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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #75 on: August 03, 2009, 06:46:59 AM »
Sarcoidsis is an auto-immune disease.  Bernie Mac died not too long ago from it. It is most commonly found in the lungs, but can be anywhere in the body, even the eyes.  I have it in my lungs and heart.  I had surgery on my heart to repair the arrhythmia it caused and was on prednisone for 10 months for my lungs.  During that battle I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had my thyroid removed this past August.  I still had the cells in my body after that surgery and went through radiation.  I go through many tests (blood, CT, ultra-sound, full body scans) every couple months, in fact I just went through my last set less than a month ago and due for another bout of radiation and scans mid September.  I'm on a pretty strict diet and have busting my ass in the gym daily, not to mention up at 4:30 every morning doing cardio.  I'm sorry if I look old or weathered to you but I've earned every line on my body and damn happy I'm still here to wear them. 

I'm glad you're here too! You look great baby!  :-* 

I didn't know about the radiation coming up in Sept.  Will it be along the same lines as the way it went before? 

 
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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #76 on: August 03, 2009, 07:00:03 AM »
Laura--looking hot as hell...hard to beleive you went thru all those health issues...

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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #77 on: August 03, 2009, 07:03:15 AM »
Hey Arvilla, you look great. Whats you current shoulder routine? they look great
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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #78 on: August 03, 2009, 07:18:03 AM »
Hey Arvilla, you look great. Whats you current shoulder routine? they look great
Thanks!!!!!!!!..........
  Barbell front presses
  Dumbell presses
  dumbell side laterals
   machine side laterals
  dumbell front or barbell front raises
  rear delt machine
  shrugs...barbell or dumbell   ..lot of volume (im a "volume" guy!) lot of sets reps
   shoulders are "fried" when we are done 
that's it!
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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #79 on: August 03, 2009, 07:40:09 AM »
Thanks!!!!!!!!..........
  Barbell front presses
  Dumbell presses
  dumbell side laterals
   machine side laterals
  dumbell front or barbell front raises
  rear delt machine
  shrugs...barbell or dumbell   ..lot of volume (im a "volume" guy!) lot of sets reps
   shoulders are "fried" when we are done 
that's it!
 ;)

LOOKING GOOD MIKE,AND LAURA LOOKS VERY PRETTY,AND GOOD SHAPE ALL CONSIDERING.

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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #80 on: August 03, 2009, 07:41:23 AM »
Sarcoidsis is an auto-immune disease.  Bernie Mac died not too long ago from it. It is most commonly found in the lungs, but can be anywhere in the body, even the eyes.  I have it in my lungs and heart.  I had surgery on my heart to repair the arrhythmia it caused and was on prednisone for 10 months for my lungs.  During that battle I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had my thyroid removed this past August.  I still had the cells in my body after that surgery and went through radiation.  I go through many tests (blood, CT, ultra-sound, full body scans) every couple months, in fact I just went through my last set less than a month ago and due for another bout of radiation and scans mid September.  I'm on a pretty strict diet and have busting my ass in the gym daily, not to mention up at 4:30 every morning doing cardio.  I'm sorry if I look old or weathered to you but I've earned every line on my body and damn happy I'm still here to wear them. 
Great post!    :)

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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #81 on: August 03, 2009, 07:52:01 AM »
  THe show is August 22nd ACH! ......(3 weeks from today)
   ;)

I was thinking of the Southern States  Did you compete in that, or just attend?

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« Reply #82 on: August 03, 2009, 08:01:49 AM »
I was thinking of the Southern States  Did you compete in that, or just attend?

                             just attended................ ........(great show tho!)
                       

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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #83 on: August 03, 2009, 08:11:40 AM »
mike and laura looking like 2 swollen cocks.
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« Reply #84 on: August 03, 2009, 08:16:24 AM »
mike and laura looking like 2 swollen cocks.
and just as tasty ..
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« Reply #85 on: August 03, 2009, 08:27:29 AM »
LOOKING GOOD MIKE,AND LAURA LOOKS VERY PRETTY,AND GOOD SHAPE ALL CONSIDERING.
   thanks nj!

