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

4/07/2003

The time change is kicking my a$$. I prefer daylight savings time (once I get used to it) because I like having daylight extend into the evening (being night blind, it helps; I feel like a frigging 10 year old during the winter, when I have to be home by 4:30-5 o’clock); these first few days, though, with my sleep cycles screwed up, my poor beee-hind drags like I had cement in my underwear.

The good thing is, aside from being tired, this year I don’t feel a nasty fibro-flare trying to piggy back onto the fatigue as it has in the past. All I am is tired; my pain levels are pretty damned low right now. On a scale of 1 to 10, with one being merely annoying and 10 being “oh my god my nipples are going to explode and I’m going to die,” I’d put it at about a 2. Normal for me is about a 4.

The one thing I have noticed the past couple days is increased thirst. Having diabetes insipidus complicates this, because I don’t know if it’s because of that—and perhaps I need to increase my dose of DDAVP—or if it’s a side effect of the Somatropin. And if it is because of the Somatropin, will an extra dose of the DDAVP take care of it, or will that just cause me to stop urinating as much yet leave me with increased thirst?

I’ll give it a day or two, and if it looks like I’m retaining water, or not putting out as much as I’m taking in, I’ll get in touch with my endocrinologist.

Or, another thought… I wonder if there’s something about being in the pool so much that’s contributing to increased thirst? I am awfully thirsty for the first half hour after I get out of the pool; could be the chlorine, or the extra sweating from working out. I’m not sure.

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