Hi @loribmt

I hope you’re having a nice weekend! I just wanted to give you some update. I went for dinner with my family and right after I started feeling a malaise and my heart was racing at 130. I went to the Emergency and felt absolutely horrible. I tested positive for D-Dimmer at 6500 which is very high so they were convinced I had a pulmonary embolism. I went to an emergency scan with contrast. They kept me in a room to observe me as my heart rate was too high. The scan came back negative which they were very surprised. They said they think I have POTS, and that they don’t know why D-Dimmer is high. After reading on the internet I found out that D-Dimmer can increase if important disease is present in the body and POTS can be cause by an infection, trauma etc. I am very confused with the D-Dimmer wasn’t high a week ago when I went to ER the first time. I am also confused why the symptoms of POTS would have started 2 weeks ago? Could it be the vaccine? Is it my autoimmune/disease? I am very discouraged, I feel like my heart will stop during night, and I walk two steps and my heart is on the roof. Im feeling very anxious because this create very strange feeling and dizziness. Im very struggling to go out of my house without panicking and thinking I’m going to die. I have a machine for a week that measure my heart beats, but that might take 3-4 weeks to get the results. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard about this but that’s very mysterious, Im again thinking they must have miss something or if my underlying disease will make my heart stop. I’ve been feeling like my heart can’t handle my sickness anymore as I feel absolutely exhausted.

If you have ever heard this, or if anyone had this condition, I am keen to hear some advice

Hugs from Canada xx