Stories

Hi my name is Ellie and I’m a nursing student at Surrey University. I have been diagnosed with POTs for almost four years now and it is an...

Shortly after starting secondary school, James felt unwell on and off for a couple of months. A blood test confirmed glandular fever and advice from...

I started to become unwell in 2007, having returned from a 3 month volunteer programme, working at a Wildlife rehabilitation centre in South Africa....

Hi, my name is Emily. I’m currently a college student studying English Literature, Sociology, and Geography with the hope to go on to university...

Hi, my name is Katherine and I have PoTS. I first started experiencing symptoms (fatigue, tachycardia, dizzy spells and nausea etc.) in January 2015...

On the 31st of October 2017 I had a routine appendectomy that changed my life forever. My neck was hyperextended during the intubation process...

I was a normal fit and healthy 19 year old, loving and living life. Until one day I blacked out and my life changed forever. I went from running half ...

Hi, I am Alyx. I’m a positive 26-year-old who was fit and healthy up until December 2019 when I was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with...

Hi – my name is Chloe and I have PoTS, EDS Hypermobility, MCAS, OI. Looking back on my childhood I was always ‘different’ – clumsy,...

Hello. My name is Charlie Schofield, a 23-year-old woman and this is my POTS story. I am currently a full-time primary school...