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, August 8, 2011

Pushing through

Pushed myself hard today.
I went and picked up my compression stockings- which are not what I wanted. It turns out that the strength I need only comes in one form: opaque. They're the Sophia Petrillo stockings I was dreading. I'll be trying them tomorrow.

I also took my sister out to run errands today. By the end, I was exhausted but it was productive.
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On the negative side, I'm having to ration out my meds right now because I can't afford any more. It's incredibly upsetting.


Amount of sleep:
about 6 hours

Diet:
- Breakfast: slice of bread with nutella, 3 cups water
- Lunch: large bowl mac and cheese, 2.5 cups water, 2 cups dr. pepper
- Dinner: McDonalds hamburger and handful fries, 2.5 cups water. (I still can't believe the recommend high calorie foods like this for me...but I still eat them rarely.)
- Snack 1:
- Snack 2:


Exercise/activities:
- testing

P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced: (May be skewed from the testing obviously)
so far: headache, nausea, hand/feet numbness, shakes, weakness, exhaustion, dizziness, heat intolerance

Misc:
- Week #1 of my Vitamin D regimen. So far, so good.

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