HGH & FMS Experiment

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Thumper tries HGH for Fibromyalgia symptoms... film at 11

Fibromyalgia is Latin for "Holy Frijole, everything on me freaking hurts." Or something like that...

Still...there are no whiners here.

Imagine...

...having a Charlie horse--all over your body.

...having the flu--all the time.

...feeling like you've been backed over by a tractor...every single day.

...waking up and being afraid to step out of bed because you know--without a doubt--that when your foot hits the floor, a knife will cut through your body, and the feeling won't stop.

...not being able to sleep.

...fatigue seeping from every pore of your body, running in thick rivers that pool at your feet like concrete shoes.

...feeling like every muscle in your body is on fire, and nothing will put it out.

...feeling like you're about to come apart at the seams--and your doctor tells you it's "All In Your Head."

Just Imagine.

©1997,2005 K.A. Thompson

One of the theories about Fibromyalgia Syndrome is that there may be an endocrinological base--that the pain associated with FMS may exist because of a lack of, or the body's inability to use existing supplies of, Growth Hormone.

On June 26, 2002, I had a tumor removed from my pituitary gland; this tumor left me with diabetes insipidus, premature menopuase, and as discovered recently, a lack of Growth Hormone.

The problem is, no one knows how long the tumor was there, and no one knows whether or not I was deficient in Growth Hormone prior to developing the tumor.

Because of some of the studies regarding Fibromyalgia--something I have lived with since January 1997--and Human Growth Hormone, I have opted to give HGH replacement a try. It may be a way to work past the pain of FMS, a way to build lean muscle mass, lose body fat, and hopefully, offer measureable hope to recovery.

This blog will chronicle my progress, or lack of it. I will include details of how it makes me feel, the exercise routines I will use to help speed up loss of body fat, dietary changes, and any changes in body shape and pain reduction.

FMS Links

Dr. Devin Starlanyl
American Fibromyalgia Association
FMS Network
Chronic Syndrome Support Association
Living With FMS

4/08/2003

If I don’t get up tomorrow seriously sore, I’ll be very surprised. We did about 45 minutes in the weight room today; I concentrated on my upper body (because, honestly, my knee can’t take much lower body weight work): standing bicep curl, tricep pulldown, lat pulldown, seated row, crunches, and shoulder shrugs. I pushed, but not too hard, just hard enough to feel a little rubbery afterwards.

I’d intended to do some walking lunges for my quads, but the available space for that was taken up by 15 very loud, active, sweaty pre-schoolers.

That was followed up by 45 minutes in the pool; mostly a slow jog, with a few laps of grapevines and hopping. Yes, I hopped, up and down four or five laps, everything flapping and jiggling, splashing the water into the lanes on either side of me, but it got my heart rate up a little more than just jogging through the water.

Pain level today was still low, and the thirst seemed more manageable too (without taking extra DDAVP.)

We have a strange little cat, Max (also known as PsychoKitty) who has taken an interest in my HGH shots. He wants to “help.” If he gets any closer, he’s going to help himself to a needle through the nose.

No worries, I’m not going to stab the little monster… all I have to do is hiss and he runs off. But dang, he is definitely curious.

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