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About Me:: I am a College student who was diagnosed in April of '07 with a chronic illness called Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. A debilitating illness that is with me all the time. If you would like to know more about this you can visit www.potsplace.com

What I hope to gain from this network...: Fellowship with people who have chronic illnesses.

Best Recommended Resource and Why: My bible and www.chronicbabe.com

Have you heard of Rest Ministries or HopeKeepers?: yes

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Me and my Chronic Illness

I know that writing about my illness will make me feel better and i'm told that journaling about the things that bother me helps. So here goes. I thought I'd tell my story to start off with.

I suppose i'll introduce myself. You can call me Kate. I'm a 19 year old college student who has POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). I was diagnosed on April 17th and it changed my life. Last year in March I had an implant put into my heart to close up a patent ductus arteriosis (a hole that's… Continue

Posted on August 1, 2007 at 10:45pm —

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At 4:58pm on July 12, 2007, Jennifer Saake said…: Probably not the answer you wanted to hear, but as for how I stayed in college, in the long run, I didn't. :( I got sick a month into my first semester. My God's grace and sheet determination, I stuck it out all that semester, but it was really, really hard.

I went home and slept all 5 weeks of Christmas break, went back to school for another sememster, and only survived that one by the skin of my teeth. My grades dumped and my fiance and parents did everything from study for my tests for me (giving me "cram cards" to review 10 minutes before going into my exams) to typing my term papers. I went home at the end of that second semester and crashed, sleeping 18-23 1/2 hours out of every 24 for the next several months.
I have never returned to school, but I can say that God's grace and provision are sufficient for whatever He calls us to. If He intends for you to be in school, He will provide the way and the means. It may not be according to your plan or timetable, but keep looking to Him and clinging to His purpose.

At 4:32pm on July 6, 2007, Jennifer Saake said…: I became ill (with CFIDS) just a month after staring college in 1990. It is so hard to manage health challenges and study. Praying for you right now.