Dr. Diana, as patient, shares with you her holiday spoonie tricks for survival!
Dr. Diana, both a doctor (therapeutic optometrist), and a recovered POTS and ME/CFS patient, offers help and hope for POTS, Dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Lyme, vascular abnormalities, Fibromyalgia, and Multiple Sclerosis. Dr. Diana is now working full time at POTS Care.
Dr. Diana, as patient, shares with you her holiday spoonie tricks for survival!
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“Dr. Diana will always hold a very special place in my heart for her selfless devotion to helping everyone, not just the Ehlers-Danlos community. I hate to think what my life would be without her insight and guidance.”
-- Chris Gross
Happy HOlidays, Diana!
Fibromyalgia is a syndrome, that means there isn’t one cause or one cure. What may help you might not help me. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a ginteec connective tissue disorder. This means that at the ginteec level my collegen (the glue that holds your body together) isn’t made right. Collagen is supposed to have a rubberband effect, while my collagen is more gummy and doesn’t hold my body together like it should.
My children are adults now, but I have some suggestions for the holidays to tone down the hype and simplify the season. Winter in a cold climate is pretty painful with hypermobile EDS so reducing holiday stress is crucial for survival. What I am suggesting here worked so well for our family and still creates happy, meaningful holidays today. SPREAD OUT THE HOLIDAY Start with your children in infancy, celebrate the 12 days of Christmas, Dec 24 to Jan 6, and spread the holidays over a longer period of time to take the pressure off Christmas Eve and Day. Bake… Read more »