I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! Holidays always have me waking up feeling excited for the day that follows. 🙂
I usually go down to the town lake with a group of friends for the fireworks and festival they hold every year, but it just wasn’t happening for me this year. I’m okay with that though. I didn’t want the same events as the past years to play out this year, so I decided to take it easy and relax instead.
I remember 2 years ago (prior to my diagnosis), I went to the town lake with my friends and walked around the outdoor concert and food stands. I felt that heat beating down on me and I chugged water down in an attempt to feel better. We laid out on a blanket in the grass, and I remember everything being wavy and my head feeling light. My friends thought I might need to eat a bit, so we went to wait in the insanely long lines. I stood in that line for about 15 minutes, and right when I was the next one up to order, my stomach started churning and I ran to the side behind a boulder and threw up and dry heaved. I collapsed to the ground, and my friends came running over to me and called my parents. I had to go home before the fireworks even started.
Looking back on it, these are all my symptoms of a “POTs attack”. I didn’t know it at the time, and I remember feeling incredibly frustrated.
Last year was similar, so I decided to lay low this 4th. My wonderful friends and cousin came by the condo I’m staying at currently and we made bracelets and watched some fireworks for a few minutes from the balcony. Then we watched “How I Met Your Mother” and gave each other life advice and shared some laughs.
Don’t worry, I still had some USA spirit! I wore red, white, and blue from head to toe. 🙂
Hope everyone is doing alright and had an exciting and safe 4th of July!
XOXO,
Jenna
teens with pots 