Wow 💕

So I don’t know quite where to post this but I just felt like sharing this amazing thing.

So I have an autonomic dysfunction, meaning part of my body’s nervous system (the one that handles the things we can’t physically control, like heart beat and blood pressure) doesn’t send the right signals. This syndrome (it’s called a syndrome because there is no clear cause nor no way to cure it) is called Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS for short). What happens is when I change posture (laying to sitting, sitting to standing) my blood pressure drops bc my body tells itself it needs blood in the legs, but my heart freaks out knowing I need blood to my brain and tries to compensate, going tachycardic, this causes dizzy spells, fainting, nausea, and a whole bunch of other symptoms.

Yesterday I was having a pretty bad day with my syndrome, I had almost passed out 4 times at work. Well I really needed to shower and specifically, I really needed to shave my legs. But the heat from both showers and baths make my blood pool causing a lot of dizziness. My lovely lovely boyfriend shaved my legs for me 💕