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."

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Gusty Saturday

It's a gorgeous, although windy, day here in Buffalo. So, in the middle of cleaning, we took some time to enjoy it by blowing bubbles!
(Pretty cool ones- the new Crayola Color Wonder colored ones)

Amount of sleep: about 8 hours! (Although, I had quite a few nightmares, I did get a pretty decent amount of sleep and it feels like it. I feel pretty good so far today)

Diet:
- Breakfast: chocolate cupcake, 2 cups water (shame on me, but I need the calories)
- Lunch: leftover salmon, potatoes, pretzels 2 cups gingerale
- Dinner: hamburger, potatoes (felt pretty sick)
- Snack 1: nutella bread, 3 cups water
- Snack 2:

Exercise/activities:
- finish house cleaning for Easter
- laundry

P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced:
so far: cold extremities, pounding heart,arrhythmia, headache, anxiety

Misc:
continuing intermittant abdomen pain
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