E103: Handling Holiday Stress with Dr. Katie Gorman-Ezell
The holidays can be stressful, especially when living with an unpredictable illness like POTS. Learn how to ask for what you need and make compromises as you form new holiday traditions! You can dread...
13 Dec 202232min
E102: Lacy from Alabama suffers from gastroparesis, pain, and POTS
Lacy is a high school student who struggles to remember a time she wasn't sick. Gastroparesis is a big issue for her and she often uses a cane for stability. She's quite upbeat, though, and ready for ...
10 Dec 202219min
E101: Pelvic Congestion Syndrome and POTS with Dr. Steven Smith
Dr. Smith is a retired interventional radiologist who made a discovery in his career treating women with pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS): His patients with comorbid POTS often said the PCS treatment...
6 Dec 202251min
Christmas Poem 2022 — Why Santa donates to Standing Up to POTS
You can read the transcript for this poem here: https://tinyurl.com/potscastholiday22
3 Dec 20224min
E100: POTS Research both Past and Future with Dr. Satish Raj
Dr. Raj is a world renowned POTS physician and researcher who spoke with us about three big POTS research topics: blood volume, autoimmunity, and the norepinephrine transporter. Having done much of th...
29 Nov 202251min
E99: Zoe from Utah, high school senior and aerialist
Zoe was diagnosed with POTS in 8th grade when she started having dizzy spells and shortness of breath. She has adjusted well, and loves to fly 30 feet above the ground doing ribbon aerial work. Great ...
22 Nov 202227min
E98: Sensory Input Shaping Autonomics in Children with Dr. Kevin Lasko
What is really causing POTS? Is it a problem in the heart? The brain? The gut? Dr. Lasko believes that lower parts of the brain may not be functioning properly in many with POTS, and that correcting t...
15 Nov 202248min
E97: Mackenzie from British Columbia, Canada
Like many POTSies, Mackenzie was a teenager leading an active life when she became ill. It took her 2.5 years and a number of ludicrous diagnoses to finally arrive at POTS. At 20, she is now adjusting...
8 Nov 202230min
