I've had POTS for almost four years. Here are a few products that I regularly use that I wish I'd known about sooner:
How To Set Achievable Goals When You Live With A Chronic Illness
Last year, I set myself two goals: one personal and one professional and I managed to achieve them both. These days, I find that less is more when coming to setting goals for myself and I have found that I am much happier achieving two things per year than failing to get five things done in a month.
2018 Bullet Journal
My bullet journal with a crocheted cover January- June 2018 Here are a few spreads from my 2018 bullet journal. I just used a random notebook that I had lying around which just happened to be one I picked up on my last trip to France. I designed the cover myself using some lightweight yarn… Continue reading 2018 Bullet Journal
How I Survived My 1st Semester of Grad School with POTS
The transition from undergraduate to postgraduate is hard for anyone and when you're juggling a chronic illness as well it can feel as if you're drowning.
5 Ways to Survive the Holiday Season as a Spoonie
The holidays can be difficult to navigate when you have a chronic illness. Food, family and traveling can easily throw you into a flare-up.
Nordic Christmas Tree Decoration
I made a few of these bobble (puff) stitch trees for Christmas using a sparkly white yarn, but you could easily use them as a woodland themed decor for a party or bedroom.
My POTS Treatments
Like many people with a chronic illness, I had to wait many years to start treatment. I naively thought that medication would solve all my problems as that is what my doctors led me to believe. The medication that I took initially did not solve all my problems as they were designed to treat my symptoms and not the underlying cause of my illness.
How to Maintain Your Health as a College Student
I was doing a Master's course at a different University when I first got sick. I had to wait so long for an effective treatment, that I eventually lost my place. Consequently, I am somewhat apprehensive about starting a new course
Spoonie Travels- Reykjavik, Iceland
Looking to visit a small city with clean air and attractions within walking distance of each other? Then Reykjavik, Iceland is the place for you. Like all of the Scandinavian countries, Iceland is expensive, but the views and amazing street art makes it worth it.
What is POTS? (and do you have it?)
POTS is a form of dysautonomia (a dysfunction of the nervous system) and is usually diagnosed using a tilt table test, but it can also be diagnosed with an active stand test. The average diagnosis time for POTS is 5-6 years, but can be diagnosed within 6 months of the first onset of symptoms.
