Pacer Chick

One of my favorite shows is “CSI” and I was watching it recently and in one of the episodes they performed a tilt table on a suspect. I was geeked for a minute because I don’t hear about tilt tables unless its from people who have health conditions. Problem is though, it wasn’t performed right! They only tilted the guy up halfway and they did it very slowly. What is the point of that? “Here, we’ll do it slowly just so you feel okay.” No. The point of that evil test is to make you feel as uncomfortable as possible until you pass out to give a good reading. Seeing that made me think of my mom because she gets mad watching movies or tv shows with medical themes when they do things wrong. You would think someone would do some research and try and make the shows as accurate as possible. I mean, they have to know that someone watching will be able to point out the mistakes.

How about we make a movie having to deal with people living with dysautonomia? Just follow the people around on a normal day, and just shake the camera the whole time? The camera work would just look like the “Blair Witch Project.” Oh yeah, and periodically the camera would have to black out of course. Thats how I will start my rise to movie stardom, staring in my own documentary. I mean, who knows me best but me?

And I must brag about this. For awhile, I didn’t think I had anything to look forward too in the near future. But now, I have TWO trips to look forward too!! My best friend Ashley and I are going to Maryland to see Simple Plan in concert, but also while we are there, we are going to Washington D.C. and Arlington National Cemetery. Its been awhile since we have taken a road trip together, so it will be fun. And then, most likely later in May or June, I am going to California! I am very much looking forward to that!!

Alright, life is good for right now.

I can’t seem to say it enough. I pretty much think of myself as a freak when it comes to all the medical mishaps that seem to happen to me. A new thing I have uncovered has to do with the difficulty of swallowing. For as long as I can remember, I have swallowed drinks like a moron. I hold it in my mouth until I feel “ready” to swallow it. Well, apparently a symptom of Familial Dysautonomia is difficulty swallowing. I don’t know if the two are connected when it comes to me, but it was pretty interesting to read about.

While I am talking away, I wanted to recommend a documentary that was very interesting to watch. My grandma is the one who actually told me about it. Its called “The Mysterious Heart” and its a three part series. I only watched the second one because it talked about pacemakers, and I was a bit curious. It was pretty interesting seeing the old pacemakers and how technology has advanced since then (thank God). They also talk about Long QT Syndrome, and procedures doctors do to help cure fast heart rate, etc. Its worth looking into, and you can get it at the library!