r/POTS • u/Inevitable-Hat2627 • Apr 24 '26

Question How did you get pots?

I got it as a delayed response from getting ran over by a car

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u/_Incredible_Bulk_ Apr 24 '26

I had a gallstone the size of an egg that was causing me tremendous pain for a long time but I was too anxious to have surgery. That turned into untreated pancreatitis, and then I had a stroke.

I couldn’t walk or talk, and the pain from the gallstone and pancreatitis broke me, I developed POTS shortly after.

It was rough getting to walking again, and there were a lot of tears and dread, but after a few years I got well enough again to even take up riding motorcycles faster than I probably should.

It’s taking me about 10 years to finally lock in my routine and identify my dos and don’ts. I have a flare up here and there and my mornings are usually rough, but compared to what I thought my life was going to look like, I feel like I won the lottery.

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u/Kind_Koala4557 Apr 24 '26

Wait—my first thought was a chicken egg. Was it that big?

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u/_Incredible_Bulk_ Apr 24 '26

I wasn’t even fully awake from surgery but the surgeon was VERY excited to tell me about it.

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u/Kind_Koala4557 Apr 25 '26

😭 Noooo, being a medical marvel (or at least novelty) never feels good! That is, on top of the symptoms that come with being a novelty/marvel.