Journal pythorlh's Journal: P.O.T.S, and other things. 6
Wow... Two journals in two days. That's unusual for me. FYI, Memtest confirmed that I've got bad memory sticks, and of course... I'm just outside the 30-day return window. So, $70 down the drain, and I've got to scrape it up again to get a stable machine. It'll be a few weeks.
Anyway... POTS. Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. This is apparently a new diagnosis out there amoung cardiogists. Those who've read my journals far enough back will know that my wife has been sick for almost 12 years. During that time, she's been variously diagnosed with a ton of problems, both mental and physical. None of the treatments for said problems have ever provided her any relief. Looking at various web sites describing POTS, many of the symptoms match what my wife has been complaining about this entire time.
We brought some printouts to her cardiologist, to see if this was quackery, or an actual possibility. After several weeks, my wife was getting very upset that perhaps it was quackery, but her doctor called her last night. He spent a lot of time researching POTS, because the existing literature is pretty scarce. On the other hand, it's not quackery, in his opinion, which is encouraging. At this point, there's no really effective known treatment, but even a provable diagnosis is a step forward.
I've noticed before that some of the zoo have health problems with symptoms in common with my wife. If that includes irregular heartbeats, I encourage you to take a look at some of the POTS information, and talk to your cardiologist, if it sounds likely.
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