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

7/29/2003

Pertinent to nothing… I’m just about to run out of syringes. I used low dose insulin syringes with a very short needle; the needle length is important for 2 reasons: the HGH is in a chamber that’s only about an inch long altogether, and it has to be delivered subcutaneously (just under the skin.)

So I went to the pharmacy for a refill, and someone screwed up. They gave me syringes with long needles—totally useless, as the needle would go past the drug in the chamber, and would wind up going into a muscle if I injected it. I tired to tell the tech that those are not the syringes I use, so he went to get “someone who knows.” The person he got decided that I was obviously stupid—the number on the box matched the number listed in their computer for my refill. If I got the short needle syringes initially, it was “a mistake.” I tried explaining why the short needles are necessary, and this look crossed her face—she understood I was correct, but there was no way in hell she was going to admit it. I was taking the wrong syringes home come hell or high water.

Would she call the endocrinology clinic and ask? Hell no, that would be too easy. Could she be nice about it? Phfft. As I turned to leave I overheard her tell the first tech “She doesn’t know what the hell she’s talking about.”

So now I have to go back to the hospital and track down someone who can get me the right stuff.

Like I said, pertinent to nothing. It just pissed me off.

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