Monthly Archives: January 2010

There's a New Yorker cartoon I saw recently where a woman is sitting at a computer. Her husbnd walks by and asks, "How's the self-diagnosing going?" I can relate! Well, I'm in this phase of waiting eternally for the real … Continue reading →

  here's this from the big POTS web site : The symptoms of POTS are life altering and debilitating at times. POTS patients use about three times more energy to stand than a healthy person (Grubb, 2002). It is as … Continue reading →

Hello, I have radioactive blood! It doesn't glow, though. I checked. I have a little wallet card for Homeland Security that tells them the date and the amount I had, with the line at the bottom: "The radiation is allowed … Continue reading →

Here's something to brighten a rather dreary, cold Sunday in January. Simply put on a classical music station, engage in two 1-2 hour phone conversations, stay in your pajamas until 3:00 in the afternoon, and make yourself a batch of … Continue reading →

I have a friend who works with stroke patients. She says that they tell them to think in "seasons, not months," in order to estimate the pace of their recovery. This idea was helping me a season ago, in the … Continue reading →

This is not a good combination now is it? I'm so upset about it! Yesterday for what seems the one millionth time, I went to the workout place and attempted to exercise. Shortly I was nearly incapacitated by light-headedness. I … Continue reading →