Thoughts of the week stemming from my own doubts……”Life will knock you down more times than you can imagine. Don’t knock yourself down.” Believe in yourself. Don’t second guess or be filled with self doubt. If you are, you will never be happy and always filled with regret. Don’t let yourself stand in the way…

This week has been a week of frustrations. I was battling with school and gaining approval for my internship. My POTS has been extremely symptomatic since my PICC line came out and had gotten to the point where I was not functional for a couple days. The first day of my journey on this blog…

This last week has been stressful. I have been dealing with trying to get approval for my internship which has been a huge concern. My health has been crazy this week as well, which is stressing me out too. Of course its like a cycle and stress only makes it worse! I found out I…

This last week was a week of decisions.  First, I finished my antibiotics so I had to decide whether or not to have my PICC line taken out of my arm and if so, when.  Turns out that since I am still having on and off again fevers, my PICC line may have a colony of bacteria…

Recovery is truly a process. Life is actually a process. Learning is a process. I am still trying to recover from the sepsis and now being tested to see if the infection is still present in my body since I am still having symptoms. I am also being tested for a myriad of other health…

It’s been one hell of a month….. One month ago I launched my site and I am extremely grateful for the support and positive feedback I’ve been receiving. On top of dealing with my normal life consisting of school and POTS, this month I have: had sinus surgery, had a 104 degree fever, got sepsis,…

After spending 5 days in the hospital with sepsis, a surgery to have my port removed, and a procedure to have a picc line put it….. I AM FINALLY HOME!!!!!! Freedom feels great! I still need to take it easy and have IV antibiotics for the next week and a half but I am HOME!…

You’ve got to be kidding me?! That’s been my thought for the last week. I have been dealing with a lot. On top of figuring out week 10 and finals for this quarter, I have been dealing with additional health issues. Currently I am on day 3 out of possibly 6 at the hospital with…

They say friends made in college last a lifetime. I’ve talked to a lot of people who have graduated from undergrad recently about their experiences with dealing with that feeling of a lack of social support, especially physically, since leaving college. You’ve become so close to a group of people, whether classmates, professors, or staff…

I am a very logical person.  Faith and logic don’t tend to necessarily go together.  In tough times such as now, sometimes I struggle with faith and begin to have doubts.  When I find myself in situations like these, I have to realize that there is no room for doubt.  If I don’t have faith, what else is there…