posted Sat, 07/21/2012 - 05:08
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I'm sure some of you guys/gals have run into medical issues a time or two in your life. Whether it was a simple surgery, a diagnosis of a disease that required treatment or therapy. Could be something that just flat out knocked you on your ass and put you out of commission for a while. So what did you do to help you bounce back? Did you gradually get back in the gym? How did you stimulate your appetite? Was there anything unorthodox you tried to fight lethargy, loss of appetite, weakness, dried out joints and muscles, anything at all. Share it with me!
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I want to thank all you guys for the responses. I appreciate you sharing your stories. It's been hard but I'm getting there! I do a little bit more each day and I seem to be responding to it well physically. When I sit on my ass, I feel like crap! When I push myself to be active, I feel better. My mind is in the right place so my body should follow soon! I'm looking into talkin some of the advice I've been given and picking up some good HGH. I'm also going to plan out a simple cycle. It'll be an early start but at this point, if it will help, I'm going for it! Maybe a simple Test/EQ cycle. My natty test was low and my estro was high last checked. All the treatment ,getting cut open and medication has made it hard as shit to recover from my last run. Time to talk to an endo I think. I'm 31 years old. Natty test prior to last cycle was 980 something. Last checked was in the 200's.
diagnosed with hidradenitis supperativa. shitty skin condition. still deal with it but docs found some meds to help keep it somewhat under control.
Mono put me under pretty bad.. lost 20 lbs and lethargy was killing me.. Also got nerve damage right after and had to wait over a year to actually lift anything realistically.. I think the waiting, feeling helpless part and watching myself lose all of those gains I worked for pissed me off so badly that when i actually got better I tore the shit out of the gym. The rage gave me the drive to take back whats rightfully mine.. It's my muscle and I want it NOW
When i was young natty lifter it was the whole world to me. Got mono and literally lost all my size and strength. Dropped some 25lbs....back to highschool weight. Every lift went from one of the strong dudes to restart mode. Dumbell presses struggling with 15lbs. Focused my anger....swallowed gallon of pride. Built it back slowly and surely. Muscle memory kicked in and 6-8mo later was good as new. Rehab for me was humbling. It can happen to anyone for many reasons. But one thing for sure....if you don't do it for yourself you'll Live in regret
damn that sucks bro! i had mono about 2 months ago and had to stay in bed for 3 weeks, i only lost ten pounds but i lost alot of strength, took alot of hard work and about about 2 weeks to get it all back
Combination of overtraining and no sleep. Young n dumb. Lol! Glad you got back! I also found out in April that old folks don't belong in mosh pit. Cracked elbow in two places. My buddies on here taunted me into this ebc. I love to compete so using it to push me back to where i was. Picking a lil goal is good recovery.
naguib123u gotta go steady and slow for the first two weeks to avoid injuries. also to get past the soreness effect which will hurt like crazy. same with eating
For me it was anger and fear in the beginning. The anger was a bit of self pity I guess. I was depressed cuz I kept thinking why me. Then I got really afraid of not being the same person I was before. And that got me pissed of all over again. So I started doing it one day at a time. I wasn't going to lay down and let life beat the shit out of me. I got my crippled ass up and started rehabbing like I was possessed. Aqua therapy physical therapy. Walking turned to running and more running and more running. Then I got tired of being skinny and I wanted to get my old power back. At that time I had just gotten diagnosed low t. So I said fuck let get this show on the road and I never looked back.
I already know you get paranoid when u smoke pot bro but there are edibles and other forms of administration. My uncle has HIV and without the smoke I grow for him he wouldn't have an appetite whatsoever. There are other ways to get appetite like peptides. Shit tell wifey to only make ur favorite foods so u might get hungry. I'm going to talk to my sister and see if there are any herbal or homeopathic solutions to what ur describing. I'll get back to u ASAP.
TxBigBoyEchinacea is an herb I found awhile back that can slightly boost appetite. It more so just makes the meal go down easier and afterwards I don't feel as stuffed ready to eat again in several hours. I've also read it helps boost the immune system but I haven't done much research on that part of it. As far as the weed goes I couldn't relate more brother. My father was diagnosed with HIV when I was 14, at 15 he had full blown AIDs and they gave him 6 months to live. He smoked pot all day everyday until I was 17 and finally died due to bleeding in his stomach. Weed gave him almost 3 more years.
