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, June 10, 2011

TDIF

Overall, today was an okay day.
I got out of the house to cruise around my hometown for a scavenger hunt...
(God I love my hometown.)
Which was a nice change of pace.

Emotionally, not a great day...but I'm not in the mood to talk about it.
Hopefully, it's just the change in the weather (big storm moving in).

Amount of sleep: four or five hours

Diet:
- Breakfast: pastry, 3 cups water
- Lunch: pasta salad with olives and italian dressing
- Dinner: grilled hamburger and roasted potatoes
- Snack 1:
- Snack 2:

Exercise/activities:
- cleaned the entire house
- searched for photos for the scavenger hunt!

P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced:
so far: headache, chills, sweats, cold extremities, anxiety, nausea, arrhythmia

Misc:
white spots are back :(

Pictures from our garden:



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