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

4/21/2003

My truck runneth me over… at least that’s how it felt the last couple of days. I got up Saturday and felt like I had been drop kicked a few times, and then on Sunday the pressure was unbelievable, and the fatigue even worse than that. I’m not a napper normally, but after I’d only been up for a couple of hours, I crashed and slept for about 4 hours, and was sluggish the rest of the day—until this high pressure front that had been headed our way finally pushed through, dumping a chitload of rain along with it. Once it had passed, I felt fine. That was definitely FMS rearing its ugly head.

But… I hit the gym today and worked my upper body; I’ve increased the weights (just a little) I do on the lat pull-down and tricep pull, but I’m not quite ready to up them on biceps. After that I hit the pool for 40 minutes, alternating between walking and running. The plan is to just do the pool for an hour tomorrow—but if the weather looks good for fishing, I’ll have a hard time deciding what’s more important.

I’d swim in the lake, but there’s this problem with rebar sticking up, and I’d most likely impale myself… Eh, I think I’ll just hit the pool first, and fish in the afternoon.

I really do need to learn to like to eat fish…

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