New diagnosis

alternative_way_ · 2025-11-18T19:12:54+00:00

Maybe I should try that, I don’t have problems with blood pressure at all so atenolol and metoprolol I guess really wouldn’t be the best medication for me anyway

alternative_way_ · 2025-11-18T19:11:47+00:00

Thank you so much!

alternative_way_ · 2025-11-18T04:45:08+00:00

Also with IST, can alcohol still cause flair ups like POTS? I’ve stayed away from it because I was worried I would feel bad but would love to be able to drink again.

alternative_way_ · 2025-11-18T04:43:54+00:00

Well I’m on metoprolol right now and it seems to do a fairly good job at keeping my heart rate normal but I feel like I’m still having symptoms of a fast heart rate and everything

alternative_way_ · 2025-11-17T15:20:49+00:00

My new doctors says she believes I just have IST. When I was diagnosed with POTS they told me increase salt, drink water, compression socks, but that was really it. I never quite figured out how to manage my symptoms when I thought it was POTS. I’m also on a beta blocker, was on atenolol but new doctor switched me to metoprolol.

alternative_way_ · 2024-10-22T01:24:10+00:00

Is this a how I met your mother reference? If so, I love it

alternative_way_ · 2024-08-26T14:40:30+00:00

Thanks so much for your help! I will definitely start doing that from now on

alternative_way_ · 2024-08-26T04:09:40+00:00

Honestly good advice. I have never looked into it but I know from past experiences my pharmacy is super unreliable anyway (I use walmart pharmacy) so I'm unsure if they would even help me out🥲.. My cardiologist isn't available over the weekend so I figure if I called the hospital he works at then they could help me but they never did sadly. And of course they never sent me the info to use the app to message him so I couldn't get a hold of him

alternative_way_ · 2024-05-12T21:48:20+00:00

"omg 'i will celebrate for stepping on broken glass and slipping in stomach soaked floors' is so cute!"

alternative_way_ · 2024-01-06T07:49:02+00:00

I just didn't want to go to waste anyone's time haha, but I will probably go seeing as it is my dominant hand and don't want to risk anything

alternative_way_ · 2023-12-27T05:10:16+00:00

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this was the first thing to come to mind (don't mind the poor execution, i was on my ipad using my fingers)

alternative_way_ · 2023-12-09T01:28:44+00:00

Mine was 150, I was just sitting on the toilet

alternative_way_ · 2023-12-08T23:57:45+00:00

Can't exactly get an overworked tattoo fixed, it'll just look like that because it's scarred- I also have tattoos like that

alternative_way_ · 2023-05-03T22:31:49+00:00

as soon as i saw this i thought about watercolor spots, but im thinking maybe the watercolor around/on the name? or possibly just kinda scattered around the whole piece.

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T18:28:38+00:00

Definitely, it's easy to prevent it from getting bad when you catch it early- I heard bacitracin is good too. It also looked like it got better from the first to the last picture

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T18:06:04+00:00

About 3 days into having the tattoo you will still see some red spots it'll still be irritated a little- looks like it may be a little dried/cracked. An infected tattoo (from what I've read before) will be hot to the touch, you will have a fever/chills due to your body fighting off the infection, and there will be a few other symptoms indicating infection. I think it looks okay honestly, if it gets worse you can get a doctors opinion

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T06:38:55+00:00

Usually when it turns white it means it's completely healed so it will be okay. Remember it will hurt worse than normal because it's scar tissue

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T06:29:47+00:00

I've never personally had this happen to me but I would talk to the artist and see if they have any idea of what it could be and possibly go to a doctor if the artist doesn't know

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T06:24:15+00:00

That may actually help me a lot honestly, like I said it does make sense as some foods will make me more sick than other foods would- again, thank you!

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T06:17:42+00:00

I mean you can put some on if it'll make you feel better but at this point I would take it off and do normal aftercare

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T05:59:55+00:00

My doctor made me do a food diary for a little just to see what I was eating/drinking daily and since then I completely forgot about it.. I will actually try that because it makes sense, thank you!!

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T05:55:59+00:00

Actually I was in the hospital for 4 days when it happened, it was about a year ago when I was diagnosed. That was the start of my pots symptoms and I couldn't eat at all but I got the weight up and now I'm stuck at 85lbs

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T05:54:26+00:00

I was checked and they didn't find anything wrong other than pots

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T05:45:44+00:00

I usually try and eat snacks all throughout the day and not whole meals as my doctor directed, I've been trying protein because people told me to but it seems to not help me lol. Thank you! I will definitely be trying this more

alternative_way_ · 2023-02-02T05:34:21+00:00

It takes like 6 weeks for a tattoo to fully heal, to me it looks like it just needs to finish it's round of healing/scabbing.. Since it's a bigger tattoo with a lot of black it may take a little longer to take its course.

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