Early in 2016 I found myself strapped to a table waiting to be tilted until I passed out. It sounds like a medieval torture device but it...

I keep seeing this thing in medical discourse about risks, specifically risks of death. It’s phrased something like this: “most of the...

COVID-19 was recently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) and many states and counties are limiting gatherings of...

In The Kingdom Of The Sick by Laurie Edwards (2013) is a social history of chronic illness. Edwards explores both historical and modern...

Setbacks can be incredibly frustrating. Everyone has experienced a setback of some sort in their lives. Sometimes it’s a lost job, or an...

Approximately 10% of adults at any given time are experiencing neck pain. I have personally had neck pain for about 3 years now, since a...

I’ve spent much of the last 8 years in 'the land of the sick.' 8 years ago is when I started having chronic illness symptoms that greatly...

It’s been over a month since I posted last. I started a new job and I’ve been devoting most of my energy to that. A few weeks ago I...

This time of year it seems like everyone I talk to is either sick or has been around someone who is sick. As a person with chronic...

I’ve found when I meet people who are unfamiliar with POTS they can get hung up on what causes the symptoms I’m talking about. I think of...

We in the chronic illness community are at the mercy of a system that wasn’t built for us and isn’t equipped the handle us. The current...

As a chronic illness patient I’ve had to take on several roles that I am frankly not qualified for. Every chronic illness patient I’ve...

When dealing with chronic illnesses as opposed to acute illness the rules change. When you are acutely ill you get sick, get diagnosed,...

Most people think of grieving processes as something that follows the death of a loved one, but there are lots of other reasons to...

I’ve often heard people lamenting the things they took for granted before becoming chronically ill. It honestly feels cliche to say it,...

Hello and welcome to my blog “Putting Up With POTS.” This blog was started in the hopes that it could be a resource for people living...