on their site or in transcripts of other cases does it talk about any specific time period...so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

It's a long shot. A very long shot. But either way I'm going to get some closure on this issue. I'm just hoping that it'll be in a way that's beneficial to me.

Heaven knows I could really use it. While my dad was very nice in paying back some money he owed me (from a deal we'd made a long time ago that we both forgot about) it's only going to sustain me for maybe two months. I've applied for a job just to have some sort of income, but I'm not sure I can even handle it physically. Some sort of assistance has the potential to change my life.

I know (at least for the time being) I'm not going to get better physically, it's a case of trying to manage my symptoms, but I could be in better shape for taking care of the needs I have that this vaccine forced me to need.

I'm hoping someone gets back to me soon, and that I get some much-needed good news.

*crossing my fingers*

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