steriods and no working out

[kazman32]

I am going in for pec surgery in the next few days and then gonna have a hernia repaired,..If I use moderate dose aas will it help prevent the muscle wasting sine I am not going to be able to train for 6-8 weeks? or am I screwed and gonna lose a bunch of mass?

[kazman32]

I was afraid of that answer...just when I was starrting to get things rolling again! I was a competive body-builder/poweer lifter years ago wont then 1996 midwest states/heavy/overall went to the jr's the next year and secrewd up my water/pottasium and endened up 10th ( anyway I was diagonoised with bi=polar shortly after and began to show significant menatl problems..to make a long satory short after around 3 yrs of tring diff meds and radical counsling I feel better..I looked at myself in the mirror one day and was sicken by what I saw at 5'11 I weighed 300 with a huge gut..I vowed to get back in shape again..I trained for 6 weeks clen then started a moderate test/winny cycle along with clen.As of yester day I was down to 260 with abs showing again felt great..the clean diet has helped my mental functions..anyway I hardly ever did bench presses but the machine I use most of the time was taken (Like a hammer lying bench machine) so i thought I'd pop out some bench presses did 135X20 225 X12 315X10 felt light..but I didn't want to rush myself so I just went 325 and was going to do 8 reps (not wanting to push to hard) the first 2 reps were cake on the 3rd as I was lowering the bar WHAM!! there went my pec...went to the doctor and it is completley ruptured I also tore the tendon that connects to the arm..I am frustrated to say the least..I'm going to have a hernia repaired while I'm gonna be out...I was just really happy with my traning was looking forward to traning each day and I felt better than I did in years, was planning on enrolloing in school and getting my life back together at 37. I feel like my life is just starting over since I haver finnaly learned to deal with my menta/post traumatic syndrome....anyway guess all I can do now is keep my head up and move forward..sorry for the long post..

[Ronin_]

Dont be stupid bro, affecting your natural healing for the sake of retaining 5 lbs or maybe 10lbs more of mass.. rest up heal and get back to the gym in time

[kazman32]

Thank you for the input any otc supplements that might help? like glucosomine (sp?) for the tendons?

[dukebrown99]

How fun I had my hernia surgury last Sept. I was out of lifting for 7 wks it took me 3 months to get back to where I was before the surgury. i had one month layoff before the surgury cause I thought it was a groin pull and then it took 1.5 wks to scheduale the surgury. I started taking prop and eq on week 6 so I could get back in the swing of things faster. Did it help?? Not really sure there was soo much scare tissue that ripped and poped that it really limited me on the weights and movements. Any abdominal pressure was a killer. I didnt even start working abs again till late january.
For joints Adequan is the shit, hands down. I remember seeing that Gensci reccommened 10ius of hgh ed for 2wks after surgury to help heal. Now for a hernia I do not think its necessary. I would save the $ and just rest. If you have some intensive internal rogans worked on I would use it.

I had an inguinal hernia and wow I couldnt walk for 2 days. My balls swole up to the size of a cantalope and even taking a long step stretched my abs and gave me great pain.

This is my story. Kids please do not look up to me and my hernia, hernias are no fun. You wont be considered cool if you have one. If you arent getting sex now you deffinately wont with a hernia its not a babe magnet.

[MaxRep]

Keep your protein intake up. Try to maintain at least 250-300 grams/day. Also take phosphatidylserine to keep cortisol levels down as they can rise just from stress, as well as many other reasons. Surgery is certainly stressful. 800mg/day should be fine. You want cortisol levels under control as high levels will eat muscle faster than anything.

Good luck!
MaxRep