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Months after the awkwardness began, and after taking a medical deferment for a year from college, I was diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a condition of the autonomic nervous system that makes standing or walking for long periods of time a serious challenge.

I tried to continue dancing even as I felt my physiology change and weaken, but attempting to move began to increasingly feel like a pipe dream.