Glad to hear it worked for you! I just picked mine up. Methylprednisonale or something like that. Prednisoneâs stronger brother, apparently. Hopefully I have the same reaction. Well, actuallyâŠhopefully this is just a small tweak and doesnât progress further.
But I did read a lot about it, and I had gathered that it will relive the symptoms but not fix the problem - so I will definitely not mistake feeling less pain with being healed!
Medrol always makes me thirsty and clean the house like crazy. I canât sit still!
I hope your back feels better soon, at least good enough to go to the game.
Dr had said that oral steroids make some people fidgety/jitteryâŠsounds like youâre one of 'em!
Gettin it done 
Thatâs next level dedication bro!!!
My back feels considerably better, although pain isnât absent. I can also tell itâs still very much injured, just the meds are making it tolerable.
The frustration part, the mental spiraling that used to always happen with this, is coming up.
I spent YEARS dealing with this, pushing, advocating for myself to get an actual diagnosis and have something done about it. In the 2 years since my eventual surgery, I thought I was finally free for good.
And now the boogeyman is back. For real, this injury feels like a ghost that haunts me. And did I get a spinal fusion for no fucking reason? Because I went in knowing that it would ultimately cause me additional issues in 10-20 years - as fusions often do - but went ahead with it for the anticipated benefits and relief. Apparently that wasnât the fix we thought it was.
Back to my (v humble) pre-injury BP. Iâm even doing a wee bit of cardio these days. 
And Iâm sleeping a bit more. Struggling w depr and high level sadness on the daily but doing what I can when I can.
Stay strong, team! 
Gym is closed today so I didnât say oh well Iâll go tomorrow. I said weâll make do with what we have and get some! The drunk Zack would have made sure he drank today so sober zaddy made sure he got his gym sesh! HAPPY EASTER everyone! May your will be stronger then your thirst! Stay disciplined and as always one day at a time!!
Sounds like a good plan. 
Had a solid effort leg day tonight. Iâve been so good cutting down on caffeine to do sth about my ridiculously atrocious sleep - my DOC #1 that I never ever wanna quit (bad joke to make on here youse will forgive me), I now have none after 1800 on days when I donât work - but today I used up all my pre 1800-caffeine writing a long ass story 
so I just had to focus and squat w/o it. And I did. 
I think squats are back to where they were pre-injury now and things are looking up. Arm is still sore. Heart is still broken. Odaat. At least the arm will get better w time.
Stay strong team! 
Nice!!! When I was bodybuilding before drugs took over my life, I never used to do enough leg days lol. My arms were like stronger than my legs lmao. They donât call me Eric âStick Legsâ for nothing!!! 
I need to do more leg days but I can only do so much because of a knee tendon injury I had a few years ago, but Iâll do my best yessir!!! 
So will the heart.
Dan, how was that run, youâre also coming out of a longer time injured!
My legs felt stronger than I recall in a long time. My cardio fitness took a hit, but that recovers fairly quickly. Thanks for asking!
When I got sober I took some time off lifting. I didnât want to get my priorities twisted and see sobrety struggle and potentially go away along w lifting should I experience any injuries. Nowadays a know myself better and maybe wouldnât have to be as cautious. I never kid myself tho on what got me sober. It wasnât lifting or âhealthy livingâ it was recovery and therapy. I hope you too take this seriously, cocaine ruins lives easily.
Also donât skip leg days.
Iâm joking. Just not about leg days lol welcome to this thread and to this part of your journey. 
There are some solid ppl around on here, this wee corner especially. If you need anything just holler. Take it odaat and take your time to explore your reasons to want to escape reality. Then slowly learn to live in it. Good luck w your old injury. Iâm sure there are ways to integrate all of you, old injuries too, into your new life, w time and dedication.
Wonderful to hear, my friend. 
He said my disc is so degenerated that it wonât ever be âfixedâ but they should be able to help me have less pain. Iâm taking this week off weight lifting, just doing body weight stuff and yoga but I think Iâll jump back in next week. Iâm pretty sad that I literally just got my bar and plates and canât even use them yet. This wonât stop me though, Iâm too stubborn for that 
