Stories

My name is Laura Maple; I am 22 years old and am currently a third-year biomedical science student studying at The University of Sheffield. I am...

My name is Flora, I am a 32 year old PhD Student and I would like to share my personal story of how I recovered from PoTS/OI, as I believe this might ...

I was diagnosed with PoTS about 3 years ago after fainting for the first time in my life in November 2013. In the couple of years that followed I...

I guess I have always been the outdoors type, if I’m outside I’m a happy guy! Five years ago a few of my best friends were doing a ski...

I developed POTS during the pregnancy of my youngest child. I went from being fairly active and fit, to barely being able to climb the stairs or walk ...

Phoebe here currently sat in Quito, Ecuador counting my lucky stars. I’m four months into travelling while managing being in remission from...

Everyone’s story of PoTS is completely different and mine is no different to that. I just woke up one day, 21st May 2013, tried to get out of bed...

As a child I was always accident-prone, would often complain of joint pain and had severe asthma also. My mum tried to convince doctors that there...

My name is Kathryn Marshall; I am a 38-year-old nurse from Swansea South Wales.  I am married to Chris and have 3 children, Chloe 9yrs, Harry 7yrs,...

Like so many other POTS diagnosed people I have read about, I was always an extremely healthy child and teenager. I can almost pinpoint the day when...