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 15, 2011

(Slightly) Less Compression

I went and returned my last pair of compression stockings, and they offered to give me the pressure just below the one I had. They're going to call the doctor and see if that's acceptable. For now they exchanged them for me anyways because the other ones were 100% unwearable. (These ones are still insanely tight but I can at least get them on.)

If it is acceptable, then I'll have the order a tan pair
because they only had black and those stand out terribly when you're wearing shorts. Talk about inviting gawkers!

Amount of sleep: barely any

Diet:
- Breakfast: nutella on bread, 3 cups water
- Lunch: large baked potato, sour cream, butter, shredded cheese, 'bacon' bits. 1 cup dr. pepper
- Dinner: chicken, pasta, onions and peppers, 2.5 cups water, 1 cup lime fizz
- Snack 1: half a candy bar
- Snack 2:


Exercise/activities:
- walking the nature trail
- errands

P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced:
so far: cold extremities, exhaustion, arrhythmia, pounding heart, aches, nausea, headache/migraine, visual disturbances, shakes/trembles,

Misc:
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