As an emerging professional in the field of public health, the current state of our healthcare system is an issue that is always on my mind. I frequently sit in class, learning about the triumphs and failures of our healthcare system. Sitting on this side of the spectrum, we learn about situational cases of people…
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Five Years
This past week marked my 5th year anniversary of having POTS. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was right after Howard’s homecoming my freshman year, when I got a cold. It started off as a normal cold that people get in the fall, once the weather starts changing on the East Coast. Only…
One Surgery, Two Surgery, Anymore?
These past couple of days went from 0-60 very quickly. I went from being shuffled from doctor to doctor and pumped full of drugs to now. I am not only having one surgery but two. On Thursday I went to the port doctor to have my port checked again since I am still having the…
Frustration
For the two weeks I have been in and out of the doctors and hospital trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I have had low grade fevers and pain in my port. Of course, both negatively and greatly affect my POTS. Due to my symptoms, everyone was afraid that I had sepsis…
I Wasn’t Ready
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you whether you are ready or not. In the last couple of weeks, I wrapped up my summer stuff, caught up with friends and all of a sudden, it was the first day of school. This summer was full of experiences and opportunity and then school…
Torn
Lately I have been conflicted and torn. I have accepted the fact that I have POTS a long time ago. I have accepted the fact that I have multiple health problems that affect my body. When something new happens at this point, its sort of like well “just add that to the list of problems”….
Back to Life
This post will be short and not too exciting, as I am exhausted and worn out. This past week has been an interesting one though. I got some backlash but also a lot of support stemming from my last post. I went to DC to visit some friends. I got a cute little Mazda 2(shout…
I Need To Be Me
I am back in the U.S. and would like to address something while I am in the process of getting my life straightened out and readjusted: First of all, POTS is invisible. Just because I don’t look sick on the outside, doesn’t mean that I don’t suffer and am inflicted by my symptoms on a…
Too Much Of A Good Thing
Apparently, one can have too much of a good thing, although I wish this wasn’t the case. My South African internship/adventure is coming to an early end. I have thoroughly enjoyed my trip to South Africa, learned a lot about myself and South African culture, made new friends, had plenty of adventures and furthered my…
My Hidden Truths 