Not THAT big day because your girl is still single but a big day no less! I don’t know whether to be excited or nervous or all of the above! I’m getting my port! Yes! Finally, no more blown veins and no more multiple sticks! For those of you who don’t know what a port…
2022 has been a rough year and it’s only March 2nd. Let me back up a bit. So obviously it’s been a hot minute since I’ve done an update on my health. This past year has been hard, I ended out 2020 with an acute kidney injury and a flare up in my POTS that…
Disability - any condition of the body or mind (impairment) that makes it more difficult for the person with the condition to do certain activities (activity limitation) and interact with the world around them (participation restrictions). Disability knows no age, gender, size, color or shape. Disability looks different for every person. Disability…this is my story.…
Hey Everyone! I hope you're all holding up during this corona virus/COVID19 quarantine and are all healthy! I'm not going to lie this season has been a little tough for me. My health hasn't been the best, with the changes of the seasons it has wreaked havoc with my POTS. I'm not sleeping that great…
Happy 2020 everyone! I can't believe another year has flown by. 2019 was a little rough but I'm ready to take on 2020 with strength and joy. My new year started off by prepping for a trip to Vanderbilt in Nashville to see a POTS specialist and have some testing done. We traveled from South…
Worth- noun; usefulness or importance, as to the world, to a person, or for a purpose How you are viewed by others. How you view yourself. The label that is continuously put on you, whether it be good or bad. How you are measured. By your usefulness and importance or your uselessness and insignificance. Worth…
October is POTS Awareness Month! POTS or Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is a blood circulation disorder characterized by 2 factors: A specific group of symptoms that frequently occur when standing upright.A heart rate increase from changing positions from horizontal to standing or at least 30 beats per minute measured during the first 10 minutes of…
As we wrap up the end of PTC/IIH Awareness Month, I thought I would share some random facts about PTC/IIH that you might not know. There are little things I NEVER thought I would have to give up or things I would miss. Such as Decongestants. Taking decongestants causes your blood pressure and heart rate…
This is a fully loaded question. As many of you now know, I was diagnosed back in 2016. But what many of you may not know is I was a full time college student and was doing an internship. Because of how fast my life changed in January of 2017, I wasn't able to finish…
This is my story..... Grab some a snack or some coffee, this is going to take a while. We are going to take a trip, back to when I was around the age of 17. I began having dizzy spells. They would come at random times there was no specific thing I could pinpoint as…
Through Sick and Thin 