AFTER A WEEK ON THE BOARD AS A SPONSER, I HAVE TO SAY THAT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN GREAT AND ONLY SEEMS TO BE GETTING BETTER. I'M STILL FEELING MY WAY AROUND THINGS AND HOPING THAT MY VIEWS AND ADVICE IS ACCEPTABLE AND WITHIN THE BOUNDRIES SET BY THE ADMINISTRATORS THAT WORK SO HARD TO MAKE THIS SITE SUCH A SUCCESS. I HOPE THAT THIS THREAD DOESNT BORE TO MANY OF YOU, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M NO EXPERT YET WHEN IT COMES TO "MAKING PHOTOS FIT", BUT GIVE ME SOME TIME...I'LL GET THERE. LOL WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TELL YOU ALL "MY STORY". THE TRUE STORY OF A REAL GUY WHO HAS BEEN THRU THE DARKEST PARTS OF HELL AND BACK. A GUY WHO HAD LITERALLY STOOD OVER THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF AND LOOKED DOWN, AND ASKED GOD FOR JUST ONE REASON NOT TO "END IT ALL"...... AND THEN HRT LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE. I WANT EVERYONE ON THIS SITE TO KNOW THAT "CHIP WADOWSKI" IS NOT JUST A SPONSOR ON THIS SITE, TRYING TO GRAB REFERRALS, BUT THAT I AM A GUY THAT HAD TRULY LOST THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE THAT WE ALL NEED SO DESPERATELY TO CHERISH AND NURTURE... "OUR SENSE OF SELF". I WAS AN ATHLETE ALL MY LIFE JUST LIKE I'M SUR MANY OF YOU WERE. MY PLAYING DAYS ENDED EARLY AT 24, AND THOUGH I SUFFERED YEARS OF BACK PAIN, I FIGURED IT JUST WENT WITH THE TERRITORY. AT 24 I WAS STILL IN PHENOMENAL "PLAYING SHAPE", BUT FINALLY ENJOYED "LIVING" ON MY OWN TERMS A LITTLE, INSTEAD OF A COACHES REGIMINE. I MET MY YOUNGER BROTHER WHO WAS A COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYER AND PRO PROSPECT, NOT TO MENTION THE MOST "COCKSTRONG, NATURAL" LITTLE FUCKER I'D EVER SEEN, AT THE GYM FOR A LEG WORKOUT.
5'8" 212LBS, SQUATTING 605LBS AND NEVER HAD MORE THAN A PROTIEN SHAKE! THAT DAY WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT 8 MOST TERRIBLE YEARS OF MY LIFE. I THREW 5 PLATES ON EACH SIDE, AND ON MY FOURTH REP, BOTTOMED OUT AND DIDN'T COME BACK UP. RUPTURED MY L-4 DISC. THE PAIN WAS SO TERRIBLE THAT IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE, BUT LETS JUST SAY I KNEW I WAS SCREWED. I WOUND UP AT MY SPORTS DOC THE NEXT DAY AND AT A PAIN SPECIALIST A COUPLE DAYS LATER. THOSE VISITS KICKED OFF A SIX YEAR LONG ADDICTION TO EVERY PRESCRIPTION PAIN KILLER YOU CAN NAME. AS I WAS POPPING PILLS LIKE THEY WERE CANDY, I COULDNT FIGURE OUT WHY YEAR AFTER YEAR I WAS PUTTING ON 12-15 POUNDS OF PURE FAT, ALTHOUGH I WAS STILL GETTING IN THE GYM 4-5 DAYS A WEEK. MY LIFE, RELATIONSHIPS, SELF-ESTEEM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE CLOSE TO ME WAS SLIDING DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE BOWELS OF HELL WITH EVERY PILL I POPPED. FINALLY, AT 30 YEARS OLD, I DECIDED I'D HAD ENOUGH OF THE PAIN, NOT THE DRUGS, BUT THE PAIN, AND I WENT IN FOR SURGERY. AFTER NUMEROUS MRI'S, MY SURGEON FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE MAJOR SOURCE OF MY PAIN WAS NOT JUST A RUPTURED L-4 DISC, BUT THAT I HAVE A CONGENITAL CONDITION CALLED "CANAL STENOSIS", OR SIMPLY PUT, A NARROWING OF THE SPINAL CANAL. MY SPINAL CORD AND SURROUNDING NERVES HAD NO ROOM TO "BREATHE". MY SURGOEN PERFORMED AN OPEN, DECOMPRESSIVE LUMBAR LAMENECTOMY ON LEVELS L3-S1, AND TOOK OUT THE MUSH THAT USED TO BE MY L-4 DISC. AFTER THAT I THOUGHT MY BODY WOULD TAKE CARE OF ITSELF AND I COULD GET BACK TO LIVING AFTER 6 HORRIBLE YEARS. LITTLE DID I KNOW THE NEXT 2 YEARS WERE GOING TO BE THE WORST OF ALL! AT THE TIME OF MY OPERATION I WAS 5'11" 290LBS. SIX MONTHS POST SURGERY I HAD BLOWN UP TO 330LBS AND AS TERRIBLE AS IT SOUNDS, I TRULY JUST WANTED TO DIE. I COULDNT LOOK IN THE MIRROR WITHOUT DISGUST, COULDNT ENJOY TIME WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY, AND FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT THAT I HATED MYSELF AND WHAT I'D BECOME MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY. I BLAMED MYSELF. I BEAT MYSELF UP RELENTLESSLY CAUSE I TRULY THOUGHT THAT EVEN THOUGH I HAD A DEBILITATING INJURY, THAT I JUST GOT TOO LAZY AND ALLOWED MYSELF TO TURN INTO WHAT I HAD BECOME. TILL ONE DAY, MY BEST FRIEND OF 18 YEARS AND FORMER NATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITIVE BODYBUILDER TOLD ME THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO LET ME KILL MYSELF. AND I DONT MEAN BY OVEREATING OR CONTINUING TO GAIN WEIGHT, I MEAN THAT HE KNEW THAT IT WAS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I LITERALLY TOOK MY OWN LIFE BECAUSE MY DEPRESSION WAS SO DEEP. HE GAVE ME ONE SIMPLE ASSIGNMENT..... GO GET YOUR BLOOD WORK DONE AND MAKE SURE YOU GET A COMPLETE HORMONAL PANAL INCLUDED. I DID. I FOUND OUT A FEW INTERESTING THINGS, AS I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE....
