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."

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Starting again (with the rain) Sunday

Amount of sleep: 5 hours...dragged myself out of bed to hit the nature trail this morning before the rains come. Sure enough, as we were leaving it started to rain!

Diet:
- Breakfast: half almond pastry (pretty big pastry though), 1.5 cups iced mocha coffee (which I regret because now my heart's out of control)
- Lunch: buffalo chicken pizza, 2 cups dr. pepper
- Dinner: hamburgers and potatoes, 2.5 cups water
- Snack 1:
- Snack 2:

Exercise/activities:
- nature trail!
P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced:
so far: exercise intolerance, pounding heart, cold extremities, fatigue, chest tightness

BP/Heart Rate (pm):
Laying:
Standing:

Misc:
- o.b.
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