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Month: December 2018

What is Physical Deconditioning with a Chronic Illness?

How can being physically inactive make your chronic illness worse?

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What is POTS?

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is a form of autonomic dysfunction. In other words, the part of your nervous system that controls all involuntary functions (breathing, digestion, heart rate, etc) has decided to rebel and you are now in a civil war with your body.

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Adrenaline Surges: How to Sleep When Your Heart’s Got You Up
Corlanor (ivabradine) for POTS: Does it Really Work?
Got a Cold with POTS? 5 Tips for a Faster Recovery
10 Best Daily-Use Apps for People with Chronic Illness
How to Navigate Emergency Room Visits with a Chronic Illness
A Letter to Those Who Think They are Undateable
Have Chest Pain? Explore an Alternate Cause with Costochondritis
5 Tips to Surviving The Summer When Your Body Just Can’t Take The Heat
A Hydration Guide for the Dehydrated, the Athletic, and the Hungover Patient
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Sock gloves are the best gloves. I hate waking up early, but I’ll do a 7:30AM wakeup call for snow! #goobers

It’s been almost two years since I’ve been diagnosed with POTS. One of the greatest challenges for me was loosing over 25 pounds in three months, most of which was muscle mass, and getting heavily deconditioned. Being able to carry a 60 pound pack across India one month to not being able to sit on my own a few months later due to muscle loss is the unfortunate truth. If you don’t use, you lose! Learn more about chronic illness and deconditioning in my newest article on Chronicallysalty.com! P.S. back up 15 pounds— I’M STOKED.

Brain fog from POTS is typically caused by lack of oxygen in the brain. My brain obviously has been needing that O2 today: fixed my car up and drove it around this afternoon to be sure I’d have a functioning car for an appointment Wednesday. Get home to find an email saying I missed my appointment while I was driving around. Beautiful.

There is never a reason to not buy a $10 slice of cake! Unless, maybe you are gluten free. @hayesbartoncafeanddessertery

New blog post! The Chronic Illness Christmas Gift List— Check it out on chronicallysalty.com or click the link in my bio.

Black Friday splurges arrive! What a world to live in in which medical compression hose deals make you jump for joy like a 4 year old on Christmas.

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