Tag Archives: dysautonomia

A POTS Analogy: My Life in Miniature

Posted on 2012/08/30 by Shawn Thomas

Some moments in time can serve as a picture of your life in miniature, as a kind of analogy. Today (Thursday, August 30th 2012) was one of those days. Like most other residents of Louisiana, we spent yesterday at home, … Continue reading →

Posted in POTS (dysautonomia) articles | Tagged dizziness, dizzy spells, dysautonomia, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, POTS, preaching, sermon preparation, study | 3 Comments

Psalm 3:3 “Thou O Lord” Part III: “The Lifter of My Head”

Posted on 2012/08/05 by Shawn Thomas

The recent shootings in Aurora, Colorado are reminiscent of a similar tragedy over a year ago in Tuscon, Arizona. Former Philadelphia Phillies baseball manager Dallas Green lost his granddaughter in that Tucson shooting rampage, and afterwards, in a media interview, Green was asked how he … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Andrew Murray, baseball, Charles Spurgeon, Dallas Green, dysautonomia, G.K. Chesterton, He Brought Me Here, healing, Job, Orthodoxy, POTS, Psalm 3:3 sermon, religious art, salvation, salvation by grace, the lifter of my head, the serpent in the wilderness | 29 Comments

POTS Update August 2012 Recovery and Heat Intolerance

Posted on 2012/08/04 by Shawn Thomas

In the midst of regulating medications and working my way back to the office after my diagnosis of dysautonomia/POTS, I realized that it was probably time for an “official” update. Some of my friends have gotten “bits and pieces” of … Continue reading →

Posted in POTS (dysautonomia) articles | Tagged blood pressure, dysautonomia, heart rate, heart rate monitor, heat intolerance, metoprolol succinate, POTS, prayer, preaching, preaching heart rate, recumbent stationary bike, sick headache, trazodone, wooziness, work | 5 Comments

Left Alone With God

Posted on 2012/07/29 by Shawn Thomas

Genesis 32:24 says, “Then Jacob was left alone.” Verse 23 says that he had just sent his wives and children and flocks and everything else that he had, across the Jabbok River into the Promised Land, where he was awaiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies | Tagged dysautonomia, Genesis 32:24, left alone with God, POTS, sufficiency of God, wrestling with circumstances | Leave a comment

My POTS experience: Meds and the “Roller Coaster”

Posted on 2012/07/10 by Shawn Thomas

You know how when you ride a roller coaster at the amusement park, you can get that “carsick” feeling? Well “roller coaster” is the perfect analogy for me today, and the sick feeling is the literal description of how I … Continue reading →

Posted in POTS (dysautonomia) articles | Tagged beta blocker, dysautonomia, medication, metropolol succinate, POTS, roller coaster, sleeping aid, trazodone | 6 Comments

My POTS Experience: The Beginning

Posted on 2012/07/07 by Shawn Thomas

I was diagnosed with dysautonomia, or POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) a couple of weeks ago (June 2012). Since this may be a part of my life from this time forward, and a number of my blog posts will refer … Continue reading →

Posted in POTS (dysautonomia) articles | Tagged diagnosis, dysautonomia, pastor, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, POTS, prognosis, symptoms, tachycardia, tilt table test, treatment | 16 Comments

“This Week in Paradise” July 2

Posted on 2012/07/02 by Shawn Thomas

The “little paradise” we call the pastor’s home was marked this week by some of the lifestyle changes due to my illness, as well as starting to transition back to my office at the First Baptist Church of Moss Bluff.

Posted in Home & Family Life, POTS (dysautonomia) articles, This Week In Paradise (pastors family blog) | Tagged back to the office, church secretary, dysautonomia, hot baths, humor, pastor's home, POTS, Sominex, Unisom, weed-eating | 2 Comments