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« Reply #86 on: August 03, 2009, 10:17:30 AM »
how's the sex life during your simultaneous contest preps?

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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #87 on: August 03, 2009, 10:30:17 AM »
how's the sex life during your simultaneous contest preps?
                         

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« Reply #88 on: August 04, 2009, 02:35:24 AM »
I'm glad you're here too! You look great baby!  :-* 

I didn't know about the radiation coming up in Sept.  Will it be along the same lines as the way it went before? 

 
No Stella.  This one is not quite the same.  I had to be in seclusion for 5 days during that treatment.  This is only 3 hours.  Less radiation.  It's mostly to "light up" any thyroid cancer cells for scan.

Went to the pulmonologist yesterday to go over my CAT scan results.  There's a spot on my upper right lobe that wasn't there before.  He's going to wait and see what that radiation & nuclear scan mid september show, whether it's thyroid cancer or not.  Then I'm scheduled for another CAT scan and PET scan mid October.  Doc said it concerned him but told me not to worry as there were two sets of eyes on me (him and my endocrinologist). Kinda hard not to worry though after all I've been through.  But on the flip side, my lungs sounded good and my PFT (pulmonary functions teat) was great.  I got a 108% funtionability (80% is normal and I scored higher, so that's good. Lungs are functioning well).
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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #89 on: August 04, 2009, 02:50:55 AM »
not good to be on hormones while treating cancer

BTW

do you wanna find out the real cause of your ailment and how to go about eliminating it from your life ? ( while savin thousends as medical treatments treat the symptom not the cause _)

PM me

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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #90 on: August 04, 2009, 02:59:51 AM »
                         


"tom joad" (oh brother), looks like you just got BSA'ed by big Mike.

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« Reply #91 on: August 04, 2009, 03:11:50 AM »
not good to be on hormones while treating cancer

BTW

do you wanna find out the real cause of your ailment and how to go about eliminating it from your life ? ( while savin thousends as medical treatments treat the symptom not the cause _)

PM me

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Who is?
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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #92 on: August 04, 2009, 03:13:30 AM »
Who is?
let me rephrase it

whatever you do to and take to be in that kind of shape will not help your cancer

whoever

your ailment has a diff explanation ( the latter part I offered to help )

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« Reply #93 on: August 04, 2009, 03:17:38 AM »
not good to be on hormones while treating cancer

BTW

do you wanna find out the real cause of your ailment and how to go about eliminating it from your life ? ( while savin thousends as medical treatments treat the symptom not the cause _)

PM me

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Are you saying you (via SS) have got the cure for cancer?

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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #94 on: August 04, 2009, 03:27:00 AM »
About as natural as my great-grandmother's dentures.

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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #95 on: August 04, 2009, 07:31:46 AM »


Went to the pulmonologist yesterday to go over my CAT scan results.  There's a spot on my upper right lobe that wasn't there before.  He's going to wait and see what that radiation & nuclear scan mid september show, whether it's thyroid cancer or not.  Then I'm scheduled for another CAT scan and PET scan mid October.  Doc said it concerned him but told me not to worry as there were two sets of eyes on me (him and my endocrinologist). Kinda hard not to worry though after all I've been through.  But on the flip side, my lungs sounded good and my PFT (pulmonary functions teat) was great.  I got a 108% funtionability (80% is normal and I scored higher, so that's good. Lungs are functioning well).

Good to hear the positive reports here!


No Stella.  This one is not quite the same.  I had to be in seclusion for 5 days during that treatment.  This is only 3 hours.  Less radiation.  It's mostly to "light up" any thyroid cancer cells for scan.



