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Vanessa Matelski
Read more: Vanessa MatelskiVanessa Matelski is the creator of PotsieSpoons and a fellow zebra who has dealt with MALS and POTS. She creates amazing comics that are funny, moving, and also very informative regarding some of our disorders. Additionally, she has branched out into animation, short films, and wrote a novel that is set to be released very…
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The Journey to MALS
Read more: The Journey to MALSMedian Arcuate Ligament Syndrome At the time I started seeing my POTS specialist, he had been investigating Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) as a possible cause of POTS due to vagus nerve inflammation. MALS is when the diaphragm hangs too low or the celiac artery is too high coming off the abdominal aorta, and it…
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My Journey to Diagnosis
Read more: My Journey to DiagnosisThe Younger Years I have vague memories during childhood where the signs were there. Abdominal pain starting at 7 years old. Being covered in hives after running through a field at 8 years old. Party tricks with the extra bendy joints. Always feeling tired. Around 13 years old, I came down with mono (also known…