I got a text from Allie a little while ago that said, “Where’s an update slacker?”  My response?  “You don’t want an update.  It’s been a rough few days.” 


Then I thought if I only blog when things are good, then I am not being totally real about all of this, am I?  And maybe being “real” will show other EDS’rs or POTSIES that they are allowed to be human too.

So I’ll get right to the point. 

1.  Medical Stuff

• Prolotherapy round two was on Monday.
• 1 day of PT
• 1 day of Home Rehab
• POTS has been giving me fits since Wednesday.  My heart rate hasn’t been this up and down for a while.  Had a minor meltdown about it after feeling dizzy and feeling a lot of body heaviness and weakness.  My therapists pointed out that the trauma from the shots could have made my autonomic nervous system go haywire.  Also, it could be due to my cycle and/or not doing therapy for a full week (could 7 days cause enough deconditioning to give me worse POTS symptoms?)  Maybe it’s a combo of all 3? I definitely recorded this in my daily log.

Check out the article, “Nothing Can Stop the Zebra” on Smithsonian.com

What noise a zebra makes?  Probably not but if so, you can listen here.  Scroll down on the page, and It’s on the left (towards the bottom) under “Sound Byte.”

Can you tell I’ve been on a couch for a couple days?  Can you tell I’m getting a tad bit bored?  I’m still really sore and stiff but I am definitely moving around better today.  Good thing it’s back to therapy tomorrow.