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."

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Testing Day 1

I had testing this morning. It was long, sucky and threw my POTS completely out of whack so now I feel downright awful!

Amount of sleep: about 5 hours

Diet:
- Brunch: banana cocoa muffin, 4 cups water
- Dinner: leftover salmon and chips, 2 cups water
- Snack 1: two small homemade donuts, 1 cup water
- Snack 2: handful m&ms.

Exercise/activities:
- testing

P.O.T.S. symptoms experienced: (May be skewed from the testing obviously)
so far: headache, nausea, hand/feet numbness, purple hand, shakes, weakness, vision problems, dizziness, spots in front of my eyes, exhaustion

Misc:
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