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

3/22/2004

Without my glasses, I'm blind as a bat. If I take them off and try to read words on the monitor, I have to practically jam my nose up against the screen, otherwise it's just a giant blur. I'm sure 90% of the people out there know what it's like...

And I like to swim--but swimming requires the removal of the glasses in order to put the swimming goggles on, which means I can barely tell if there's anyone in the lane next to me. I can see the giant blue line at the botton of the lane, but that's about it.

So...I decided to get contacts. It works really well; since I wear goggles they don't float right out of my eyes while I'm swimming, and I can see where other people are in the pool (which helps if I get stuck in the shallow end and am waiting for a lane to open up.) There is a downside to good vision in the YMCA swimming pool.

It's filthy. I mean, I knew it wasn't the cleanest pool in the world, but now that I can see fairly well under water, I'm really grossed out. There are little splotches of dirt accumulating in various places on the bottom of the pool, there's gunk floating through the water, something unidentifiable in between the tiles that make up the giant blue line... Completely icky.

I really would like to find another pool to swim in, but since we're only going to be here for another 8 months or so, I may be stuck. Stuck and really grossed out.

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