Hey man, how in the hell are ya?
I told you about the radial nerve C5/C6 thing I had/have going on and that was not a big deal. This week, I had an amazing back/delt/tris/abs workout. 2 hours of balls to the wall training that I felt was in my top 10 sessions ever! However, the umbilical hernia I have had for over a year and a half without incident, knocked me on my ass the next day. I couldn't function well, and had to see my acupuncturist to relieve the pain. Whole torso was jacked, couldn't eat my normal intake of food, constant bloated feeling, no elimination, no gas, nothing. He helped me out and the 'vague' pain through my torso was gone, only to reveal a single, STRONG painful area, inside my umbilicus.
I went to my surgeon (who I'd met with some time ago confiming the hernia, but never had it taken care of) and he said it's incarcerated and borderline strangulated. So, I'd have to cut this cycle a wee bit short, but that's ok.
I put on a LARGE amount of muscle, more than 20 lbs for sure and strength to burn. Most guys in my place don't stiff leg 315 for a dozen reps 35 minutes into a workout...
I'm going to have to have surgery within the next week or so as it's crippling.
I plan on continuing my supplements (scaled back) assist in healing and after a few weeks my doc insists I should be back at it, albeit light, but I'm not going to lose shit as I plan on clean/garbage loading and doing cardio to keep my muscles fed. I was pretty pissed off at first, but I know that this is something telling me 'get this done and you'll get to the next level at better than ever'.
Stay tuned, this saga ain't over. Thanks to you and Imporium for your confidence and I'm going to keep going and moving forward because, as other predators like the mighty shark, if we stop swimming and moving forward, we die. Sorry, not an option.
Grim