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."

Friday, April 29, 2011

Burned Out Friday

Rough night of sleep, and bad news, leading to a crappy mood.

Amount of sleep: 7 hours. although I finally fell asleep around 4am, and slept until almost eleven (with a few wake ups in-between)

Diet:
- Brunch: nutella on bread, 2 cups water
- Dinner: chicken, and pasta, 1.5 cups dr. pepper
- Snack 1: handful pretzels, small cup dr. pepper
- Snack 2: two ghirardelli squares, 2 cups water.

Exercise/activities:
- laundry
- house cleaning

P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced:
so far: headache, exhaustion, muscle weakness, pounding heart, nausea, stomach death (lower)

Misc:
- last night I had an extremely low BP: 82/39.
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