Just a "zebra" trying my best to live life to the fullest with EDS and POTS...and loving the ride.

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Five For Friday +1 11/12/11

Written by Katie. Posted in Five For Friday

1.  Medical Stuff:

  • 2 Days of Home Rehab.
  • 1 Day of PT.
  • I finally got a medical ID bracelet.  I ordered it 3 days ago and it came today.  I went with the simplest, cheapest bracelet I could find.  It is like a Livestrong bracelet with a stainless steel plate.  The plate fits five lines of text.  I paid $15 total including shipping.

Sorry, guys. You can't have my husband's digits 🙂

Heat and Tunes

Written by Katie. Posted in Music

The heat can break any time now.  I have been experiencing a whole new level of fatigue lately and I am convinced that it is because of this ungodly heat.  It’s really weird because even when I am in the air conditioning, it feels like my body still knows that the heat index is 105 degrees. 

Just something else I am learning.  Extreme heat + POTS = Bad combo for me. 

So glad to see relief is in sight by Monday. 

Since I have been spending a lot of time in the AC, I have been trying to work on a few pretty exciting projects, as well as immersing myself in music.  Here’s a few of my favorite tunes right now…

Five For Friday 2/4/11

Written by Katie. Posted in Five For Friday

1.  Medical Stuff:
I had two sessions of PT.  
Bought special gloves to use to help put on my compression stockings.
A lot of exercises were done at home.
I rescheduled and rescheduled again prolotherapy for Monday.
I had blood work to test my potassium since Florinef can deplete potassium.  My potassium was normal but my glucose was low.

Third Time\’s the Charm?

Written by Katie. Posted in Prolotherapy

My body hurts…

and not because of prolotherapy. 

I realized I never updated my blog after having to reschedule AGAIN.  24 hours before I was supposed to have prolo, it was still blizzarding.  I looked up Mishawaka’s news channels, and the city was under a state of emergency and the whole city was asked not to drive.  Since I knew I had to give 24 hours notice for cancellations, I called and left a message asking what my options were. A little while later the lady who does the scheduling called from her home because the office was shut down and said I could come Monday at 1:00 instead.  I tried really, really, REALLY hard for Friday but no such luck.  So I will now have prolo on Monday…if the stars are aligned.