POTS

POTS

Standing, Pulse, Balance
30
Jul
Steeper Gradients

Steeper Gradients

What changes and what doesn't when illness sets the terms.
4 min read
18
Jul

Stupid Games

POTS management often starts with limitation. That was never part of my calculation.
4 min read
07
Mar
Post-Flare Skin Debt

Post-Flare Skin Debt

Two weeks of careful rebuilding. A shaded hike that felt easy. A setback that didn’t appear until hours later.
4 min read
20
Jan
Low angle view of a flat trail covered in fall leaves, mid-morning light filtering through trees

Hiking with POTS

When pulse spikes, balance wavers and standing becomes uncertain.
3 min read
13
Oct
ridge line trail at golden hour

The Quiet Return

What recovery means when chronic illness stays, but your relationship to it transforms.
3 min read
20
Sep
Act Zero: Prologue

Act Zero: Prologue

It begins in the dark hours, the moment the body finally stopped pretending.
6 min read
15
Aug
hikers with trekking poles

Hiking with Lupus, RA, POTS & IH

Four conditions, one body, and a trail that doesn't care which one flares first.
4 min read