MY TOTAL TESTOSTERONE WAS 49.5
MY FREE TESTOSTERONE WAS 1.5
MY CHOLESTEROL WAS 333
MY TRIGLYCERIDES WERE 349
I WAS A TICKING TIMEBOMB THAT WAS GOING TO EXPLODE. THEN MY FRIEND INTRODUCED ME TO HRT......
I TOOK A WHILE TO GET BACK TO WHERE IM AT NOW, AND AT TIMES THE JOURNEY HAS BEEN EXHAUSTING. I STARTED MY QUEST AT 330LBS AND 34%BF AS SEEN IN THE ATTACHED PICS AND CURRENTLY SIT AT 257LBS AND 10.5-11% BF. MY JOURNEY IS FAR FROM OVER, AS I AM ALWAYS STRIVING TO BETTER MYSELF, BUT FOR ME, PERSONALLY, HRT IS NOT JUST A WAY OF LIFE.... HRT SAVED MY LIFE AND GAVE ME BACK THE "SENSE OF SELF" THAT I'D LOST SO, SO LONG AGO. SO MEMBERS, PLEASE.... WHEN YOU SEE MY BANNER ON THIS SITE OR READ ONE OF MY POSTS, UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT JUST SOME GUY WITH A BANNER THAT IS PUSHING LEGAL THERAPY, I AM A GUY WHO HAS TRULY SEEN THE WORST OF IT AND WHO KEEPS CLIMBING EVERYDAY TO SEE THE BEST OF IT! HRT IS MY LIFE, BECAUSE IT GAVE ME BACK MY LIFE. WE NEVER QUITE KNOW WHY LIFE THROWS US THE CURVEBALLS THAT IT DOES SOMETIMES, BUT I NOW REALIZE THAT IN MY CASE IT WAS SO THAT I COULD TRULY SEE MY CALLING WHEN I WAS FACED WITH IT AND THAT WHEN I TELL PEOPLE IN NEED, "THAT I'VE BEEN THERE, I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH", THAT I CAN SAY IT WITH HONESTY, TRUTH, AND CONVICTION. HOPEFULLY THIS JOURNEY OF MINE HAS NOT BORED TO MANY OF YOU AND THAT YOU MAY HAVE EVEN FOUND IT A BIT COMPELLING.... THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!
