ChuckaZulu
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Hang in there Bro. I hope it's nothing serious.
In the hospital this weekend
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well here is the deal...not such great news...my heart left ventracal is damaged...and isnt funcitoning at full speed (at 35%) which is like a 70 year old man...part of it is my past use of AAS, and part of it is my family history with heart problems...Kinda a double wammy effect...going to have a few more test done to see what they can do...but its going to change a few things up, in my life for sure....The heart doctor wants me to go see a HRT doctor to get me on just HRT doses for the rest of my life...He said I couldve possiable done some serious damage to my heart in another year or two if I wouldve just kept doing the same things...Sucks, but it is what it is...
Fuck bro im so sorry to hear this. You will be in my prayers everynight bro, keep your head up and be strong.
being around for your family is much more important than any of this that comes first. good luck stay well
steph
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Absolutely... couldn't agree more!! Sorry to hear about your diagnosis, but at least it could be treated. Good luck and stay healthy!!
little big guy
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Cant find the words right now, but I feal for you to say the least. If there are better guys out there I don't know them.
Stay up buddy.
lbg
Stay up buddy.
lbg
kmasterflex
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damn bro i hope everything works out for you that is some scary suff indeed
kmasterflex
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hey chris if you dont mind me asking did you use high doses of AS ?? or did you stay on the low side ??
well in my early twentys I was using around 400-600mg total per week...that went up to around 800-1200mg per week in my late twenty's...then in my early thirty's I got even higher around 1500mg per week...sometimes higher to the 2 gram range...then this past couple years I would say 2 plus grams per week, up to 2.5-3.5 grams per week...with hardly no time off...I really believe the last few years is what did me in...Honestly in my late twenty's up to close to 30 years of age I felt pretty good...then in my 30's I started to really push doses up ...and to honest with ya, it final caught up to me...I knew it was, I was just hoping to push it off for a couple more years...LOL !!! It sucks, but thats life...time to move on to more natural training (HRT doses) and thats about it....
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NAIR
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The HGH is probably the bigest culprit in the recent enlargement. Left ventrical growth is well known when HGH is combined with AAS. This story make me want to take it a little easier and stop being so wreckless. I'm impressed with your attitude--I'd be devistated
Pumping Iron
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Sorry to hear that bro.. I myself have been having some rather bizarre (what feel like heart issues) for the past 4 months or so. I've gone through a ton of tests and things came back normal for me.. My question to you is, what heart tests did you have done? I'm still paranoid as hell about this as I feel the regular ekg,xray,bloodwork wouldn't show things such as heart disease or things of that nature.. and still feel like I have something wrong, but the docs keep saying no, yet i still have these problems. I'm sure it's just my mind but I am curious what test found this problem for you.
When you were describing where you were hurting I suspected it was heart because a friend just had the same thing. Thought he was having reflux and gas and turned out he had a bad blockage and it was his heart beat he was actually feeling in a way. Ill be praying for you (yes I pray.) I have a little one just like you and we are the same age so I have some idea how scary this must be to you.
Nair,
Hey bro, trust me im devistated....It hurts to think that I can never compete at a national level in the NPC again...it hurts to think I I can never compete with Lee Banks, PJ. Braun, Al Fortney, ect, ect tons of guys I look up to...It does hurt, and dont think I havnt cried and break down...It hurts bro, it really does...but I look at the bright side I have a beautiful (HOT) wife...that loves me for me...and doest care if Im Chris the Natioanl level bodybuilder in the magazine or just Chris the dad at 210lbs lean pounds..(she actully liked my look smaller) I have my daugther, Grace that I want to walk down the isle in her wedding...and there are things I still would like to acomplish in bodybuilding....maybe not on a national level, but I still believe as long as Im on HRT doses that I could win a NQ NPC show again here in a year or two away, once im heart is functioning well enough again....So im not stopping the sport I love so much...if I can compete HRT/TRT doses and be safe with my heart then im going to do it...trust me, im still a bodybuilder...maybe just not the same bodybuidler that I walked into here as....I'll get threw this, I promise you...
chris
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Chris, I hope this works out for you but more so I am glad they caught this early on.
You are still a young guy. I was in the same type of predicament some years back and at first they want to cut me open because they thought it was stomach cancer. After a a year of tests, they decided I was a risk for prostate cancer and I am tested every 6 months for it. They also put me on HRT for the rest of my life as my levels were too low to detect and the brain is misfiring to the pituitary which controls everything. I am still growing on HRT, but I knew sometime back that my use over the years ( I started at 19 and am 44 now) would eventually catch up with me one way or another. Have faith in yourself and be happy you have a loving family around you- it helps more than you know. It hurts. Please keep us posted.
You are still a young guy. I was in the same type of predicament some years back and at first they want to cut me open because they thought it was stomach cancer. After a a year of tests, they decided I was a risk for prostate cancer and I am tested every 6 months for it. They also put me on HRT for the rest of my life as my levels were too low to detect and the brain is misfiring to the pituitary which controls everything. I am still growing on HRT, but I knew sometime back that my use over the years ( I started at 19 and am 44 now) would eventually catch up with me one way or another. Have faith in yourself and be happy you have a loving family around you- it helps more than you know. It hurts. Please keep us posted.
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