Persevering Through Chronic Illness

My name is Lauren and I’m 35 years old and chronically ill with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), a form of dysautonomia.  I have been sick for 8 1/2 years and disabled for 8 years.  I was an emergency veterinarian in my former life and have now been relegated to invalid.  But I’m not going peacefully. 

I am finally doing well enough that I can occasionally spend some time on the computer, and I want to try and help others who are unlucky enough to be seriously ill.  I have had to work through a lot of problems on my own, and if I can I want to try to make things easier for others so they don’t have to go through all of the bs that I’ve had to over the years.  My plan for this website is to give tips for ways to make your life a little bit easier, books that you might find helpful, techniques for coping, and useful support groups.   I will also share a lot of my own medical problems, but I hope that this site will be useful for all chronically ill folks, not just those who have the same illnesses as me.

This site is definitely under construction, so please bear with me since it will take me some time to work on it since I am often ill.

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