Hi Guys
Sorry for my huuugely long gap of being around the forums. Life went totally off the rails and i had to go and "work away" for a few years, still got just under 2 years left to go,"on contract" but currently on home leave and trying to rebuild my life.
Anyway, injury/illness wise, i have had some low level stomach problems that came and went for a period of 3-4 years and the docs kind of presumed it was IBS, and offered a sigmoidoscopy because of concerns of blood loss from bowels and weight loss. I never went through with the camera up the bum option as the syptoms usually cleared up as the appointments got closer so i presumed all was better.
Then in December just gone my symptoms went crazy as i moved to another position working away where i get lots more time off. I ended up going to the toilet up to 20-30 times a day and during the night i was getting up every 30-60 mins to pass lots of blood and mucus!!!
This totally wrote me off and i got progressively worse leading up to my hospitalisation in January
I knew how bad things were one day when i saw how much muscle had gone, no joking, i looked like a bag of bones and i'm still the same now. They have diagnosed me with ulcerative colitis and so far the plan A of medication hasn't been working. Plan B meds should be starting soon, and i'm desperate for them to work and start to rebuild my health and put some weight back on me as the most recent weigh was at 52kg
So what i'm asking guys is, can lux be rebuilt? even just to a % of my old self? I know i can't touch the gym until my health and bodyweight start to improve, but until then its destroying my head to see my body in such a state!
And as for training while i've been away? I've had some good times, but the repetitive illness has always held me back. I once was doing a push/pull 2 day routine and set myself a target of 40kg on belt for 8 chins. I got as far as 35kg for 5 then got stuck
**Had to edit a few things as my situation of working away is kind of sensitive, so need to be cautious how i say stuff.