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Podcast: Tick Boot Camp
Episode: SOT Saved Me - an interview with Kelsey Watkins
Description: Kelsey Watkins is a 28-year-old wife and mother on leave from her career as a utility company office manager. She and her family reside in Meyersville, Maryland.
Ms. Watkins’ health challenges began with fainting spells when she would “go from sitting to standing.” At the age of 19, she would faint “upwards of 5 times per day.” Her primary care physician and cardiologist diagnosed her with POTS, prescribed her medication, and told her to “eat more salt.”
Her symptoms stabilized until the birth of her children. She developed headaches, gut issues, and rashes after the birth of her first chil...