Day 1 of preseason? Done. All of it. Every second of both
practices, lifting, and agility. Who said POTS was debilitating? Yeah…they
never met me or my fellow athletes with POTS.
Anyway, what does 100+ degree weather get you? Super
dehydrated! I don’t think I’ve had to drink this much water, Gatorade, and
chocolate milk ever in my life…and I still dropped a lot of weight at each
practice. But I actually feel decidedly good right now. Maybe it’s because this
isn’t my first time around the torture that is preseason. Maybe it’s because I’m
mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually in a much better place than
I’ve been in a long time. Maybe it’s the fact that now I know I have something
to fight for in the other athletes I’ve come to know who have POTS. And maybe
it’s just because I’m more awesome than a unicorn-cat-poptart pooping rainbows
across the galaxy (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4). I prefer to think "all of the above."
I have to be lame and
go to bed now because 5:30 am comes way too quickly to those who are already
tired. Until next time…
My name is Amy Swearer, and POTS stole my life. I’m taking
it back.
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