My POTS has been fine lately. Other than the time I ran out of my Atenolol for a couple of days, no complaints. I decided to try and see if maybe I didn't need it. Turns out I do. The Atenolol, combined with my compression tights and a diet that contains fruits and veggies as opposed to the bread and cheese I was living on.
I'm in North Carolina at the moment. I moved out of Pittsburgh once and for all on May 24th, driving though Virginia and staying overnight with a friend. I'm moving to Denver in a week to begin my MSW studies at the University of Denver. My mom, best friend, and I are driving out via I-40 through Knoxville, Nashville (stay the night), Memphis, Little Rock, Oklahoma City (stay the night), Amarillo, Albuquerque, Santa Fe (stay the night), Colorado Springs and into Denver, arriving on the 14th. Hopefully I'll nail an apartment soon after. The way the rental market in Denver is looking based on Craig's List ads, they're pretty desperate for tenants.
I'm wondering how my POTS is going to react to the elevation. I'm also going to have to go through the heinous process of finding a doctor who knows what I'm talking about.
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This is the blog of a 21 year old college student living with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, a disorder believed to arise from one's autonomic nervous system not properly functioning. The purpose of this is to document my medical treatment and hopefully enlighten others about this condition.
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1 comment:
HI, read your blog and can relate. My daughter has POTS and we are looking for a savvy doctor in Denver who knows what POTS is and how to best treat it. Did you ever find one? There's a POTS Treatment Center in Dallas with a 2-wk biofeedback program--google it. We are waiting to find someone in Dener before going there because you have to do your own insur. paperwork--ugh. Hope you are doing well at this altitude--it can be tough on healthy people!
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