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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 POTS
Read more: The Journey to POTSPostural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome I began searching my symptoms. “Normal” labs, dizziness (especially upon standing), fatigue, heat/cold intolerance, and of course, tachycardia (heart rate over 100 bpm) when standing. POTS appeared to fit all of those symptoms, so I asked my cardiologist for a tilt table test. She stated that she didn’t think I had…
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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…