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, August 5, 2011

Testing: Day 2

Second, and hopefully last, day of testing.
Thankfully, it was better today than yesterday's was!
So glad it's over with.

Amount of sleep: about 5 hours

Diet:
- Breakfast: two small homemade donuts, 2 cups water
- Lunch: leftover salmon and chips, 2 cups ginger ale
- Snack 1: 6 bite-sized almond biscotti, 2.5 cup water
- Snack 2:

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, exhaustion

Misc:
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