5'8" 212LBS, SQUATTING 605LBS AND NEVER HAD MORE THAN A PROTIEN SHAKE! THAT DAY WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT 8 MOST TERRIBLE YEARS OF MY LIFE. I THREW 5 PLATES ON EACH SIDE, AND ON MY FOURTH REP, BOTTOMED OUT AND DIDN'T COME BACK UP. RUPTURED MY L-4 DISC. THE PAIN WAS SO TERRIBLE THAT IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE, BUT LETS JUST SAY I KNEW I WAS SCREWED. I WOUND UP AT MY SPORTS DOC THE NEXT DAY AND AT A PAIN SPECIALIST A COUPLE DAYS LATER. THOSE VISITS KICKED OFF A SIX YEAR LONG ADDICTION TO EVERY PRESCRIPTION PAIN KILLER YOU CAN NAME. AS I WAS POPPING PILLS LIKE THEY WERE CANDY, I COULDNT FIGURE OUT WHY YEAR AFTER YEAR I WAS PUTTING ON 12-15 POUNDS OF PURE FAT, ALTHOUGH I WAS STILL GETTING IN THE GYM 4-5 DAYS A WEEK. MY LIFE, RELATIONSHIPS, SELF-ESTEEM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE CLOSE TO ME WAS SLIDING DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE BOWELS OF HELL WITH EVERY PILL I POPPED. FINALLY, AT 30 YEARS OLD, I DECIDED I'D HAD ENOUGH OF THE PAIN, NOT THE DRUGS, BUT THE PAIN, AND I WENT IN FOR SURGERY. AFTER NUMEROUS MRI'S, MY SURGEON FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE MAJOR SOURCE OF MY PAIN WAS NOT JUST A RUPTURED L-4 DISC, BUT THAT I HAVE A CONGENITAL CONDITION CALLED "CANAL STENOSIS", OR SIMPLY PUT, A NARROWING OF THE SPINAL CANAL. MY SPINAL CORD AND SURROUNDING NERVES HAD NO ROOM TO "BREATHE". MY SURGOEN PERFORMED AN OPEN, DECOMPRESSIVE LUMBAR LAMENECTOMY ON LEVELS L3-S1, AND TOOK OUT THE MUSH THAT USED TO BE MY L-4 DISC. AFTER THAT I THOUGHT MY BODY WOULD TAKE CARE OF ITSELF AND I COULD GET BACK TO LIVING AFTER 6 HORRIBLE YEARS. LITTLE DID I KNOW THE NEXT 2 YEARS WERE GOING TO BE THE WORST OF ALL! AT THE TIME OF MY OPERATION I WAS 5'11" 290LBS. SIX MONTHS POST SURGERY I HAD BLOWN UP TO 330LBS AND AS TERRIBLE AS IT SOUNDS, I TRULY JUST WANTED TO DIE. I COULDNT LOOK IN THE MIRROR WITHOUT DISGUST, COULDNT ENJOY TIME WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY, AND FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT THAT I HATED MYSELF AND WHAT I'D BECOME MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY. I BLAMED MYSELF. I BEAT MYSELF UP RELENTLESSLY CAUSE I TRULY THOUGHT THAT EVEN THOUGH I HAD A DEBILITATING INJURY, THAT I JUST GOT TOO LAZY AND ALLOWED MYSELF TO TURN INTO WHAT I HAD BECOME. TILL ONE DAY, MY BEST FRIEND OF 18 YEARS AND FORMER NATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITIVE BODYBUILDER TOLD ME THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO LET ME KILL MYSELF. AND I DONT MEAN BY OVEREATING OR CONTINUING TO GAIN WEIGHT, I MEAN THAT HE KNEW THAT IT WAS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I LITERALLY TOOK MY OWN LIFE BECAUSE MY DEPRESSION WAS SO DEEP. HE GAVE ME ONE SIMPLE ASSIGNMENT..... GO GET YOUR BLOOD WORK DONE AND MAKE SURE YOU GET A COMPLETE HORMONAL PANAL INCLUDED. I DID. I FOUND OUT A FEW INTERESTING THINGS, AS I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE....
MY TOTAL TESTOSTERONE WAS 49.5
MY FREE TESTOSTERONE WAS 1.5
MY CHOLESTEROL WAS 333
MY TRIGLYCERIDES WERE 349
I WAS A TICKING TIMEBOMB THAT WAS GOING TO EXPLODE. THEN MY FRIEND INTRODUCED ME TO HRT......
I TOOK A WHILE TO GET BACK TO WHERE IM AT NOW, AND AT TIMES THE JOURNEY HAS BEEN EXHAUSTING. I STARTED MY QUEST AT 330LBS AND 34%BF AS SEEN IN THE ATTACHED PICS AND CURRENTLY SIT AT 257LBS AND 10.5-11% BF. MY JOURNEY IS FAR FROM OVER, AS I AM ALWAYS STRIVING TO BETTER MYSELF, BUT FOR ME, PERSONALLY, HRT IS NOT JUST A WAY OF LIFE.... HRT SAVED MY LIFE AND GAVE ME BACK THE "SENSE OF SELF" THAT I'D LOST SO, SO LONG AGO. SO MEMBERS, PLEASE.... WHEN YOU SEE MY BANNER ON THIS SITE OR READ ONE OF MY POSTS, UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT JUST SOME GUY WITH A BANNER THAT IS PUSHING LEGAL THERAPY, I AM A GUY WHO HAS TRULY SEEN THE WORST OF IT AND WHO KEEPS CLIMBING EVERYDAY TO SEE THE BEST OF IT! HRT IS MY LIFE, BECAUSE IT GAVE ME BACK MY LIFE. WE NEVER QUITE KNOW WHY LIFE THROWS US THE CURVEBALLS THAT IT DOES SOMETIMES, BUT I NOW REALIZE THAT IN MY CASE IT WAS SO THAT I COULD TRULY SEE MY CALLING WHEN I WAS FACED WITH IT AND THAT WHEN I TELL PEOPLE IN NEED, "THAT I'VE BEEN THERE, I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH", THAT I CAN SAY IT WITH HONESTY, TRUTH, AND CONVICTION. HOPEFULLY THIS JOURNEY OF MINE HAS NOT BORED TO MANY OF YOU AND THAT YOU MAY HAVE EVEN FOUND IT A BIT COMPELLING.... THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!
,lol but looking good bro,.
