month layoff?

[kingc_79]

month layoff due to transplant?

i will have to layoff for a month and im doin 5x5 now. when i resume should i just pick back up with that?

I dunno if you guys seen my post on it b4 but i've been goin thru testing to see if i could be a donor for a kidney to my stepdad's sister. Yesterday , the surgeons met and iwas approved and theyr' doin it on may 22. i have to fly down there to san antonio on 15th for last test,t hen wait a week on surgery. I was so freakin happy i couldnt speak when the nurse told me. i dont think i've ever been that happy in my life. it will be my first surgery ever but, they say i will be able to work out after bout 4wks. i'm takin my forearm thing and gripers so my grip will be great by time i get out that hospital.

sorry guys just to happy, had to vent.

 

[kingc_79]

any sugg?

 

[spatts]

Wow...how did I miss this?!? That is so incredibly selfless. Amazing.

Taking your grippers...lol...priceless.

I think you will have a pretty good idea of where you should pick up AFTER the surgery. There's no way to tell now what the healing process will be like for you, and I can speak from personal experience on squatting and deadlifting through kidney pain...and mine wasn't even that serious! Your other kidney will be cranking overtime, and that may take some adjusting too.

Between your own instinct and the doctor, I think you'll figure it out, but it's probably not something we could guess at now.

BIG KARMA for you...

 

[kingc_79]

Wow...how did I miss this?!? That is so incredibly selfless. Amazing.

Taking your grippers...lol...priceless.

I think you will have a pretty good idea of where you should pick up AFTER the surgery. There's no way to tell now what the healing process will be like for you, and I can speak from personal experience on squatting and deadlifting through kidney pain...and mine wasn't even that serious! Your other kidney will be cranking overtime, and that may take some adjusting too.

Between your own instinct and the doctor, I think you'll figure it out, but it's probably not something we could guess at now.

BIG KARMA for you...

thanks, means alot, especially coming from you. yea, i feel ya bout just feelin it out and i'm sure the doc my tell me somtin but alot of times they dont know bout training routines.lol. if i can i will just jump back into the 5x5, this has been the best thing so far for me.

thanks for the support everyone, the support of this board really helps out alot.

 

[The Red Dragon]

Simply Amazing , there are very very few people in this world that are such great humanitarians. Good work, this is coming from a cynical pessimistic Machiavellian .

 

[kingc_79]

Simply Amazing , there are very very few people in this world that are such great humanitarians. Good work, this is coming from a cynical pessimistic Machiavellian .

thanks alot man, appreciate it

 

[kingc_79]

bump for suggestions

 

[michaelcoutts]

if u get your get a kidney removed, your body will find it difficult to maintain a proper chemical balance for a while, so a bb diet and workout program may be tough on your body straight after.

 

[kingc_79]

if u get your get a kidney removed, your body will find it difficult to maintain a proper chemical balance for a while, so a bb diet and workout program may be tough on your body straight after.

yea i feel ya on that one, all they have told me so far is that they will more than likely want me on a high protein diet following sugery. but thier idea of high and mine may be different.

 

[Zander1983]

That's brilliant

 

[kingc_79]

thanks

 

[kingc_79]

they tell me not to lift anything over a milk jug. so you think i could take a 10lb db and just curl the shit out of it. and tri ext wit it. wouldnt be more than a full milk jug.

 

[kingc_79]

?

 

[BigBadBootyDaddy29]

I just wanted to tell you how selfless that is, something like that really puts what is important and what is not into perspective, and I commend you for that, I don't know what I would do in a situation like yours, and I pray that I will never be faced with that....but I am glad there are people like you in the world......as for training, yeah, resume with the 5x5, and don't sweat the weight, do what you're comfortable doing and things will shoot up.

 

[kingc_79]

I just wanted to tell you how selfless that is, something like that really puts what is important and what is not into perspective, and I commend you for that, I don't know what I would do in a situation like yours, and I pray that I will never be faced with that....but I am glad there are people like you in the world......as for training, yeah, resume with the 5x5, and don't sweat the weight, do what you're comfortable doing and things will shoot up.

thanks alot man, the replies from all you on these boards are a real inspiration. wish i could take this damn computer to the hospital with me

 

[big4life]

First, that's an incredibly selfless thing that you're doing.


As for the workouts, just make sure that you let your doctor know what you are doing now, so that he can better advise you. It will probably be longer than a month before you can go back at the intensity that you're used to.

Good luck.

 

[kingc_79]

First, that's an incredibly selfless thing that you're doing.


As for the workouts, just make sure that you let your doctor know what you are doing now, so that he can better advise you. It will probably be longer than a month before you can go back at the intensity that you're used to.

Good luck.

i think i'll do that and yea i think i've come to accept the fact that it will take me a while to get back to the intensity im' at now, the shitty thing is that i've just now made it back to 265# bench(nowhere near what i was at before) and half way decent lifts in my other workouts. guess that's what makes it so fun, seein all the progress. thanks for the kind words.

 

[zen42]

Re: month layoff due to transplant?

I dunno if you guys seen my post on it b4 but i've been goin thru testing to see if i could be a donor for a kidney to my stepdad's sister. Yesterday , the surgeons met and iwas approved and theyr' doin it on may 22. i have to fly down there to san antonio on 15th for last test,t hen wait a week on surgery. I was so freakin happy i couldnt speak when the nurse told me. i dont think i've ever been that happy in my life. sorry guys just to happy, had to vent.

You fit MY definition of a STRONG person.

As Henry Rollin's wrote in his great "Iron" piece:

"Strength reveals itself through character. Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity. Strength is understanding that your power is both physical and emotional. That it comes from the body and the mind. And the heart."

Best wishes to you and your stepdad's sister. The world would be a better place with more people like yourself.

To the rest of the board:

Become an organ donor and save a life.

 

[kingc_79]

Re: Re: month layoff due to transplant?

You fit MY definition of a STRONG person.

As Henry Rollin's wrote in his great "Iron" piece:

"Strength reveals itself through character. Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity. Strength is understanding that your power is both physical and emotional. That it comes from the body and the mind. And the heart."

Best wishes to you and your stepdad's sister. The world would be a better place with more people like yourself.

To the rest of the board:

Become an organ donor and save a life.

thank you so much for the kind words and inspiration. really helps out alot.

 

[kingc_79]

i think i've decided that after this is over with i'm gonna make a switch and start powerlifting. i've always liked it but thought i was way too small(170lbs) but fuck it, i think i'm gonna go for it. i'm thinkin i will use the same routine(5x5) im on now for the first few weeks back after the surgery. have to be off totally for 4wks.

 

[kingc_79]

sorry to be harpin on it again....but today i got the call and the date for my surgery (afternoon of 22nd) is now set in stone. I'm so freakin happy now. i can't wait. i've had so much anticipation till now. (still some) I have to fly down next week after finals for last tests. my aunt was real excited too.

i wann thank everyone on the boards AGAIN for all your support and kind words of inspiration. thank you