hey BBF, about your cortizone.....

[Buddy_Christ]

Hmmm... it mine are fake, I would hate to see what you are on, orb. LoL You do know cortizone shots are not the same steroids we are talking about on the board... right?

what do cortizone shots have to do with anything? i think that's what i had a shot of in the spine last Feburary. lemme tell ya, that was fucking PAIN.

and then the afterwards.....talk about agony. recovery was supposed to be 10 days, 3 days of increased pain, then by day 10, my pain level was supposed to be lower than it was prior to the shot. i spent a month in agony. the second month was getting back to normal, and by the 3rd month, my back was very easily agitated. it took me THAT long to recover.

note, i don't have lower back problems except for a ever so slight bulge in the L5S1 disc. for a while, it was sending sharp pains down through my left ass cheek. that has cleared up since Jan 03, physical therapy prior to that helped it out a bit too. i've had a vew instances of it bothering me, but not much in the past year and a half.

my problems are mid back, thoracic spine. 2 herniations at 2 different levels, going in completely opposite directions. i used to not be able to wash the dishes w/out pain. imagine taking care of a 2 year old.....

lifting has saved me, so to speak. i started lifting last september, the goal at first was to just get muscles moving again and see if i could build a little bit of strength to try to take the strain off of my back. after about 2 weeks, it became apparant that i could actually do just about everything i wanted in the gym without pain.

i'm 5'6". when i started lifting in september, i was 161lbs. i dropped to 158 and maybe a little bit lower within the first month, and i'm currently at 172. my bis/tris have gone from 13 1/4" to just over 15", cold flexed. upon my last measurement, i believe i've added 2-3" to my chest/lats, not quite sure, but that puts me at 42-43". my theighs have gone from 22 to 23", and my calves are slightly bigger than my bis/tris. i've gone from barely benching 155 once to doing 235 3x. my squats have gone from slightly higher than bodyweight with a belt to a 315 single, no belt. i didn't start deadlifting until Janurary, and at the time, just over 100lbs made my lower back sore for a few days. i maxxed at 295x3 and 305x1.

i'm on nothing. i don't plan on being on anything for at least another 6 months, depending on how i progress. some end of the year numbers i'd like to see are a 285 bench, 355-365 squat, at 345-355 deadlift. people tell me i'm progressing along very well, but like everyone else, i'm overly critical of myself and don't feel like i'm progressing fast enough. i couldn't give a shit about my bodyfat %, so long as i'm not fat. i can still feel my abs a bit, so that's cool with me for now.

if i did cycle, i'd start with a simple test cycle, and one of the fast acting ones (prop, right?) so i could "pull the plug" fast. my biggest fear is my aggression level getting too high, thus the reason for being able to pull the plug fast if need be.

yeah, i know you were screwing around and you know i was, but hey, you asked what i was "on," so i thought i'd tell you

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Ok, good answer, and yes I knew you were screwing with me. I almsot get sick of hearing people offline tell me 'Oh my god you freakin huge." Even the new girl I'm seeing told me today I have the biggest arms she has ever seen in real life. Its nice, and actually makes my day sometimes when you guys mess with me, about looking small or fat, or like my gear is fake. LoL

No the cortizone I was joking about because it can break down muscle tissue, rather than built it.

I'm glad to hear you are recovering. I sliped a disk a number of years ago. Granted it was not as bad as yours, but I have recovered very well, and have sucessfully deadlift 615, dispite having slipped a disk previously. I feel for you though, and know what that type of injury is like. I gained 70 or 80 lbs of fat from inactivity and a bad diet when I hurt mine.

I would agree that you are doing the intelligent thing and holding off a little longer before you do a cycle. The additional strength that will come quikcly will put a great deal of stress on your back, and until you are certain it can handle this, it would be very undesirable.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Anywho abotu to head to bed.... Amber told me on teh phone earlier that she wanted me to come over and hold her, but then said her place was too messy and it was embarassing... so she would see me when I get home (I'll be in Houston all day tomarrow), so I'm staying in tonight. Women. haha

 

[Deleted member 33117]

I speaking of which, I am fucking pissed. Some guy tried to come over and seeher today and she ran him off. Its some guy she met a year ago who is a friend of a friend, who tries to crash at her place every time he comes into town, but is not invited. She says she does not answer his calls, and he called her over 20 times yesterday, and the only messagehe left was "Is your cell phone ever fucking on?" He asked her after she wouldn't let him in (I wish she would have called me... I live less than 5 minutes away) if he could meet her tomarrow for lunch or something, and she told him not really she needed to study, and she told me should would just ignore his calls if he called. Yeah, this is going to be a problem if I'm over and he happens to show up some time.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

I mean what is the deal with her telling about this guy being in town and her not wanting to be around him? She knew I was goign out of town tomarrow, but I told her even though I felt obligated to go, I kind of didn't want to, and if she wanted to do something with me, I would cancel my plans, but she said no, taht she had to study all weekend for her final next week, which she is behind on studying for. She has a c in the class, and needs a good grade on it. After she told me about this guy, I offered again, and she used the same line. So now I'm giong to be worried about this guy, who she told me more details about and seems almost like a stalker, who is showing up at her house and shit since he is in town for the weekend. WTF? I'm tired, sorry if I am rambling. Sorry if I hijacked your thread crak, but despite some things, you see to be a down to earth guy when it comes to women and the thigns they do, so thought I would vent here.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

well, if she don't want the other guy and she's being honest about it, you've got nothing to worry about on her end. if he's just an annoyance, don't worry, he'll go away eventually. if he's actually a problem, however, then she'll have to take the appropriate steps to ensure he stays away.

yup, thread is hijacked lol