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.

Tonight I am thankful for laughter.  There have been a few core things that have helped me get through the tough times in my life thus far, and laughter has ALWAYS been one of them.  I am thankful that I believe and recognize that laughter is truly a means of healing for the mind and the body.  When life seems overwhelming, it is laughter that often helps me forget my cares or helps me forget the pain or the sickness I may be experiencing, even if it is for a brief moment.  I am thankful I have the ability to laugh at myself, because honestly at times, it is either laugh or cry, and I would much rather laugh.