Working out an IEP With Your School
Sometimes in life you need a Plan B... Meghan's freshman year of high school ended with the final two months completed at home - mainly...
POTS, PANDAS, PANS & Strep Infections
A few years ago, I remember watching a story on 20/20 or 60 Minutes about several high school kids from a small town in New York...
What Swimming Did for Us...
Without a reason or a purpose, we might still be searching for Meghan's diagnosis. Most patients go a ridiculous 3 to 6 years average...
Helping Others to Understand
Understanding an invisible illness is hard. Maybe as hard as handling some of the symptoms. I think if you haven't witnessed it, you...
Is POTS Really Auto-Immune?
In February 2014, it was announced that a small study had identified a possible bad antibody that was responsible for causing POTS. The...
IVIG Therapy
Meghan is now up to her 10th dose of IVIG. It really seems like years have passed since the first one, although it's less than 1 year. ...
Medications for POTS
There are currently no approved medications for someone with POTS. Doctors typically prescribe drugs "off-label" when they are used for...
Water and Salt...and More Water and Salt!
POTS patients typically have low blood volume - which contributes to the difficulties of pumping enough blood through the body. Drinking...
