Well, let's be honest up front. I've never made a blog before, and I'm not even going to pretend I know how. However, everyone's gotta try everything at least once... Right? Of course! Unless you're like me, and can't get yourself to do those crazier things in life: e.g. Sky diving or swimming with sharks. No, thank you! I will stick to my adventures on the interwebz, which can honestly be pretty crazy in itself depending on where you end up. I've been to parts of Youtube that make me hide in my pillow fort with my old teddy bear to keep me safe.
But we're getting off topic. I love to write, though my grammar may not be perfect, I knew I always wanted to do a blog. The question always was, what would I do it for? Well, the answer was pretty jack-hammered into my head and soul back in January of this year.
I was just recently diagnosed with something called POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). For those of you who don't know what this is, it's a bit difficult to explain, but I'll try my best to make it easy for you to understand. You know that head rush you get when you stand or sit up too fast? It's not a great feeling and makes you feel like you're going to create the next Domino Effect from how fast the room is spinning. Now, imagine getting this feeling every time you stand up or change your position. Pretty sucky, right? Well, that's how I feel every day of my life, because of this condition. But why does it happen?
I don't want to bore you with all the scientific mumbo-jumbo that goes into it, but basically when I change positions, my heart rate decides it wants to spaztastic. It will go from a normal heart rate up to an abnormal rate in a matter of seconds. Still confusing? That's okay, I didn't understand it at first either so I'll lay it out for you a bit more.
Take today while I was laying down at the doctor's. My heart's resting rate was at 102. The moment I stood up, my heart rate went up 30 points, making my heart rate jump all the way up to 132. Pretty freaky-deaky.
But, that's more or less what POTS is. Okay, no. I'm lying. There's a lot more to it than that, but we'll get into the rest later. This is supposed to be an introductory post and a test for myself, to see how pretty my crappy layout making skills are on this blog.
POTS is not life threatening, but it is something that can be life debilitating. My hope with this blog is to shed light onto this condition that is not well known by doctors and patients alike. Many people with this condition go years without a real diagnosis. I was VERY lucky to go only five months of seeing doctors to get where I am today. I want to make this process easier on others, to help them get the help they need and even help myself find others suffering like I am.
But that's enough serious talk for now. I'm sure I've chewed off more than one ear with this post alone. I really don't want to make anything long. I have a short attention span and now that we're in the age of "Too Long, Didn't Read" I'd like to keep it short and to the point, with the occasional lengthy post here and there. I can't promise I'll be completely on-time with a post everyday, either. I'm a lazy daisy who likes to sleep all day and procrastinate as if the world was ending tomorrow, but I'll do my best to keep up with this.
So, I'm going to go and get some rest now, as I am currently sick with Mono and have been up since 8 am this morning.
If you read through this, wow, thank you, I'm so honored, and if not, well, I had fun talking to myself as I do regardless of typing or not.
Enjoy your night (or morning, wherever you may be on this large planet), and best wishes to you!
- Rosie
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