I got to talk to my son, Jess, today on sat phone. He’s in Afghanistan. It was so awesome to hear his voice and know he is doing well. We got to talk for a little while, too…sweet! Made my whole day just fabulous. In other frabjous news, my POTS has been a bit better the last two days. I haven’t been skyrocketing into the ether with the tachycardia so much, and have mostly been spiking 40-50 beats per minute instead of 80-100. So that’s a substantial improvement, as far as how I am able to function. I was able to get some extra chores done today. Admittedly, I did overdo it. I was just so psyched from talking to Jesse, and feeling a bit more human that I ran on overdrive.

I think it may be the extra caffeine I’ve had lately. As far as what I’ve done differently, that’s really all I can think of to explain a difference. I’ve had probably 2 or 3 times the amount of caffeine in the past couple of days. So maybe that is somehow helping? It could just be a fluke, too. If it is a fluke, it is a happy fluke. I would like to figure it out if I can so that I can try and replicate it.

Went to the ‘girl parts doc’ yesterday for a long overdue checkup. Things seem to be fine. I did get some advice about my PMDD. The doc, who I really liked (new one for me – referred by a friend), suggested that if I have my menses stopped, I should see a significant reduction in PMDD symptoms. The other bonus with that is that I should also have a better outcome with my Dysautonomia, because it is always just horrible around that time. It’s the extra blood pooling in my womb as well as the hormonal changes…that just sends my body into a POTS spiral from hades. So I am strongly considering an ablation. I go in next week for a biopsy as a preliminary thing, just to make sure there are no abnormalities that would make for complications. I admit the whole idea is kind of exciting. No more ‘girly mess’ and improved symptoms in several areas (PMDD, Dysautonomia, hemiplegic migraines, etc) is an exciting prospect.

Sorry if that’s TMI for some of you, but for the Potsy ladies out there, I think this is good info to have, so I will keep you posted on the outcome.

Oh, AND I got to hang with a very cool friend the other day….good times :~D

Haven’t taken many readings, so I won’t post them today. I’ll wait another day or two and post the week’s data. I really did overdo things today. My spine is killing me. I believe I will sleep a while (or try, anyway) and hope like heck this pain pill kicks in soon. It just felt so good to be able to get up and do stuff. I did laundry, I swept (always a spine killer), I engaged in some compulsive decorating…it was great until I realized I’d crossed the line. You know, the one where your body suddenly lets you know it’s gonna get even with you for pushing too hard. Sigh. It was kind of worth it, though.

And I got to talk to Jess! I admit that I care far less about the day’s pain and symptoms than I do about the complete awesomeness of talking to my brave toaster. I really am the world’s luckiest mom ever….very proud of my boys. Corey got an internship at a recording studio, too…which is awesome. Some days life just rocks despite the pain and junk. So rock on!