Wow that's tragic bro. I'm sorry about ur loss. I don't promote drug use unless there is a medical reason behind it whether it's physical or mental/emotional. I've had a couple fits where the only thing that got me to shut my mouth and quit being irrational was pot. it also got me off of norcos after my spinal surgery. It didn't kill the pain but it numbed the edge to the point where I could deal with the pain.
My sister is what I like to call a super hippie/ shaman. If this were 200yrs ago shed be the medicine woman bro. She has herbs for every little thing it's almost kind of funny. Her herb bible is full of tons of different recipes for everything u can think off. What can I say I'm from Cali baby. We a bunch of tree huggers as Sgt likes to call me;-)
TxBigBoyThanks bro. I feel the same, I think there are a lot of drugs out there that are great and all have their place. Sorry to hear about your surgery, and I know first hand how hard it is to come off opiates after an injury ecspecially while the injury is still lingering.
My wife's like that with the herbs and stuff but theres this lady that works at the vitamin store I shop at that's like no one I've ever met. She's like early 30's and looks like an average person but I swear she has a phd in herbs or something. I go in there sometimes just to talk to her and gain knowledge. Her mind is like that herb bible your talking about. You can tell her your problem and I swear she can recommend 5 different herbs that will fix it. Sad thing is she can't be making more than minimal wage. If I had the money I'd open a holistic medicine shop and higher her to run it.
tread-mJust my Opinion brother not a doc but I agree with Tx here and I think its let those feet hit the floor one day at a time and do what you know. Eat right and push the appetite to make it come back, ghrp6 not a bad idea as Tx mention for the extra appetite in a low dose for now maybe even as little as 50 mcg's 3 times a day or a consideration of hgh even low dose to push more positive feedback to natty test if not wanting to cycle for some time. That would push natty test in responce as well as help the stomch ghrelin to increase appetite. End of the day its going to be mostly just healthy living make each day a little more productive than the last and get a well deserved lazy day in there every few just to rest and let the healing take place. A long road is a road many don't get so just work it and charish it. Tell you this, I know you well enough to know you got this! You spend time looking for motivation and motivate the hell out of me in the process!
TxBigBoyGlad to have you back brother! Just remember to take it slow. When I tore the tendon in my elbow I'd go a couple weeks thinking I was better then try and lift at my original pace and just fuck it completely back up. Wasn't till I took the appropriate time off and properly rehabed it once it healed. Its all about moderation brother, take it one day at a time and eventually it will all come back to you. Once you do get back on cycle maybe add a nandro in there for the old joints, and there's always some ghrp 6 if you cant get the appetite where you want it
Last year I was 340 pounds and just got diabeties was put on meds...I took control and lost 130 pounds by cutting carbs lifting weights and sprints..now I am in the best shape of my life and need no meds at all..in fact I have no signs of diabeties whatsoever. Note: My test was low as well so I take test enth at cruise doses 300mg every 2 weeks "feel like a new man"
tread-mThis is one of those things I. Preach in PM every single day to guys in there 40 especially. If you take this chain of occurance in your life and let's say each link in the chain of negative events is ; weight addition, shbg higher, estro higher, more weight, high bp, more weight, type 2 diabetes, more weight, then what...disease, cancer etc etc. If you trace back to when nothing was wrong, almost every single time the problem will have had a catalyst that began the chain reaction and that will have been decline in test!!!!! Why in the heeeelllll these fing docs and the medical community as a whole have not figured this out or refuse to is beyond me. So I'm happy for you brother but imagine if you had began trt back when you first needed it before all the other shit even occured. Prevention is much easier than fighting the chain once it has been made. You faught the fight. And here you are though, good good!
TxBigBoy"Why in the heeeelllll these fing docs and the medical community as a whole have not figured this out or refuse to is beyond me." Simple...
Curing a medical problem=not much profit/momentary financial gain.
Treating the problem but never curing=billion dollar industry/continuous financial gain
Doctors are invested in your sickness, occasionally you'll get a doctor that's in it for the right reasons but not likely.
tread-mUts hard to swallow but over the yrs I've realized there really is no denying that brother. Too much money on patching people together rather than prevention!
You nailed it brother...my doc refused trt...my level was 248 so i did it myself.
damn! talk about taking the diagnosis seriously and making extreme changes. what a turn-around!
Thanks bro...it scared the shit out of me and saved my life at the same time...I would have never of got back in shape if it hadn't happend.