Only 3 hours...that's good to hear!  Mike won't have to be sliding pizzas under the door :)



let me rephrase it

whatever you do to and take to be in that kind of shape will not help your cancer

whoever

your ailment has a diff explanation ( the latter part I offered to help )


Why do people always think someone who has gotten lean enough for contest shape must be using something?   
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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #96 on: August 04, 2009, 07:52:47 AM »
let me rephrase it

whatever you do to and take to be in that kind of shape will not help your cancer

whoever

your ailment has a diff explanation ( the latter part I offered to help )

You could be right Sev.  I'm sure my 4:30am cardio is not good (I totally could be getting an extra hour of sleep  :)).  And I dunno, my doctor thinks my protein powder & oatmeal in the morning is good, my egg white meal is good, my chicken and sweet potato meals are good, my tuna and greens are good.  He just wishes I didn't take in as much protein as I do because I'm not drinking as much water as I should to compensate for all the protein going through my kidneys.  I causes crystals of some sort which then can turn into kidney stones... But I'm trying to get more water in  :D    He is also aware of my multi-mineral/multi-vitamin I take daily, my thyroid hormones prescribed by my endo I have to take in compensation of not having a thyroid anymore and he is the one who prescribed my coreg.  He also complements me by saying he wishes he could be in as great of shape (not health obviously, lol) as me.  Sev, I have blood work done constantly.  ALL my levels are run right down to my test and estrogen levels.  I've been busting my ass every day for the last 10 months (that was when I was told by my doctor that I could start back to the gym) getting up at 4:30am and doing cardio, eating clean, hitting the gym and sometime repeating cardio.  If you noticed, the pictures that have been posted are all upper body which has always dialed in rather quickly for me.  My bottom half comes in a lot slower.  Maybe if I showed you the dimples on my ass....never mind, you'd probably enjoy that, lol.

oh and btw....thank you for your "offer of help" I do appreciate it, but I'll stick to the doctors who are actually seeing me as a patient.  No offense.
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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #97 on: August 04, 2009, 10:57:06 AM »

Why do people always think someone who has gotten lean enough for contest shape must be using something?   

You could be right Sev.  I'm sure my 4:30am cardio is not good (I totally could be getting an extra hour of sleep  :)).  And I dunno, my doctor thinks my protein powder & oatmeal in the morning is good, my egg white meal is good, my chicken and sweet potato meals are good, my tuna and greens are good.  He just wishes I didn't take in as much protein as I do because I'm not drinking as much water as I should to compensate for all the protein going through my kidneys.  I causes crystals of some sort which then can turn into kidney stones... But I'm trying to get more water in  :D    He is also aware of my multi-mineral/multi-vitamin I take daily, my thyroid hormones prescribed by my endo I have to take in compensation of not having a thyroid anymore and he is the one who prescribed my coreg. He also complements me by saying he wishes he could be in as great of shape (not health obviously, lol) as me.  Sev, I have blood work done constantly.  ALL my levels are run right down to my test and estrogen levels.  I've been busting my ass every day for the last 10 months (that was when I was told by my doctor that I could start back to the gym) getting up at 4:30am and doing cardio, eating clean, hitting the gym and sometime repeating cardio.  If you noticed, the pictures that have been posted are all upper body which has always dialed in rather quickly for me.  My bottom half comes in a lot slower.  Maybe if I showed you the dimples on my ass....never mind, you'd probably enjoy that, lol.

oh and btw....thank you for your "offer of help" I do appreciate it, but I'll stick to the doctors who are actually seeing me as a patient.  No offense.

She is using something. Her thyroid hormone levels are nowhere near what a 45 year old woman's. But as someone who lives better thanks to chemistry, more power to her.

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Re: 3 WEEKS OUT FROM "THE FLORIDA STATE"
« Reply #98 on: August 04, 2009, 11:19:55 AM »
talk about generation nothingness...

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« Reply #99 on: August 04, 2009, 11:22:18 AM »
talk about generation nothingness...

huh?