Author: Lyn

Chronic illness blogger, wife & furmom to Jack 🐈‍⬛️. I live with Dysautonomia, specifically POTS and Small Fiber Neuropathy, along with Gastroparesis, autoimmune urticaria, and a whole collection of uninvited tag-along conditions. Salt, Spoons, and Syncope is my space to write about chronic illness life with honesty, humor, & the occasional eyeroll. If you've ever counted your spoons before deciding whether to sit up, welcome 💜

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What Is Dysautonomia? (Explained by Someone Who Actually Has It)
ByLyn April 27, 2026May 31, 2026

Your autonomic nervous system runs everything you never have to think about — heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, temperature. Mine decided to stop cooperating. Here’s what that actually means.

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Who I Am and Why This Blog Exists (Or: How a Nine-Year-Old Fainting Under a Church Pew Started All of This)
ByLyn April 26, 2026May 31, 2026

I fainted under a church pew at nine years old. My mom thought I was acting up. That was just the beginning of a very long conversation between my body and the medical system — one where I did most of the talking and nobody listened.

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