Not New... But Feel It

[Tronic]

Ow do,

I used to post quite frequently on a few forums, but life got in the way and then health took a nose-dive, so it all went out of the window and I feel like its right to do a bit of an intro - plus I'd be keen on hearing from anyone with anything resembling similar experiences!

I used to be a typical gym rat i suppose, trained fairly heavily, managed macros (ish lol) and ran blast/cruise cycles.. or at least said I did while really taking far too much gear.. but such is life. It all came to a resounding halt in summer 2019 though when I was diagnosed with pretty advanced cancer - it started in my bowel, had spread to my liver and surrounding tissue, so at the point of diagnosis, none of it was operable... safe to say that put an end to everything and statistically, i was toast (research gave me around a 15% change of survival).

But I'm still here! It took 6 months of the most brutal treatment imaginable and three rounds of surgery to get there, but ive been tumour free for 16 months now and finally have the courage to look forwards and try to rebuild a bit of 'me' i suppose. I'll never be like i used to be - wouldn't want to be tbh, but I do want to look after myself, to get a bit of shape back and to look like i train.. so here I am again! I'll most likely start a journal and I'd love to hear from anyone who returned to the gym after major surgery in regards to stuff to watch out for on anything to do to assist rehab. I woke up from liver surgery with 56 staples in a lovely 'L' shape across my stomach and have scarring from a temporary ileostomy, so im conscious that things probably wont move like they used to.

Anyway, thats me for now, I've rejoined the gym today, ordered some new shorts and headphones and I'll be practicing my best 'get off my fkin weights' face over the weekend haha.

Andy

Jesus Christ mate. I’m new on this forum myself. you have made my tendinitis feel like a grain of sand in the universe. I don’t know you but speedy recovery mate

 

[Slight of hand]

Jesus mate you've had an awful time, I doubt anyone in here can even contemplate that.

Good to hear you're on the mend though.

I was diagnosed with "neuromyelitis optica" this year, after an inaccurate MS misdiagnosis.

It's led to significant muscle wastage and vision issues, worst part are the pain spasms, I've had two episodes in 2 years, fucking horrible pain, both needed week long hospital stays.

It's not curable either. I'm back at the gym though, trying to plod through.

Good luck to you mate.

 

[RAD]

Jesus mate you've had an awful time, I doubt anyone in here can even contemplate that.

Good to hear you're on the mend though.

I was diagnosed with "neuromyelitis optica" this year, after an inaccurate MS misdiagnosis.

It's led to significant muscle wastage and vision issues, worst part are the pain spasms, I've had two episodes in 2 years, fucking horrible pain, both needed week long hospital stays.

It's not curable either. I'm back at the gym though, trying to plod through.

Good luck to you mate.

Genuinely really sorry to hear this mate