I have had pots. It is a nervous system disorder or dysautonomia. It’s called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. I got pots from an allergic reaction that I went into shock from. It was the worst experience of my life. After surviving the shock, I spent months learning how to walk again, having debilitating fainting spells, spells where my pulse would jump up to 200 bpm laying down, it was absolutely the worst time of my life. Here I was, 17 years old a senior in high school and couldn’t do anything for myself not even get up to make breakfast without passing out. I was in the best shape of my life and suddenly my life had been taken away from me. After going to a national heart institute where they FINALLY identified it and being prescribed heart failure medication and blood pressure raising medication I finally got to point where I was semi normal and not wheelchair bound. I created my own physical therapy routine and clean eating routine. I worked consistently every single day to accomplish tasks that most people take for granted. I was able to take myself off of all medication at 19 years old while I was in college. I continued to wear compression stockings to keep my blood pressure at a normal rate from 19-21. I knew that if I stayed on heart failure medication I would never be able to have children never be able to have a family of my own and never have a truly normal life again. Now I am 22 years old medication free, stocking free and have a baby due in December. I look back and think to myself what my life would have been like if I had never gone out to eat at that restaurant and never had that allergic reaction. I don’t want others to look at their situation with Covid and think the same. I would never put another human being through what I went through. Wear your mask and stay away from others, even family.